SortStack #99 — 2026-09-16
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A wild boar running 45 km/h
Wild boars are spreading across the globe, rooting up so much soil they reshape entire ecosystems.
- A swordfish 102 km/h
A swordfish has special organs that heat its eyes and brain, sharpening its vision in cold, deep water.
- A Cessna light aircraft 220 km/h
The Cessna 172 is the most-produced plane in history and the trainer that taught millions of pilots to fly.
- A peregrine falcon in a dive 410 km/h
The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth, diving so fast it has baffles in its nostrils to breathe.
- A hypersonic missile 9.8K km/h
Hypersonic weapons fly so fast and low they are extremely hard to track and intercept in time.
- A missile warhead on re-entry 24K km/h
An intercontinental missile arcs into space before plunging back down, its warhead glowing from the friction.