SortStack #820 — 2028-09-06

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 sprinting cockroach 5.8 km/h

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

3. 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.

4. The winds of a violent tornado 480 km/h

   The strongest tornado winds ever measured can strip bark from trees and drive straw into solid wood.

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. The Earth orbiting the Sun 107K km/h

   We are all hurtling around the Sun fast enough to cross between two cities in a single second, yet we feel nothing.

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