SortStack #463 — 2027-09-15

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. The drift of a tectonic plate 21.9 mm/year

   Plates move about as fast as your fingernails grow, yet over millions of years they have rearranged whole continents.

2. A swimming seahorse 1.5 m/h

   The dwarf seahorse is the slowest fish on record, fluttering a tiny fin dozens of times a second to barely move.

3. A sprinting cockroach 5.8 km/h

   A cockroach can survive for weeks without its head, breathing through tiny holes along its body.

4. An electric scooter 25 km/h

   Shared e-scooters exploded across cities in just a few years, becoming a common sight on sidewalks worldwide.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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