SortStack #2598 — 2033-07-20

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A manatee cruising 4.3 km/h

   Manatees are gentle plant-eaters so buoyant they use their heavy bones as ballast to keep from floating up.

2. A migrating monarch butterfly 8 km/h

   Monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres to the same forests their great-grandparents left, guided by instinct alone.

3. A casual cyclist 12.5 km/h

   The bicycle is one of the most efficient machines ever made, turning muscle into distance better than walking.

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 missile warhead on re-entry 24K km/h

   An intercontinental missile arcs into space before plunging back down, its warhead glowing from the friction.

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