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How fast is 54.9 kilometers per minute?

It's about twenty times as fast as a Fastball (baseball)
The speed of a Fastball (baseball) is about 2.50 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. rising fastball, a.k.a. cross-seam fastball, a.k.a. heater, a.k.a. hummer, a.k.a. smoker; for four-seam grip) (major league average)
The average speed of major league fastball pitch is 2.50 kilometers per minute. When up against the quickest professional fastball pitchers, a batter may have less than 0.4 seconds to react to a pitched ball.
It's about thirty times as fast as a Curveball (baseball)
The speed of a Curveball (baseball) is about 2 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. hook, a.k.a. hammer, a.k.a. yakker) (major league average)
The average speed of major league curveball pitch is 2 kilometers per minute. In the 1940's, debate over whether there really was a curve in the curveball pitch was settled with the conclusion that the ball does curve; however, an optical illusion caused by the spin of the ball and the batter's perception of motion exaggerates the extent of the curve.
It's about thirty times as fast as a Hurricane
The speed of a Hurricane is about 1.990 kilometers per minute.
(formally: Topical cyclone; a.k.a. typhoon)
A hurricane is defined by the US National Hurricane Center as a Northern Hemisphere tropical storm having one-minute average wind-speeds of at least 1.980 kilometers per minute. Typhoons Tip (October, 1979) and Keith (October, 1997) and Hurricanes Camille (August, 1969) and Allen (August, 1980) jointly hold the record for highest tropical storm wind speeds at 5.170 kilometers per minute.
It's about thirty times as fast as a Cheetah
The speed of a Cheetah is about 1.8410 kilometers per minute.
(Acinonyx jubatus)
The cheetah can reach speeds of up to 1.8420 kilometers per minute in short bursts. From a crouching position, the cheetah can attain these speeds in just 2.25 seconds.
It's about thirty times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 1.80 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 1.80 kilometers per minute. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
It's about one-forty-fifth as fast as a Meteor
The speed of a Meteor is about 2,500 kilometers per minute.
(formally Meteoroid or meteorite, depending on the context; a.k.a. "shooting star", a.k.a. "falling star")
Small meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere at speeds between 670 kilometers per minute and 4,300 kilometers per minute, depending on their size. The fireball effect, known as ablation, ceases once the atmosphere has slowed the meteoroid to a velocity of about 170 kilometers per minute.
It's about 45 times as fast as a Greyhound
The speed of a Greyhound is about 1.210 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. English greyhound) (approximate maximum speed)
Greyhounds reach average race speeds of 1.210 kilometers per minute. Despite their racing prowess, greyhounds are not considered energetic dogs — the typical greyhound race requires the dogs to run for less than 35 seconds.
It's about 50 times as fast as a Gazelle
The speed of a Gazelle is about 1 kilometers per minute.
(for Thomson's Gazelle, a.k.a. Eudorcas thomsoni, a.k.a. "Tommie", a.k.a. "Tommy")
A Thomson's gazelle can reach speeds of up to 1 kilometers per minute. The gazelle's speed doesn't match that of its chief predator, the cheetah, but a gazelle's endurance usually ensures an escape in distances greater than 500 m (0.3 mi).
It's about 50 times as fast as a Hare
The speed of a Hare is about 1 kilometers per minute.
(for European Brown Hare, a.k.a. Brown Hare, a.k.a. Lepus europaeus, a.k.a. Brown Hare)
The European Hare can run at speeds of up to 1 kilometers per minute. While speed is a factor in their escapes, hares evade their chief predators — wolves, foxes, and golden eagles — by fleeing in a zigzag pattern.
It's about 55 times as fast as Secretariat
The speed of Secretariat is about 1.01 kilometers per minute.
(at Belmont Stakes, 1973)
Setting a record finish, Secretariat ran the Belmont Stakes — a 12 furlong race length — in 2:24, for an average speed of 1.01 kilometers per minute in 1973. His margin of victory in the race, also a record-setter, was 31 lengths.
It's about 90 times as fast as Michael Johnson
The speed of Michael Johnson is about 0.6210 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. Michael Duane Johnson) (sprinter; 1967-) (at the Atlanta Olympics, 1996)
Setting a record that stood for 12 years, Michael Johnson ran a 200 m in 0:19.32 for an average speed of 0.62120 kilometers per minute at the 1996 Olympics. Johnson was nicknamed "the Man with the Golden shoes" in recognition of the custom footwear worn during these races — a pair of Nikes with a left size of 10.5 and a right size of 11.
It's about 90 times as fast as Usain Bolt
The speed of Usain Bolt is about 0.6180 kilometers per minute.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008) (a.k.a. Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D.) (sprinter; 1986-)
Setting a world record, Usain Bolt ran a 100 m in 0:09.69 for an average speed of 0.620 kilometers per minute at the 2008 Olympics. Furthermore, Bolt's margin of record breaking — 0.03 s — is the largest margin of victory in the history of digital measurements.
It's about 100 times as fast as Flo-Jo
The speed of Flo-Jo is about 0.56230 kilometers per minute.
(at the Seoul Olympics, 1998) (a.k.a. Florence Griffith-Joyner, a.k.a. Florence Delorez Griffith) (swimmer; 1959-1998)
Setting a world record in 1988, Flo-Jo ran a 200 m in 0:21.34 for an average speed of 0.56230 kilometers per minute. Known as a 200 m runner, Joyner also set a record time in a 100 m race at in 1987.
It's about one-one-hundredth as fast as a bolt of Lightning
The speed of a bolt of Lightning is about 5,900 kilometers per minute.
(atmospheric electrical discharge)
A bolt of lightning can travel at up to 5,800 kilometers per minute when arcing from the atmosphere to the Earth. An estimated 280 million lightning strikes strikes occur each year.
It's about 100 times as fast as Noah Ngeny
The speed of Noah Ngeny is about 0.45470 kilometers per minute.
(in Rieti, Italy; 1999) (sprinter; 1978-)
Setting a world record at the Rieti Grand Prix in 1999, Noah Ngeny ran 1,000 m in 2:11.96 for an average speed of 0.45470 kilometers per minute. According to some reports, Ngeny did not begin running competitively until just three years before setting the record.
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