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Fastest Elevators in the World (2026)

This list is the rated speed of a named elevator when the manufacturer and two other accounts print one figure. Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre leads. Hitachi's September 2019 release says Guinness certified the car on 10 September 2019 at 1,260 metres per minute, which the footnote writes as 75.6 km/h and 21 m/s. Global Construction Review prints 75.6 km/h. Wikipedia prints speeds up to 21 metres per second. A 2014 plan of 1,200 m/min is the earlier rating. The rank is 21 m/s.

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3 elevators, ties share a rank.

  1. 1
    Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre elevator

    Hitachi · Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre

    75.6km/h47.0mph21m/s40.8kn2.0× Bolt
    OfficialHitachi (opens source in a new tab)
  2. 2
    Shanghai Tower elevator

    Mitsubishi Electric · Shanghai Tower

    73.8km/h45.9mph20.5m/s39.8kn2.0× Bolt
    OfficialMitsubishi Electric (opens source in a new tab)
  3. 3
    Taipei 101 elevator

    Toshiba · Taipei 101

    60.6km/h37.7mph16.8m/s32.7kn1.6× Bolt
    OfficialToshiba Elevator (opens source in a new tab)

Shanghai Tower is Mitsubishi's observation-deck car at 20.5 m/s. The May 2016 release prints 1,230 metres per minute, or 20.5 metres per second. The December release prints 73.8 km/h and the Guinness certificate. CNN prints 20.5 metres per second. Those convert, so one figure is stored. Taipei 101 is Toshiba's 1,010 metres per minute. The building, Toshiba's 60.6 km/h, and a 2013 Emporis survey agree. 1,010 divided by 60 is about 16.83 m/s. The ranked unit there is metres per minute.

Ping An, Lotte World Tower, the Burj Khalifa and Yokohama Landmark Tower did not clear three pages each, so they are absent. Three rows stay under the index gate.

The lineup · 3 on file

Meet the elevators

One card per entry, with its headline figure and where it ranks.

Ranked by top speed

Fastest Elevators

  • Shanghai Tower elevator

    Mitsubishi Electric · Shanghai Tower

    Top speed
    73.8km/h45.9mph20.5m/s39.8knOfficial2.0× Bolt

    #2 of 3 · Fastest Elevators

  • Taipei 101 elevator

    Toshiba · Taipei 101

    Top speed
    60.6km/h37.7mph16.8m/s32.7knOfficial1.6× Bolt

    #3 of 3 · Fastest Elevators

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