How fast do the Empire State Building's elevators go?
13.6 mphAbout 21.95 km/h · Run
About 1,200 feet (370 m) a minute, so the 80th floor is under a minute away.
That's about 39% of a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).
🏙️13.6 mph
🦟a mosquito
By speed: an Empire State elevator is about 11× faster than a mosquito.
Things about as fast
- How fast is the Boston Marathon record pace?12.8 mph
- How fast do you need to go around the world in 80 days?13 mph
- How fast is the marathon world record pace?13 mph
- How fast did Kipchoge run his sub-2-hour marathon?13.1 mph
- How fast is a rowing eight?14 mph
- How fast is the 10,000 m world record?14.2 mph
- How fast does a raindrop fall?14.3 mph
- How fast is the 5,000 m world record?14.8 mph
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