SortStack #1359 — 2030-02-27
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A garden snail 50 m/h
A snail can sleep for up to three years during droughts, sealing itself inside its shell until rain returns.
- A running reindeer 80 km/h
Reindeer eyes change colour with the seasons, turning blue in winter to see better in the dim Arctic light.
- A racing bobsled 150 km/h
Bobsled crews sprint to shove the sled at the start, then leap in, as those first seconds decide the race.
- 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.
- A tsunami across the open ocean 800 km/h
In deep water a tsunami is barely a ripple, racing as fast as a jet before rearing up near the shore.
- A hypersonic missile 9.8K km/h
Hypersonic weapons fly so fast and low they are extremely hard to track and intercept in time.