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Taipei 101 elevator

The building, Toshiba and a 2013 Emporis survey all print a rising speed of 1,010 metres per minute for the observation elevators.

Also known as TAIPEI 101 observation elevator
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Top speed

Published as 1010 m/minPublished as 1010 m/minPublished as 1010 m/minPublished as 1010 m/min

Rising speed of the two Taipei 101 observation elevators, Toshiba. 1,010 m/min is 60.6 km/h. The building says the ride from the 5th floor to the 89th takes 37 seconds. No record day is printed beside the speed.

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In context

  • 1.6× Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record paceSourced · Usain Bolt, 100 m in 9.58 s. World Athletics, Berlin 2009. Averaged over the race
  • 58% of a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • A football field in 5.4 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

Mechanism

Why it's so fast

Taipei 101 elevator is fast because the shaft is long enough to spend time at speed and the motor can hold it, while the acceleration stays something a person can bear.

  1. Room to arrive

    A short building cannot cruise. These cars are in tall towers, with a run measured in dozens of floors. The peak only exists in the middle of that run.

  2. People, not a coaster

    Taipei 101 elevator carries riders who are standing still. Ears and balance limit the acceleration even when the top speed is high. The ranked figure is the operating speed the maker prints.

Nearby on this list: Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre elevator.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 60.6km/h37.7mph16.8m/s32.7knRanked figure

    Rising speed of the two Taipei 101 observation elevators, Toshiba. 1,010 m/min is 60.6 km/h. The building says the ride from the 5th floor to the 89th takes 37 seconds. No record day is printed beside the speed.

    Taipei 101 prints a rising speed of 1,010 meters per minute. The Emporis survey prints 1,010 metres per minute. 60.6 km/h is that figure. A survey line written 60/6 km/h is a typo for 60.6, not a second speed.

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    Toshiba Elevator (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Building
Taipei 101
Manufacturer
Toshiba
Speed
1,010 m/min
Run
5th floor to 89th

Context

Background

Taipei 101's observation-deck page says two high-speed elevators have a rising speed of 1,010 meters per minute, and that the ride from the 5th floor to the 89th takes 37 seconds. Toshiba's project page says the ultra-high-speed elevator runs at 1010 m/min, which is equivalent to 60.6 km/h, and that two elevators were installed at that speed. 1,010 divided by 60 is 16.833 m/s, and 16.833 times 3.6 is 60.6, so the writings are one speed. The ranked unit is metres per minute, the unit all three lead with.

Workplace Insight's report of the 2013 Emporis survey prints 1,010 metres per minute for Taipei 101, from the fifth to the 89th floor, in 37 seconds, and says two of the elevators reach 1010 m/min. The same paragraph writes 60/6 km/h, which is the 60.6 km/h figure with a slash. No day is printed for the installation, so the measurement has no date. Yokohama Landmark Tower, the Burj Khalifa, Ping An and Lotte World Tower were not given three agreeing pages each, so they are not rows.

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