Yangwang U9 Xtreme
Yangwang · 14 Sep 2025
- Top speed
- 496.22km/h308mph138m/s268knClaimed4.8× cheetah
- Nürburgring lap
- 6:59.157Official
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Illustration by Fastest Things, composite of:
- Cheetah: Mark Dumont (CC BY 2.0)
- Peregrine falcon: Mildeep (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: Alexandre Prevot (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Parker Solar Probe: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben (Public domain)
The illustration is offered under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Current #1s
FigureFastest MammalsBlackbuck
105km/h65.2mph29.2m/s56.7knEstimatedFastest CarsYangwang U9 Xtreme
496.22km/h308mph138m/s268knClaimedFastest BirdsPeregrine falcon
140km/h87.2mph39m/s75.8knVerifiedFastest 100 m SprintersUsain Bolt
9.58sOfficial
Live rankings
Popular rankings
Fastest Cars
49 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
30 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 Dog Breeds
14 ranked#1Greyhound67.32km/h41.8mph18.7m/s36.3knOfficial
Fastest Women's 100 m
10 ranked#1Florence Griffith-Joyner10.49sOfficial
Fastest Quarter-Mile Cars
15 ranked#1Rimac Nevera8.25sVerified
Daily speed puzzle
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Fast facts · sourced
Numbers worth repeating
Every figure is read from a cited measurement or computed from two of them. The order is shuffled on each visit.
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 55.9 mph (25 m/s).
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.
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 249 mph (400 km/h).
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.
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.
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 55.9 mph (25 m/s).
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 29 years 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.
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.
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, March 31, 1998. The page also states 240 mph (386.7 km/h) for the same run; The unit in the source is mph.
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.
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.
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.
The lineup
Meet the fastest things on file
The top of every live list, one card per entry. Each rank is within its own list.
Blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
- Top speed
- 105km/h65.2mph29.2m/s56.7knEstimated2.8× Bolt
#1 of 18 · Fastest Mammals
Mercury
Planet · NASA fact sheet
- Velocity
- 47.4km/s106,030mphOfficial4.3 Earth laps/h
#1 of 9 · Fastest Planets
Formula Rossa
Intamin · Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
- Ride speed
- 240km/h149mph66.7m/s130knOfficial2.3× cheetah
- Absolute speed
- 240km/h149mph66.7m/s130knOfficial
#1 of 11 · Fastest Roller Coasters
Singapore
Fixed broadband · median download
- Median download
- 462.5Mbit/sOfficial
#1 of 10 · Fastest Internet by Country
Aα sensory fiber
Muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs
- Conduction velocity
- 80–120m/sOfficial
#1 of 4 · Fastest sensory nerve fibers
Ducati Panigale V4 R
Ducati · homologated V4 R
- Top speed
- 318.4km/h198mph88.4m/s172knClaimed3.0× cheetah
#1 of 35 · Fastest Motorcycles
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
- Top speed
- 140km/h87.2mph39m/s75.8knVerified3.7× Bolt
#1 of 16 · Fastest Birds
El Capitan
Lawrence Livermore · HPL Rmax
- HPL Rmax
- 1,809Pflop/sOfficial
#2 of 10 · Fastest Supercomputers
Florence Griffith-Joyner
women's 100 m · United States
- Race time
- 10.49sOfficial
#1 of 10 · Fastest Women's 100 m
Venus
Planet · NASA fact sheet
- Velocity
- 35km/s78,290mphOfficial3.1 Earth laps/h
#2 of 9 · Fastest Planets
United Arab Emirates
Fixed broadband · median download
- Median download
- 382.4Mbit/sOfficial
#2 of 10 · Fastest Internet by Country
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
EUA effective December 11, 2020
- Authorization time
- 311daysOfficial
#1 of 3 · Fastest COVID-19 vaccine authorizations
Record books
Record breakers
How the biggest speed records fell, and by how much.
Nürburgring production lap
6:29.090Mercedes-AMG ONE
Men's 100 meters
9.58sUsain Bolt
Steel-wheel rail record
574.8km/h357mph160m/s310knTGV V150 broke TGV Atlantique 325’s mark
+11.55%Land speed record
1,228km/h763.035mph341m/s663knMach1.00ThrustSSC broke Thrust2’s mark
+20.45%Water speed record
511.11km/h318mph142m/s276knSpirit of Australia broke Bluebird K7’s mark
+14.93%
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.
Race themHead to head
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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