SortStack #1716 — 2031-02-19

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. An Olympic swimmer at full speed 9.3 km/h

   Top swimmers shave their bodies to cut drag, trimming fractions of a second that can decide a gold medal.

2. A honeybee in flight 22 km/h

   Bees communicate the direction of flowers by dancing, encoding distance and angle in their waggling moves.

3. A running gray wolf 57 km/h

   Wolves can travel over 30 kilometres in a single day while hunting across their vast territories.

4. A bullet train at full speed 330 km/h

   Japan's bullet trains have a near-perfect safety record, with average delays measured in seconds, not minutes.

5. An IndyCar on an oval 390 km/h

   IndyCars on superspeedways run flat-out for hours, with drivers enduring forces that strain the neck lap after lap.

6. A maglev train at record speed 460 km/h

   Maglev trains float on magnets with no wheels, so the only friction left to overcome is the air itself.

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