This is a video of the very Britishly named Tiff Needell taking a man for a quick spin around the Thruxton Circuit (the UK’s fastest) in a BMW M2. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, how much some people nervously laugh when they think they’re about to die.
This is a video of Rubik’s Cuber (Cubist?) Max Park beating the previous Rubik’s Cube speed solving record of 3.47 seconds (which stood for 4.5 years) with a blistering 3.13 second finish. For reference, the Rubik’s Cube I’ve had since I was 7 remains unsolved, so my personal best, which
This is a video of GoPro Award recipient Emma Bryan being rewarded with a jet flight and a face melting 10G’s of acceleration. That means her body felt 10 times heavier than normal. If my body felt 10 times heavier than normal? I’d almost certainly form a black hole. Emma
This is a video of a couple riding the Formula Rossa roller coaster (the world’s fastest) at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi and demonstrating how how the 4.9G acceleration from 0 – 149MPH in 4.9 seconds affects his face. It blows it around like a plastic shopping bag in a
This is a video from the fun/destruction loving Aussies of Youtube channel How Ridiculous destroying a variety of different objects with their katana machine, a rotor that spins its sword blades at 750km/h (466MPH). Plus they filmed the action in 6000FPS ultra-slow motion to capture all the details. Honestly, the
This is a video of P!NK the border collie demonstrating her skills by blasting through an agility course at ludicrous speed, beating the next-best competitor by over 2 seconds. Such agility! For reference, I just watched one of my dogs fall off the couch trying to scratch his back on
This is a video of mountain biker WolfPack Adventures providing a high speed tour of the Green Hill Bike Park in Schmallenberg, Germany. The rider says it’s the most unique bike park he’s ever ridden, and it shows — those trails are wild. And in the heavy fog it looks
This is a video from RED SIDE visualizing and comparing the speeds of various aircraft, beginning with incredibly slow planes like the Wright Flyer (30MPH) and ending with modern jets like the SR-71 Blackbird (2,500MPH). And to think the Wright Flyer first took to the sky only 120 years ago.