SortStack #2223 — 2032-07-10
By duration · Order from shortest to longest.
- A car airbag inflating after a crash 30 ms
The bag must fully inflate before your head arrives — roughly ten times faster than the blink of an eye, driven by a controlled chemical explosion.
- The elevator ride up the Burj Khalifa's observation deck 1 min
The lifts climb at around 10 metres per second. Your ears pop on the way to the 124th floor — the building is so tall it has distinct climate zones.
- La Tomatina, Spain's giant tomato fight 60 min
Around 120 tonnes of overripe tomatoes are hurled in Buñol each August; a firework marks the end and the streets are hosed down within hours.
- James Cameron's film 'Titanic' 3.2 h
The movie runs longer than the actual sinking it depicts — the real ship went down faster than you can watch it go down.
- The Isner-Mahut match, the longest in tennis history 11.1 h
The 2010 Wimbledon first-rounder stretched over three days with a 70-68 final set — the scoreboard wasn't programmed to go that high and broke.
- The time since a human last stood on the Moon 53.4 years
Gene Cernan traced his daughter's initials in the dust in December 1972 — no boots have touched the surface since.