Ranked #15 · Saturday, November 7, 2026
Fast things by speed
The Saturday, November 7, 2026 puzzle: put these five in order, from Slowest at the top to Fastest at the bottom.
- Earth around the SunAverage orbital speed
- Earth's spin at equatorStanding on the equator
- LightIn a vacuum
- Sound in airAt 20°C, sea level
- Space station (ISS)Orbiting Earth
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🔊 Sound in air1,235 km/h
Sound covers about a third of a kilometre every second, which is why you see lightning before you hear it. Source
🌍 Earth's spin at equator1,674 km/h
You are already moving faster than sound at the equator, but everything around you moves too, so you feel nothing. Source
🛰️ Space station (ISS)about 27,600 km/h
The ISS circles Earth roughly every 90 minutes, so its crew sees about 16 sunrises every day. Source
☀️ Earth around the Sunabout 107,200 km/h
Right now you are racing around the Sun almost four times faster than the ISS circles Earth. Source
💡 Light1.08 billion km/h
Light could circle Earth about 7.5 times in a single second, and nothing with mass can reach that speed. Source
Sound at 20°C in air. Earth's spin at the equator; orbit speeds are averages.
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