SortStack #155 — 2026-11-11
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A running pig 17 km/h
Pigs are smarter than dogs by many measures, able to learn their names and even play simple video games.
- A charging lion 83 km/h
Lions are the only big cats that live in groups, and a male's roar can be heard up to eight kilometres away.
- A leaping blue marlin 108 km/h
Marlins can change colour when excited, their stripes lighting up electric blue during a hunt.
- An ice hockey slapshot 178 km/h
A slapshot flexes the stick like a spring, snapping stored energy into the puck for a brutal release.
- A downhill speed skier 255 km/h
Speed skiers tuck into an egg shape and wear airfoil helmets, accelerating faster than a free-falling skydiver.
- The International Space Station in orbit 28K km/h
The station circles Earth so fast its crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every single day.