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How fast is it? The speed of 400 things

Real speeds of 400 things, from a snail to the speed of light: animals, sport, cars, trains, planes, weather and space, in km/h and mph.

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Creep

How fast can bamboo grow?3.79 cm/h
How fast is a furlong per fortnight?59.9 cm/h
How fast does electricity flow in a wire?72 cm/h
How fast does blood move in your capillaries?1.08 m/h
How fast does a dwarf seahorse swim?1.5 m/h
How fast does the fastest glacier move?1.67 m/h
How fast does a garden snail move?3.6 m/h
How fast does the tip of Big Ben's minute hand move?26.4 m/h
How fast does ketchup pour?45 m/h
How fast does a sunflower sea star move?60 m/h
How fast does a Mars rover drive?152 m/h
How fast is a three-toed sloth?240 m/h
How fast does a giant tortoise walk?270 m/h
How fast does Bagger 288 move?600 m/h
How fast is the fastest mite?810 m/h
How fast does the London Eye turn?900 m/h

Run

How fast does a robot vacuum move?1.08 km/h
How fast is 1 foot per second?1.09728 km/h
How fast did NASA's crawler-transporter move?1.6 km/h
How fast is 1 mile per hour in km/h?1.60934 km/h
How fast does an escalator move?1.8 km/h
How fast is 1 knot?1.852 km/h
How fast does a 33⅓ vinyl record spin at its edge?1.92 km/h
How fast does a mosquito fly?2 km/h
How fast does an emperor penguin walk?2 km/h
How fast did the Mayflower sail?3 km/h
How fast is the fastest ant?3.1 km/h
How fast do slow pain signals travel?3.6 km/h
How fast does a snowflake fall?3.6 km/h
How fast is 1 metre per second in km/h?3.6 km/h
How fast does blood leave the heart?3.6 km/h
How fast does a CD spin under the laser?4.7 km/h
How fast was the fastest English Channel swim?4.9 km/h
How fast does a person walk?5 km/h
How fast does a whale shark swim?5 km/h
How fast can a cockroach run?5.4 km/h
How fast is the 1,500 m swimming record?6.2 km/h
How fast does the Gulf Stream flow?6.4 km/h
How fast is the canal speed limit in England?6.4 km/h
How fast does Venus spin at its equator?6.52 km/h
How fast does a house fly fly?7.2 km/h
How fast is the fastest 100 m swim?7.76 km/h
How fast does a blue whale cruise?8 km/h
How fast does a manatee swim?8 km/h
How fast is the fastest 50 m swim?8.6 km/h
How fast does a person jog?9 km/h
How fast is a tiger beetle?9 km/h
How fast was the first roller coaster?9.7 km/h
How fast can a polar bear swim?10 km/h
How fast does Mercury spin at its equator?10.83 km/h
How fast was the Wright brothers' first flight?11.1 km/h
How fast did the Pony Express travel?12.9 km/h
How fast does a mobility scooter go?12.9 km/h
How fast can a mouse run?13 km/h
How fast can a Tasmanian devil run?13 km/h
How fast does an Amish buggy go?13 km/h
How fast was the 24-hour running record?13.32 km/h
How fast can a chicken run?14 km/h
How fast does a Zamboni go?14 km/h
How fast does the average cyclist ride?15 km/h
How fast does a bumblebee fly?15 km/h
How fast is a San Francisco cable car?15.3 km/h
How fast is race walking?15.67 km/h
How fast was the first car?16 km/h
How fast can a black mamba move?16 km/h
How fast does the Moon spin at its equator?16.7 km/h
How fast can a pig run?17 km/h
How fast can a crocodile run?17 km/h
How fast did the Moon buggy go?18 km/h
How fast does a parachute come down?18 km/h
How fast does a ski chairlift go?18 km/h
How fast is a Segway?20 km/h
How fast can a Komodo dragon run?20 km/h
How fast do you need to go around the world in 80 days?20.87 km/h
How fast is the marathon world record pace?21 km/h
How fast did Kipchoge run his sub-2-hour marathon?21.15 km/h
How fast is a rowing eight?22.6 km/h
How fast is the 10,000 m world record?22.91 km/h
How fast does a raindrop fall?23 km/h
How fast is the 5,000 m world record?23.83 km/h
How fast does a honeybee fly?24 km/h
How fast is a golf cart?24 km/h
How fast does a kangaroo hop when cruising?25 km/h
How fast can a rental e-scooter go in the UK?25 km/h
When does an e-bike's motor stop helping in Europe?25 km/h
How fast is the mile world record?25.96 km/h
How fast does a pro bowling ball roll?28 km/h
How fast was the human-powered flight record?29.5 km/h
How fast is a container ship?29.6 km/h
How fast can a hippo run?30 km/h
What is the speed limit on most Paris streets?30 km/h
How fast does a plane taxi?30 km/h
How fast can a squirrel run?32 km/h
How fast can a roadrunner run?32 km/h
What is the default town speed limit in Wales?32.19 km/h
How fast was the Cutty Sark?32.4 km/h
How fast is the London Underground?33 km/h
How fast is the 400 m world record?33.5 km/h
How fast was Florence Griffith-Joyner?34.3 km/h
How fast can a dolphin swim?35 km/h
How fast can an iguana run?35 km/h
How fast is a leatherback turtle?35 km/h
How fast can a dragonfly fly?35 km/h
How fast can a capybara run?35 km/h
How fast is the Glacier Express?36 km/h
How fast can a penguin swim?36 km/h
How fast is the Burj Khalifa elevator?36 km/h
How fast does a cruise ship sail?37 km/h
How fast was Usain Bolt's 200 m record?37.52 km/h
How fast is Usain Bolt on average over 100 m?37.58 km/h
How fast can an elephant run?40 km/h
How fast can a sea lion swim?40 km/h
How fast can a great white shark swim?40 km/h
How fast can a wombat run?40 km/h
How fast can a polar bear run?40 km/h
How fast is an NHL skater?40 km/h
How fast can a wild turkey run?40 km/h
How fast does a tidal bore travel?40 km/h
How fast can a gorilla run?40 km/h
What is the default speed limit in New York City?40.2 km/h
How fast was the Titanic going when it hit the iceberg?40.7 km/h
How fast was the fastest Tour de France?42.1 km/h
How fast does a horse gallop?44 km/h
How fast is Usain Bolt at top speed?44.72 km/h
How fast can a house cat run?48 km/h
How fast was Stephenson's Rocket?48 km/h
How fast can a deer run?48 km/h
How fast can a red fox run?50 km/h
How fast can an emu run?50 km/h
How fast can a cassowary run?50 km/h
How fast does a hummingbird fly?50 km/h
What is the town speed limit in Germany?50 km/h
How fast does a bar-tailed godwit fly?51.4 km/h
How fast is the 500 m speed skating record?53.6 km/h
How fast can a black rhino run?55 km/h
How fast can a bison run?55 km/h
How fast is a Queen Mary 2?55.6 km/h
How fast can a red kangaroo go?56 km/h
How fast can a grizzly bear run?56 km/h
How fast can an orca swim?56 km/h
How fast is an aircraft carrier?56 km/h
How fast was the Boston molasses flood?56 km/h
How fast can a moose run?56 km/h
How fast is the cycling hour record?56.792 km/h
How fast can a leopard run?58 km/h
How fast can a giraffe run?60 km/h
How fast can a wolf run?60 km/h
How fast can a hyena run?60 km/h
How fast was the fastest lava flow?60 km/h
How fast can a tiger run?60 km/h
How fast was Secretariat?60.4 km/h
How fast was Blériot's Channel flight?61 km/h
At what wind speed does a gale begin?62 km/h
How fast was the first car speed record?63.15 km/h
How fast can a coyote run?64 km/h
How fast does a Canada goose fly?64 km/h
How fast was a Citroën 2CV?64 km/h
How fast can a zebra run?65 km/h
How fast can a camel run?65 km/h
How fast was the SS United States?65.9 km/h
How fast can an Abrams tank go?67 km/h
How fast can a mako shark swim?70 km/h
How fast can an ostrich run?70 km/h
How fast can a hare run?70 km/h
How fast can an African wild dog run?70 km/h
How fast is a Tour de France sprint finish?70 km/h
How fast is a racehorse?70.76 km/h
How fast can a greyhound run?72 km/h
How fast was a Ford Model T?72 km/h
How fast can a yellowfin tuna swim?75 km/h
How fast is the fastest elevator?75.6 km/h
How fast can a lion run?80 km/h
How fast can a wildebeest run?80 km/h
How fast can a gazelle run?80 km/h
What is the pit lane speed limit in Formula 1?80 km/h
How fast does a racing pigeon fly?80 km/h
How fast is the fastest submarine?82.8 km/h
How fast is a mantis shrimp's punch?83 km/h
How fast was a Fiat 500 in 1957?85 km/h
How fast can a pronghorn run?88 km/h
What was the US national speed limit in 1974?88.5 km/h
At what wind speed does a storm begin?89 km/h
How fast is a ski jumper at takeoff?90 km/h
How fast is a falling cat?97 km/h
How fast does an NFL quarterback throw?97 km/h
How fast was Sarah the cheetah?98 km/h
How fast does a hummingbird dive?98 km/h

Race

How fast is Mars dust storm wind?100 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in the Netherlands?100 km/h
How fast is the fastest Tube line?100 km/h
How fast is the kitesurfing speed record?103 km/h
How fast was the first car to beat 100 km/h?105.88 km/h
How fast is the fastest ferry?107 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in Australia?110 km/h
How fast does a common swift fly?111.6 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in the UK?112.65 km/h
How fast was a classic VW Beetle?115 km/h
How fast was an original Mini?116 km/h
How fast is the fastest table tennis smash?116 km/h
At what wind speed does a storm become a hurricane?119 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in Spain?120 km/h
What is the expressway speed limit in Japan?120 km/h
What is the expressway speed limit in China?120 km/h
What is the expressway speed limit in Vietnam?120 km/h
What is the expressway speed limit in India?120 km/h
How fast is the fastest sailboat?121.21 km/h
How fast is a softball pitch?124 km/h
How fast does a hard drive spin?129 km/h
What is the recommended speed on the German autobahn?130 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in France?130 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in Italy?130 km/h
How fast was a Big Boy steam locomotive?130 km/h
How fast does a washing machine drum spin?132 km/h
How fast was the Hindenburg?135 km/h
What is the highest speed limit in the US?136.8 km/h
What is the motorway speed limit in Poland?140 km/h
What is the highway speed limit in Abu Dhabi?140 km/h
How fast does the DeLorean need to go to time travel?141.6 km/h
How fast is the fastest human-powered vehicle?144.17 km/h
How fast is the skateboard speed record?146.73 km/h
How fast is a four-man bobsleigh?150 km/h
How fast is an average MLB fastball?151 km/h
How fast is the luge speed record?154 km/h
How fast does a big hailstone fall?160 km/h
How fast can a bat fly?160 km/h
How fast was the Flying Scotsman?160.9 km/h
How fast is the fastest cricket ball?161.3 km/h
How fast is a World Cup downhill skier?161.9 km/h
How fast is the fastest baseball pitch?170.3 km/h
How fast did Lindbergh fly across the Atlantic?173 km/h
How fast is the fastest hockey slapshot?175.1 km/h
How fast are Category 3 hurricane winds?178 km/h
How fast does a pro golfer swing?185 km/h
How fast was the first nonstop transatlantic flight?190 km/h
How fast does a skydiver fall?200 km/h
How fast does the top of a car tyre move?200 km/h
How fast was the Tesla Roadster?201 km/h
How fast were Hurricane Katrina's winds at landfall?201 km/h
How fast was the Mallard?202.58 km/h
How fast was Kingda Ka?206 km/h
How fast was the first Shinkansen?210 km/h
How fast is the fastest women's tennis serve?220 km/h
How fast does a Cessna 172 fly?226 km/h
How fast do trap-jaw ant jaws snap?230 km/h
How fast does a golden eagle dive?240 km/h
How fast is the fastest roller coaster?240 km/h
How fast does an Olympic archery arrow fly?240 km/h
How fast was a Jaguar E-Type?241 km/h
How fast is the Acela train?241.4 km/h
How fast does an airliner land?250 km/h
How fast are Category 5 hurricane winds?252 km/h
How fast is the speed skiing record?255 km/h
How fast is the fastest tennis serve?263 km/h
How fast does a golf ball leave the club?275 km/h
How fast does a Black Hawk helicopter fly?280 km/h
How fast is the fastest squash shot?281.6 km/h
How fast is the Tokaido Shinkansen?285 km/h
How fast does a Boeing 747 take off?290 km/h
How fast does a wind turbine blade tip move?290 km/h
How fast is the fastest bicycle?296 km/h
How fast is a Eurostar train?300 km/h
How fast is a powder snow avalanche?300 km/h
How fast is the fastest ball in sport?302 km/h
How fast were Typhoon Haiyan's winds?315 km/h
How fast is the fastest Shinkansen?320 km/h
How fast does an airbag inflate?320 km/h
How fast is a Tesla Model S Plaid?322 km/h
How fast are EF5 tornado winds?322 km/h
How fast was a Ferrari F40?324 km/h
How fast was Segrave's 1927 record car?327.97 km/h
How fast is a paintball?329 km/h
How fast is a Porsche 911 Turbo S?330 km/h
How fast is a DC-3?333 km/h
How fast were Hurricane Patricia's winds?345 km/h
How fast is the Space Shuttle at landing?350 km/h
How fast is a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ?350 km/h
How fast is a Fuxing bullet train?350 km/h
How fast are Venus's winds?360 km/h
How fast does a MotoGP bike go?366 km/h
How fast is a Formula 1 car?370 km/h
How fast was the Mount Washington wind?372 km/h
How fast is an IndyCar at the Indy 500?377 km/h
How fast was a McLaren F1?386.4 km/h
How fast does a peregrine falcon dive?389 km/h
How fast is a Kawasaki Ninja H2R?400 km/h
How fast is the fastest helicopter?400.87 km/h
How fast was the fastest car at Le Mans?405 km/h
How fast was the strongest wind gust ever?408 km/h
How fast is a Rimac Nevera?412 km/h
How fast are the winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot?430 km/h
How fast do nerve signals travel?432 km/h
How fast was the Koenigsegg Agera RS?447.19 km/h
How fast was the fastest tornado wind?484 km/h
How fast was Malcolm Campbell's Blue Bird?484.62 km/h
How fast is a Bugatti Chiron?490.48 km/h
How fast is the water speed record?511.1 km/h
How fast is a Top Fuel dragster?540 km/h
How fast is the fastest badminton smash?565 km/h
How fast is the train speed record on rails?574.8 km/h
How fast was a Spitfire?580 km/h
How fast is the fastest maglev?603 km/h
How fast is the motorcycle speed record?605.7 km/h
How fast was Donald Campbell's Bluebird?648.73 km/h
How fast is a pyroclastic flow?700 km/h
How fast was a P-51 Mustang?703 km/h
How fast did the first jet airliner fly?740 km/h
How fast is a tsunami?800 km/h
How fast does a Boeing 737 cruise?840 km/h
How fast is the fastest propeller plane?850.24 km/h
How fast does Mars spin at its equator?868 km/h
How fast was the first jet fighter?870 km/h
How fast does a Boeing 747 fly?900 km/h
How fast are Uranus's winds?900 km/h

Jet

How fast was Bloodhound LSR?1,010 km/h
How fast was Thrust2?1,019.47 km/h
How fast does London move as Earth spins?1,042 km/h
How fast is sound at airliner cruising height?1,062 km/h
How fast did Chuck Yeager fly to break the sound barrier?1,127 km/h
How fast was ThrustSSC?1,227.98 km/h
How fast is the speed of sound?1,235 km/h
How fast is the fastest subsonic airliner flight?1,327 km/h
How fast did Felix Baumgartner fall?1,357.6 km/h
How fast does Earth spin at the equator?1,674 km/h
How fast are Saturn's winds?1,800 km/h
How fast is an F-35?1,930 km/h
How fast are Neptune's winds?2,100 km/h
How fast did Concorde fly?2,180 km/h
How fast is sound in helium?3,474 km/h
How fast was the SR-71 Blackbird?3,529.6 km/h
How fast is 1 kilometre per second?3,600 km/h
How fast does the Moon orbit Earth?3,683 km/h
What is Pluto's escape velocity?4,356 km/h
How fast is sound in water?5,328 km/h
How fast does a spacecraft orbit the Moon?5,760 km/h
How fast does the Sun spin at its equator?7,189 km/h
How fast was the X-15 rocket plane?7,274 km/h
How fast does Phobos orbit Mars?7,700 km/h
What is the Moon's escape velocity?8,568 km/h
How fast does Uranus spin at its equator?9,320 km/h
How fast does Neptune spin at its equator?9,650 km/h

Orbit

How fast does a geostationary satellite move?11,070 km/h
How fast was the X-43A scramjet?11,265 km/h
How fast do earthquake S-waves travel?12,600 km/h
How fast is a GPS satellite?13,900 km/h
What is Mercury's escape velocity?15,300 km/h
How fast does Pluto orbit the Sun?17,064 km/h
What is Mars's escape velocity?18,108 km/h
How fast does Neptune orbit the Sun?19,548 km/h
How fast does Titan orbit Saturn?20,052 km/h
How fast is sound in steel?21,456 km/h
How fast do earthquake P-waves travel?21,600 km/h
How fast was the DART spacecraft when it hit an asteroid?22,104 km/h
How fast does Uranus orbit the Sun?24,480 km/h
How fast is the International Space Station?27,600 km/h
How fast did the Space Shuttle orbit?28,000 km/h
How fast did Sputnik 1 orbit?28,800 km/h
How fast does Saturn orbit the Sun?34,848 km/h
How fast does Saturn spin at its equator?35,500 km/h
How fast was Deep Impact's impactor?36,720 km/h
What is Venus's escape velocity?37,296 km/h
What is the fastest humans have ever travelled?39,897 km/h
What is Earth's escape velocity?40,270 km/h
How fast does sound travel in a diamond?43,200 km/h
How fast was Pioneer 10?43,200 km/h
How fast does Jupiter spin at its equator?45,360 km/h
How fast was the fastest re-entry?46,440 km/h
How fast does Jupiter orbit the Sun?47,052 km/h
How fast is Voyager 2?55,300 km/h
How fast was New Horizons at launch?58,500 km/h
How fast is Voyager 1?61,500 km/h
How fast does Io orbit Jupiter?62,280 km/h
How fast was the Chelyabinsk meteor?68,400 km/h
How fast is the Sun moving past nearby stars?72,000 km/h
What is Uranus's escape velocity?76,680 km/h
What is Neptune's escape velocity?84,600 km/h
How fast does Mars orbit the Sun?86,652 km/h
How fast was 'Oumuamua?93,600 km/h
How fast does Earth orbit the Sun?107,226 km/h
How fast does Venus orbit the Sun?126,072 km/h
What is Saturn's escape velocity?127,800 km/h
How fast does Mercury orbit the Sun?170,500 km/h
How fast was the Galileo probe entering Jupiter?170,640 km/h
How fast is Halley's Comet at its fastest?196,560 km/h
How fast are Perseid meteors?212,400 km/h
What is Jupiter's escape velocity?214,200 km/h
How fast was the Helios 2 probe?252,792 km/h
How fast are Leonid meteors?255,600 km/h
How fast was Juno at Jupiter?265,000 km/h
How fast is Andromeda approaching us?396,000 km/h
How fast is the Parker Solar Probe?692,000 km/h
How fast does the Sun orbit the galaxy?828,000 km/h

Cosmic

How fast is the solar wind?1.44 million km/h
How fast is the Milky Way moving?2 million km/h
What is the Sun's escape velocity?2.22372 million km/h
How fast is supernova debris?36 million km/h
How fast is a lightning strike?360 million km/h
How fast does light travel in a diamond?446.5 million km/h
How fast does internet data travel in fibre?720 million km/h
How fast does light travel in water?811 million km/h
How fast is the speed of light?1,079.25 million km/h