SortStack #116 — 2026-10-03
By duration · Order from shortest to longest.
- An average human's reaction to a starting gun 252 ms
Athletics rules treat any sprint start faster than 100 milliseconds as a false start — it's considered humanly impossible to react that quickly.
- A standard television commercial 30 sec
A single Super Bowl slot of this length has sold for over US$7 million — more than US$230,000 per second of airtime.
- Jeff Bezos' first Blue Origin spaceflight, launch to landing 10.2 min
The 2021 flight carried both the oldest and youngest people to reach space at the time: 82-year-old Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.
- The world's longest scheduled flight, Singapore to New York 19 h
The route covers about 15,300 km. The aircraft is configured with no economy class at all — partly so passengers survive the experience.
- Randy Gardner's world record for staying awake 11 days
The 17-year-old's 1964 science-fair stunt of 11 sleepless days still stands — Guinness stopped certifying attempts as too dangerous.
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 25 days
The world's largest arts festival stages over 3,000 shows — by ticket sales it trails only the Olympics and the football World Cup.