The experimental X-15A-2 became the fastest rocket-powered aircraft after attaining a speed of 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.7, at an altitude of 31,120 m (102,100 ft). Joseph Kittinger’s 52-year-old record for the highest freefall parachute jump – now held by Alan Eustace at 41,422 m (135,898 ft) – Baumgartner became the first human to break the sound barrier in freefall. He fell to Earth at a speed of 843.6 mph (1,357.6 km/h) during the death-defying Red Bull Stratos mission.Īfter initially spinning violently, Baumgartner regained control and successfully deployed his parachute, landing safely and breaking eight world records in the process. On 14 October 2012, Felix Baumgartner (Austria) jumped from the edge of space into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame as he broke the record for the fastest speed in freefall.
"It was so powerful that 10 miles off the end of the track, the local town of Gerlach was experiencing what they thought was earthquakes" – Andy Green OBE The supersonic speed was measured over one mile driven in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, on 15 October 1997. The fastest car aka fastest land speed record is 763 mph (1,227.9 km/h), or Mach 1.020, achieved by Andy Green (UK) in the Thrust SSC, which became the first car to break the sound barrier. These antelope-like animals have been observed to run at 34.8 mph (56 km/h) for as far as 4.1 mi (6.6 km). The fastest animal on land over long distances is the North American pronghorn ( Antilocapra americana). In 1965, Professor Craig Sharp of Brunel University, London, recorded accurate speeds of 64.3 mph (103.4 km/h) run by a 35-kg (77-lb) adult female over a distance of 201.2 m (660 ft). AdvertisementsĪble to run at over double Usain Bolt’s speed is the fastest mammal on land over short distances - the cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus). The eight-time Olympic gold medallist also holds records for the fastest run 150 metres (14.35 seconds) and the fastest run 200 metres (19.19 seconds). On 16 August 2009, Bolt registered a time of 9.58 seconds in the 100 m final of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.īolt broke his own record for the fastest run 100 metres, which he achieved exactly one year previously at the Beijing Olympics with a time of 9.69 seconds. Despite being the fastest human in history, Usain Bolt (Jamaica) is the slowest record holder on this list.
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