SortStack #3158 — 2035-01-31
By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.
- 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 leaping blue marlin 108 km/h
Marlins can change colour when excited, their stripes lighting up electric blue during a hunt.
- A golden eagle in a dive 245 km/h
A golden eagle can spot a rabbit from over three kilometres away, then fold its wings into a lethal stoop.
- 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.
- A tsunami across the open ocean 800 km/h
In deep water a tsunami is barely a ripple, racing as fast as a jet before rearing up near the shore.
- A fired shotgun slug 1.9K km/h
A shotgun slug is a single heavy projectile that turns a scattergun into a short-range, hard-hitting rifle.