SortStack #232 — 2027-01-27

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A fast cricket delivery 161 km/h

   The fastest bowlers can make the ball rise off the pitch toward a batter's head in a fraction of a second.

2. 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.

3. A record tennis serve 270 km/h

   The fastest serves leave the racket so quickly the returner must react before the ball has even crossed the net.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A hypersonic missile 9.8K km/h

   Hypersonic weapons fly so fast and low they are extremely hard to track and intercept in time.

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