SortStack #141 — 2026-10-28
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A sea turtle cruising 3 km/h
Sea turtles can hold their breath for hours while resting, slowing their heart to a beat every few minutes.
- A yellowfin tuna 73 km/h
Tuna are warm-blooded among mostly cold-blooded fish, letting their muscles fire faster for high-speed chases.
- The motorcycle land-speed record 640 km/h
Streamlined record bikes look like rockets on wheels, with the rider lying flat inside a sealed shell.
- A fired shotgun slug 1.9K km/h
A shotgun slug is a single heavy projectile that turns a scattergun into a short-range, hard-hitting rifle.
- Concorde at cruising speed 2.2K km/h
Concorde flew so fast that the friction heated its frame, stretching the whole plane several inches in flight.
- A meteor entering the atmosphere 50K km/h
Most shooting stars are no bigger than a grain of sand, burning up bright from sheer speed alone.