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** Silver Crow has the highest sustained speed of any Duel Avatar, thanks largely to being the only player with access to true {{Flight}}. Later he gains the ability to double his speed in SeriousBusiness situations with the Incarnate technique "Light Speed" (which transforms his wings into PureEnergy) and boost it further through [[BargainWithHeaven a pact with Metatron]] which allows him to borrow her wings in addition to his own. However, he's only moderately fast when fighting on the ground (which he does often, either for tactical reasons or because his wings are damaged or low on meter). There are also other characters who can outspeed him in short bursts.

* Usain Bolt, who (as of 2016) currently holds the world record for the 100 meter dash, 9.58 seconds - roughly 27 mph / 43 km/h.

* ''Series/TheBoys'' has A-Train, a speedster superhero and Flash {{Expy}}, whose main claim to fame is this... to his detriment. It turns out [[DentedIron his skills have been in decline due to age and wear]], to the point that he takes performance-enhancing SuperSerum to stay ahead of his rivals. He's very aware that if he isn't the Fastest Man on Earth, his position on the main superhero team is in jeopardy. [[spoiler:This culminates in him having a heart attack due to overexertion and the effects of drugs--once he's recovered, Homelander kicks him off the team, claiming A-Train isn't even in the top twenty anymore.]]

* [=AlforceVeedramon=] [[SuperMode Future Mode]] is the fastest ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' but is slow when submerged in water, with Mercurymon (based on the Roman god) having the fastest land speed and Neptunemon (another Roman god) having the fastest water speed. Neptunemon in fact wears the same kind of armor that slows [=AlforceVeedramon=] down in water, [[DidntNeedThoseAnyway meaning Neptunemon can shed it]] to swim even faster if necessary.

* Cheetara of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 1984}}'': According to Lion-O, "no creature alive" can outrun her (though, like Earth cheetahs, she can't maintain her top speed for long distances).

* The current officially-recognized fastest production car is the Koenigsegg Agera RS, with a recorded top speed of 277.87 mph / 447.19 km/h. The fastest land vehicle of any type ''ever'' is the ThrustSSC jet car, holder of the land speed record of 763 mph / 1227 km/h (faster than the speed of sound). ThrustSSC is the first (and so far, only) manned land vehicle to ever reach supersonic speed.

* The current fastest production car is the Keating TKR, which can reach a top speed of 270 mph / 435 km/h. The fastest car ''ever'' is the Thrust SSC, holder of the land speed record of 763 mph / 1227 km/h (faster than the speed of sound). Thrust SSC is the first and so far only manned land vehicle to ever reach supersonic speed.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', the crow tengu Aya Shameimaru is considered the fastest sustained flier in all Gensokyo.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': [[AllThereInTheManual Most instruction booklets and official bios]] refer to Sonic as some variation of "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative world's fastest hedgehog]]." Jet also mentions Sonic's reputation for being "the fastest thing alive" in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'', and Sonic says so himself in the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. Shadow and Metal Sonic are his only real rivals in terms of speed, both of whom rely on technology rather than natural running speed (hover shoes in the former's case and being entirely mechanical in the latter's) and can only move faster than him in short bursts.

** Technically speaking, Wally's nemesis ''[[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]'' (aka "Zoom") is faster than ''him'', since Hunter [[TimeStandsStill manipulates time itself]] and thus can move himself or others through time on a scale even Wally can't keep up with.

* The Helios 2 space probe is the fastest ever man made object, peaking at a speed of around ''157,000 mph / 252,667 km/h'' during a slingshot manoeuvre around the Sun.

* The fastest manned vehicle (relative to Earth) ever was the Apollo 10 spacecraft. This reached nearly 25,000 mph / 40,000 km/h on it's mission. That's around Mach ''32''. (Or rather, that's what it would be if the same speed were achieved inside Earth's atmosphere. Mach numbers are of course inapplicable to the soundless void of space.)

* Hoglip and Hedgine from ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' can have the Gotta Go Fast trait, which gives all of their techniques high priority so they'll almost always go first in battle.

** Technically speaking, Wally's nemesis ComicBook/HunterZolomon (aka "Zoom") is faster than ''him'', since Hunter [[TimeStandsStill manipulates time itself]] and thus can move himself or others through time on a scale even Wally can't keep up with.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': [[AllThereInTheManual Most instruction booklets and official bios]], refer to Sonic as some variantion of "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative world's fastest hedgehog]]." Jet also mentions Sonic's reputation for being "the fastest thing alive" in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'', and Sonic says so himself in the 3DS version of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''. Shadow and Metal Sonic are his only real rivals in terms of speed, both of whom rely on technology rather than natural running speed (hover shoes in the former's case and being entirely mechanical in the latter's) and can only move faster than him in short bursts.

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