SortStack #1576 — 2030-10-02
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- 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.
- A sprinting cockroach 5.8 km/h
A cockroach can survive for weeks without its head, breathing through tiny holes along its body.
- A wild boar running 45 km/h
Wild boars are spreading across the globe, rooting up so much soil they reshape entire ecosystems.
- A cheetah at full sprint 120 km/h
A cheetah can go from a standstill to highway speed faster than most sports cars, but only for a few seconds.
- A luge slider 140 km/h
Luge athletes steer a tiny sled with subtle leg and shoulder pressure while lying on their backs, feet first.
- The land-speed record car 1.2K km/h
ThrustSSC became the first car to break the sound barrier, its twin jet engines kicking up a desert dust storm.