SortStack #1681 — 2031-01-15

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A sprinting cockroach 5.8 km/h

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

2. A bottlenose dolphin 60 km/h

   Dolphins sleep with half their brain at a time, keeping one eye open to breathe and watch for danger.

3. A speeding hovercraft 145 km/h

   A hovercraft floats on a cushion of trapped air, gliding equally well over water, land, ice and mud.

4. 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.

5. A record badminton smash 565 km/h

   The shuttlecock is the fastest object in any racket sport, though it decelerates almost as quickly as it launches.

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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