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How fast is 1 meter per second?

2.24 mphAbout 3.6 km/h · Run

Exactly 2.2 mph (3.6 km/h), since an hour has 3,600 seconds.

That's about 6% of a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).

2.24 mph
a giant tortoise

By speed: 1 m/s is about 13× faster than a giant tortoise.

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