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List a Real Life Example for every SPEED Tier.

Inspired by this post: https://www.vsbattles.com/threads/list-a-real-life-example-for-every-tier.148461/

Hypothetical science and ideas are allowed (negative mass, dark matter's properties, etc), and every listing in the comments should have a source given to it. Multiple examples for each tier are allowed and would also be pretty cool too. Would be a challenge to find multiple examples for each of these tiers.

Immobile (0 m/s):
1. Anything that doesn't move on its own (0 m/s) - Flashlight237

Below Average Human (0 - 5 m/s):
1. Fastest human (swimming) (2.373 m/s) - Flashlight237
2. Average human (jogging) (2.056384 m/s) - Soupywolf5
3. Average human (walking) (1.4 m/s) - Flashlight237
4. Paratarsotomus macropalpis (0.225 m/s) - Flashlight237
5. Snail (0.01333333 m/s) - Dragonite007

Average Human (5 - 7.7 m/s):
1. Nauta Salamander (6.706 m/s) - Flashlight237

Athletic Human (7.7 - 10.03 m/s):
1. Perentie (11.176 m/s) - Flashlight237

Peak Human (10.03 - 12.43 m/s):
1. Usain Bolt (10.438384 m/s) - Me

Superhuman (12.43 - 34.3 m/s):
1. Cheetah (33.3333 m/s) - LaserPrecision

Subsonic (34.3 - 171.5 m/s):
1. Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut (147.5232 m/s) - Soupywolf5
2. Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ (136.25 m/s) - Jackofalltrades
3. Peregrine falcon (108.18368 m/s) - Soupywolf5
4. Trap Jaw ant jaws (53.6448 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Subsonic+ (171.5 - 308.7 m/s):

Transonic (308.7 - 377.3 m/s):

1. Sound travelling in air (343 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Supersonic (377.3 - 857.5 m/s):
1. Average asteroid velocity (447.04 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Supersonic+ (857.5 - 1715 m/s):
1. .30 Weatherby Cartridge velocity (1,524 m/s) - Soupywolf5
1. Sound travelling in water (1,481 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Hypersonic (1715 - 3430 m/s):

Hypersonic+ (3430 - 8575 m/s):

1. Sound travelling in iron (5,120 m/s) - Soupywolf5

High Hypersonic (8575 - 17150 m/s):
1. Sound travelling in diamond (12,000 m/s) - Soupywolf5
2. Most solid explosives (10,300 m/s) - Soupywolf5

High Hypersonic+ (17150 - 34300 m/s):
1. Earth's orbit (29,780 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Massively Hypersonic (34300 - 343000 m/s):
1. Sun and Solar System moving (247,000 m/s) - Soupywolf5
2. Asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere (72,000 m/s) - Soupywolf5
3. Manhole cover shot into space by nuclear blast (67,116.6667 m/s) - HonestlyBored24

Massively Hypersonic+ (343000 - 2997925 m/s):
1. Lightning Bolt (440,000 m/s) - Jackofalltrades

Sub-Relativistic (2997925 - 14989621.4 m/s):

Sub-Relativistic+ (14989621.4 - 29980000 m/s):

Relativistic (29980000 - 149900000 m/s):

Relativistic+ (149900000 - 299792458 m/s):

1. Stanford Linear Accelerator accelerating electrons (299,792,456.501 m/s) - Soupywolf5
2. Photons in water (225,000,000 m/s) - Soupywolf5
3. Photons in glass (200,000,000 m/s) - Soupywolf5

Speed of Light (299792458 m/s):
1. Photons in a vacuum (299792458 m/s) - Me

FTL (299792458 - 2.998e+9 m/s):
1. Tachyons (Can potentially travel through time, always >299792458 m/s) - Soupywolf5
1. Potentially, a shadow can travel faster than the speed of light if it's cast across a great enough distance (At least >299792458 m/s) - Soupywolf5

FTL+ (2.998e+9 - 2.998e+10 m/s):

Massively FTL (2.998e+10 - 2.998e+11 m/s):

Massively FTL+ (2.998e+11+ m/s):

1. The Expansion of Space after the Big Rip/Big Bang (2.998e+11+ m/s) - theultimate5105
 
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Peregrine Falcons in ideal conditions are estimated to be able to dive at speeds of 89.408 m/s (Subsonic) and can supposedly reach 108.18368 m/s (Also Subsonic)

Trap Jaw ants can snap their jaws shut at 53.6448 m/s (Subsonic)

The speed of sound in various mediums:

Speed of sound in air 343 m/s (Transonic)

Speed of sound in water: 1,481 m/s (Supersonic+)

Speed of sound in iron: 5,120 m/s (Hypersonic+)

Speed of sound in diamond: 12,000 m/s (High Hypersonic)

Photons travel at 225,000,000 m/s in water, and 200,000,000 m/s in glass (Both Relativistic+)

Solid explosives can have detonation velocities as high as 10,300 m/s (High Hypersonic)

The Stanford Linear Accelerator accelerates electrons to 99.9999995% the speed of light, or 299,792,456.501 m/s (Relativistic+)

The Earth orbits the Sun at 29,780 m/s (High Hypersonic+)

Asteroids move through space at 447.04 m/s (Supersonic)

And can enter Earth's atmosphere at up to 72,000 m/s (Massively Hypersonic)
 
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