SortStack #3641 — 2036-05-28

By speed · Order from slowest to fastest.

1. A king penguin waddling on land 2.8 km/h

   A penguin's waddle is surprisingly efficient, storing and releasing energy with each side-to-side rock.

2. A person jogging 10.8 km/h

   Humans are among the best endurance runners on Earth, able to outlast horses over very long distances in heat.

3. A swarming desert locust 14.5 km/h

   A single locust swarm can contain billions of insects and devour as much food in a day as tens of thousands of people.

4. An electric scooter 25 km/h

   Shared e-scooters exploded across cities in just a few years, becoming a common sight on sidewalks worldwide.

5. The land-speed record car 1.2K km/h

   ThrustSSC became the first car to break the sound barrier, its twin jet engines kicking up a desert dust storm.

6. A hypersonic missile 9.8K km/h

   Hypersonic weapons fly so fast and low they are extremely hard to track and intercept in time.

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