SortStack #2815 — 2034-02-22
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- A giant tortoise 500 m/h
Giant tortoises can live over 150 years, ambling through more than a century of slow, steady days.
- An electric scooter 25 km/h
Shared e-scooters exploded across cities in just a few years, becoming a common sight on sidewalks worldwide.
- A wild boar running 45 km/h
Wild boars are spreading across the globe, rooting up so much soil they reshape entire ecosystems.
- A common swift in flight 113 km/h
Swifts can stay airborne for nearly a year without landing, even sleeping on the wing high above the ground.
- 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.
- 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.