Yangwang U9 Xtreme
Yangwang · 14 Sep 2025
- Top speed
- 496.22km/h308mph138m/s268knClaimed4.8× cheetah
- Nürburgring lap
- 6:59.157Official
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37 ranked#1Yangwang U9 Xtreme496.22km/h308mph138m/s268knClaimed
Fastest Mammals
18 ranked#1Blackbuck105km/h65.2mph29.2m/s56.7knEstimated
Fastest Birds
16 ranked#1Peregrine falcon140km/h87.2mph39m/s75.8knVerified
Fastest Nürburgring Lap Times
13 ranked#1Mercedes-AMG ONE6:29.090Official
Fastest Motorcycles
35 ranked#1Ducati Panigale V4 R318.4km/h198mph88.4m/s172knClaimed
Fastest 0–60 Cars
17 ranked#1Rimac Nevera1.74sVerified
Fastest 100 m Sprinters
12 ranked#1Usain Bolt9.58sOfficial
Fastest Military Jets
5 ranked#1Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird3,529.56km/h2,193mph980m/s1,906knMach2.88Official
Fastest Trains
4 ranked#1L0 Series maglev603km/h375mph168m/s326knOfficial
Fastest Women's 100 m
10 ranked#1Florence Griffith-Joyner10.49sOfficial
Fastest Quarter-Mile Cars
15 ranked#1Rimac Nevera8.25sVerified
Fastest Helicopters
3 ranked#1Eurocopter X3472km/h293mph131m/s255knVerified
Daily speed puzzle
Which is faster? Six sourced head-to-heads a day.
From falcons to hypercars. A new puzzle every day at 00:00 UTC.
Fast facts · sourced
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Every figure is read from a cited measurement or computed from two of them. The order is shuffled on each visit.
Animals · Mammals
104km/h64.9mph29m/s56.4kn
Verified top speed
A cheetah is the fastest mammal with a verified top speed: 29 m/s.
Blackbuck ranks first at 105 km/h, but that figure is estimated.
Vehicles · Cars
490.484km/h305mph136m/s265kn
Official top speed
The Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ is the fastest car with an official top speed: 490.484 km/h.
Yangwang U9 Xtreme ranks first at 496.22 km/h, but that figure is claimed.
Vehicles · Cars
386km/h240.1mph107m/s209kn
Official top speed
The McLaren F1's official top speed is 240.1 mph.
Official top speed stated by McLaren, chassis XP5, Volkswagen Ehra-Lessien, 31 March 1998. The page also states 386.7 km/h for the same run; the stored unit is mph.
Vehicles · Cars
400km/h249mph111m/s216kn
Speed the test reached
The Rimac Nevera reached 400 km/h during an instrumented 0–400–0 test.
Speed reached during a 0–400–0 km/h test. Racelogic: 0–400 km/h in 21.32 s and 0–400–0 in 29.94 s. Dewesoft: 21.31 s and 29.93 s. Not published as an absolute maximum beyond 400 km/h.
Animals · Birds
140km/h87.2mph39m/s75.8kn
Ranked stoop speed
A peregrine falcon's ranked top speed is 39 m/s, the fastest of the 10-second radar intervals during stoops.
Maximum of 10-second radar intervals during stoops. Alerstam 1987. Average stoop in the same paper was about 25 m/s.
Head to head
1.6×
Faster, by top speed
A cheetah is about 1.6× faster than a greyhound.
Cheetah: 29 m/s, verified. Greyhound: 67.32 km/h, official.
Animals · Birds
85.0km/h52.8mph23.6m/s45.9kn
Level-flight mean
The fastest level-flight mean on our bird list is a common pochard, at 23.6 m/s.
Mean equivalent airspeed Ue in continuous flapping flight, Lund, n=1. Protocol S1 of Alerstam et al. 2007. Not a stoop.
Vehicles · Cars
447.19km/h278mph124m/s241kn
Two-way average
The fastest two-way average on our car list is the Koenigsegg Agera RS, at 447.19 km/h.
One run in each direction, averaged, so wind and slope cancel out. One-way passes are listed separately.
Head to head
1.3×
Faster, by top speed
A peregrine falcon is about 1.3× faster than a cheetah.
Peregrine falcon: 39 m/s, verified. Cheetah: 29 m/s, verified.
Animals · Birds
389km/h242mph108m/s210kn
Claimed dive
Experimental peregrine dives have been reported at perhaps up to 389 km/h. That figure is a claim, not the ranked speed.
The ranked speed stays 39 m/s: Maximum of 10-second radar intervals during stoops. Alerstam 1987. Average stoop in the same paper was about 25 m/s.
Head to head
+4%
Faster, by top speed
The Koenigsegg Agera RS is about 4% faster than the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.
Koenigsegg Agera RS: 447.19 km/h, verified. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport: 431.072 km/h, official.
Records · Land speed
1,228km/h763.035mph341m/s663knMach1.00
Land speed record
ThrustSSC holds the land speed record at 763.035 mph.
Set on October 15, 1997 and still the mark 28 years, 11 months later. Flying-mile average of two runs in opposite directions, ratified by the FIA.
Animals · Dogs
67.32km/h41.8mph18.7m/s36.3kn
Record, averaged over the run
The fastest greyhound on record averaged 67.32 km/h from start to finish.
An average over the whole straight-track run, not a peak from one stride.
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Land speed record
ThrustSSC broke Thrust2’s mark
1,228km/h763.035mph341m/s663knMach1.00+20.45%Land speed record
Thrust2 broke Blue Flame’s mark
1,019km/h633.468mph283m/s550knMach0.83+1.78%Land speed record
Blue Flame broke Spirit of America Sonic 1’s mark
1,002km/h622.407mph278m/s541knMach0.82+3.63%Land speed record
Spirit of America Sonic 1 set the first mark
967km/h600.601mph268m/s522knMach0.79
Speed race
Speed is easier to feel than to read.
Pick two to four sourced top speeds and watch them race at true relative speed. The default lines up a cheetah against a greyhound.
- Cheetah104km/h64.9mph29m/s56.4kn
- Greyhound67.32km/h41.8mph18.7m/s36.3kn
Where everyone is when a cheetah crosses 100 m, each at top speed.
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Settle the argument
- 1.6×
Cheetah vs Greyhound
A cheetah is about 1.6× faster than a greyhound.
- 1.3×
Cheetah vs Peregrine falcon
A peregrine falcon is about 1.3× faster than a cheetah.
- 4% faster
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport vs Koenigsegg Agera RS
The Koenigsegg Agera RS is about 4% faster than the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.
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