Is it possible to run as fast as sonic

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He's been around for almost 30 years, giving fans plenty of time to speculate about his true nature. Lots of thought maybe too much, but who are we to judge? The folks over at Game Theory spent some time calculating just how fast Sonic is in his various game titles and the results are According to their calculations, the Blue Bolt clocks in at just about 80 feet per second, on his best day. That's a far cry from the bill of goods we've all been sold.

The word "sonic" is in his name, after all. To be fair, these calculations stuck strictly to what can be seen during gameplay and that is, understandably, restricted in order to make the game playable. If Sonic were truly zipping around faster than the speed of sound, it would have a pretty detrimental effect on gameplay. If we allow ourselves to suspend our disbelief, we could trust Sonic Unleaded 's in-game speed meters, which have clocked Sonic at up to 2, miles per hour.

We might also reference the manual for Sonic Adventure DX , which boasts a top speed of 3, miles per hour. There are, of course, also the light-speed shoes to consider. The question of Sonic's top speed is seemingly unanswerable. Even the in-game answers don't agree with one another and that's to say nothing about the cartoons or comics. And, to be honest, enough has been said about Sonic's speed.

What we're interested in is the consequences of traveling at those speeds. And with his live-action debut finally hitting theaters this weekend, what better time to find out? Sonic's primary concern is not his speed, but his acceleration.

Once at speed, things level out. The G-forces level to 1 once you stop gaining speed. That's why astronauts on the space station don't splatter against the walls, despite traveling at more than 17, miles per hour while inside it.

The forces inside your body when accelerating are the same as if you're already moving fast and suddenly stop. Your body doesn't care whether you're coming or going — it's all about changes in momentum. For our purposes, we'll assume Sonic's top speed is miles per hour, the speed of sound. That's fast. Faster than any creature on Earth can go without the aid of technology.

Despite common knowledge, the animal speed record is not held by the cheetah. While it's land-speed of 75 miles per hour is impressive, the animal speed record is actually held by the Peregrine Falcon with a maximum diving speed of miles per hour, fast enough to swoop down from above and punch other birds out of the sky. The same goes for Sonic. But then again, if we're to assume Sonic's species evolved to reach such high speeds, he must be sturdy enough to survive it — at least in the short term.

So perhaps he does have the sort of enhanced healing speeds necessary to keep all his bones and ligaments from snapping. Or are we being too hard on Sonic? He's a hedgehog that chases coins across a pinball landscape and, in later games, achieves faster-than-light travel.

Plus, he's still going strong after more than 27 years. As pointed out by Duke University's Patek Labs, various animals are capable of incredible speeds when it comes to parts of their anatomy, such as the mantis shrimp's 3-millisecond club strikes. There's even a hypothesis that prehistoric sauropods could have whipped their tails at sonic speed like a bullwhip, but it remains rather controversial.

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