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  2. Speed record - Wikipedia

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    A speed record is a world record for speed by a person, animal, or vehicle. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles. The function of speed record is to record the speed of moving animate objects such as humans, animals or vehicles.

  3. Speed skydiving - Wikipedia

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    The speed, achieved by the human body in free fall, is a function of several factors; including the body's mass, orientation, and skin area and texture. [1] In stable, belly-to-earth position, terminal velocity is about 200 km/h (120 mph). Stable freefall head down position has a terminal speed of 240–290 km/h (around 150–180 mph).

  4. Footspeed - Wikipedia

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    The record is 44.72 km/h (27.78 mph), measured between meter 60 and meter 80 of the 100 meters sprint at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics by Usain Bolt. [4] [5] (Bolt's average speed over the course of this race was 37.578 km/h or 23.35 mph.) [6] Compared to quadrupedal animals, humans are exceptionally capable of endurance, but incapable of great speed. [7]

  5. Running - Wikipedia

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    The fastest human footspeed on record is 44.7 km/h (12.4 m/s; 27.8 mph), seen during a 100-meter sprint (average speed between the 60th and the 80th meter) by Usain Bolt. [ 86 ] Speed over increasing distance based on world record times

  6. List of vehicle speed records - Wikipedia

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    Human-powered submarine: 8.035: 14.881: 9.247: Omer 5: Sebastien Brisebois, Joel Brunet 28 Jun 2007 ISR [60] Ground effect vehicle [a] 350: 650: 400: Korabl Maket "Caspian Sea Monster" Soviet Navy: ca. 1966–1980 (unofficial) [62] Underwater vehicle: There is no officially recognized speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive ...

  7. Olympic Runner Rai Benjamin Is One of the Fastest Humans, But ...

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    Olympic runner Rai Benjamin is training for the 2024 Paris Olympics to be more than the second-fastest human in the 400-meter hurdle. Here's what that looks like.

  8. Water speed record - Wikipedia

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    The world unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water-borne vehicle, irrespective of propulsion method. The current unlimited record is 511.11 km/h (317.59 mph; 275.98 kn), achieved by Australian Ken Warby in the Spirit of Australia on 8 October 1978.

  9. Fastest animals - Wikipedia

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    On this basis the 'fastest' organism on earth, relative to its body length, is the Southern Californian mite, Paratarsotomus macropalpis, which has a speed of 322 body lengths per second. [4] The equivalent speed for a human, running as fast as this mite, would be 1,300 mph (2,092 km/h), [5] or approximately Mach 1.7.