SortStack #736 — 2028-06-14
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 African elephant 28 km/h
Despite their bulk, elephants are the only animals that cannot jump, keeping at least one foot down at all times.
- A car cruising the German autobahn 200 km/h
Parts of Germany's autobahn have no speed limit, where ordinary sedans legally travel faster than racetracks allow elsewhere.
- A Category 5 hurricane's winds 300 km/h
A single mature hurricane can release more energy in a day than the world uses in electricity all year.
- A Formula 1 car at top speed 372 km/h
An F1 car generates so much downforce it could, in theory, drive upside down on a ceiling at speed.
- A .220 Swift rifle bullet 4.4K km/h
Among the fastest commercial rifle rounds, it leaves the barrel so quickly the bullet can melt slightly in flight.