SortStack #3277 — 2035-05-30

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A striking barracuda 42 km/h

   Barracudas can lunge in sudden bursts to ambush prey, sometimes mistaking a swimmer's shiny jewellery for fish.

2. A charging lion 83 km/h

   Lions are the only big cats that live in groups, and a male's roar can be heard up to eight kilometres away.

3. A downhill speed skier 255 km/h

   Speed skiers tuck into an egg shape and wear airfoil helmets, accelerating faster than a free-falling skydiver.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. A tank's sabot round 5.8K km/h

   A sabot round sheds a casing in flight, leaving a slim dart of dense metal that punches through armour.

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