SortStack #2388 — 2032-12-22

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A running roadrunner 32 km/h

   Real roadrunners prefer sprinting to flying and can kill rattlesnakes, far from the cartoon's gentle dodging.

2. A galloping racehorse 88 km/h

   All thoroughbred racehorses descend from just three stallions imported to England centuries ago.

3. A fast cricket delivery 161 km/h

   The fastest bowlers can make the ball rise off the pitch toward a batter's head in a fraction of a second.

4. A record tennis serve 270 km/h

   The fastest serves leave the racket so quickly the returner must react before the ball has even crossed the net.

5. The winds of a violent tornado 480 km/h

   The strongest tornado winds ever measured can strip bark from trees and drive straw into solid wood.

6. Concorde at cruising speed 2.2K km/h

   Concorde flew so fast that the friction heated its frame, stretching the whole plane several inches in flight.

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