Best travelling speed feats

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This is one of the more quantifiable high-end speed feats in comics. You know about how great the distance is (just over 1 light year) and the equivalent of a starting gun courtesy of warlock.

Using deliberately low-ball estimates of Thanos' punching speed (trying only to put him around peak-human) and a generous assumption that his punch was already 25% completed before he was interrupted, I figured that Surfer was averaging over 40 billion x the speed of light--traveling over one light year in under a thousandth of a second.

Not bad from a standing start.

The Flash races himself up across Mercury (3032 miles radious) by jumping the time stream.

I think most feats are kind of "possible" but the Flash racing himself up and beating himself up is kind of impossible

Originally posted by h1a8
I see you used that he traveled a half million light years in [b]10 seconds. Well this isn't quite true since the conversation took at least 20 seconds. I took a stopwatch while reading the panel in conversation speed. So about half your number seems best. [/B]

Originally posted by -Pr-
Where does the ten second count come from?

That's the only way he could get his answer from. He used 10 seconds.
But the conversation took at least 20 seconds. I used a stopwatch and read the conversation in natural speed.

Originally posted by psycho gundam
umm, surfer was telling genis they were about to hit warp speed. there was no talking during that point

Surfer was accelerating the whole time. It took time for him to reach warp speed. Thus the conservation should count since Surfer is still racing to get there.

Originally posted by Dream Stuff
http://tinypic.com/r/10dgncw/6
http://tinypic.com/r/2h4c4fk/6

This is one of the more quantifiable high-end speed feats in comics. You know about how great the distance is (just over 1 light year) and the equivalent of a starting gun courtesy of warlock.

Using deliberately low-ball estimates of Thanos' punching speed (trying only to put him around peak-human) and a generous assumption that his punch was already 25% completed before he was interrupted, I figured that Surfer was [B]averaging over 40 billion x the speed of light--traveling over one light year in under a thousandth of a second.

Not bad from a standing start. [/B]

I would say it took 1 to 3 seconds for SS to get there. Thanos wasn't trying to use his full force on Cap. Cap had time to act (as shown in his facial expressions) when Thanos was moving.

lol. they were 500,000 light years away when he said that stuff, goes into warp speed, and in the next panel they reach their destination

Originally posted by h1a8
That's the only way he could get his answer from. He used 10 seconds.
But the conversation took at least 20 seconds. I used a stopwatch and read the conversation in natural speed.

Did you time yourself ten times, and average it out

Originally posted by h1a8
I would say it took 1 to 3 seconds for SS to get there. Thanos wasn't trying to use his full force on Cap. Cap had time to act (as shown in his facial expressions) when Thanos was moving.

Even holding back, it would not take anyone 1 to 3 seconds to throw a punch. Try it right now. It feels ridiculous, doesn't it?

I also don't see why an estimate for peak human punching speed would be considered Thanos going all out.

And Cap, a low-end bullet-timer, having time to react to a punch at peak human speed isn't unusual. Him having only time to make a slightly different facial expression indicates that the fist is moving much faster, but I didn't take that into account to avoid any more speculation than necessary.

Besides, Surfer's typical speed is around 1 light year per second, based on just the scans you'd see in the respect thread. That's him from a standing start, not particularly trying.

Originally posted by Dream Stuff
Even holding back, it would not take anyone 1 to 3 seconds to throw a punch. Try it right now. It feels ridiculous, doesn't it?

I also don't see why an estimate for peak human punching speed would be considered Thanos going all out.

And Cap, a low-end bullet-timer, having time to react to a punch at peak human speed isn't unusual. Him having only time to make a slightly different facial expression indicates that the fist is moving much faster, but I didn't take that into account to avoid any more speculation than necessary.

Besides, Surfer's typical speed is around 1 light year per second, based on just the scans you'd see in the respect thread. That's him from a standing start, not particularly trying.

Cap knew resistance was futile and that is why he allowed Thanos to punch without dodging it. Thanos cocked back as well.

Originally posted by h1a8
Cap knew resistance was futile and that is why he allowed Thanos to punch without dodging it. Thanos cocked back as well.

Cap gave up. That's your explanation. Sure.

Anyway, I accounted for the cocked back punch.

Originally posted by Galan007

Considering no specifics were given regarding the amount of time it took them to travel that distance, I'm curious to know how you came up with such an exorbitant figure..?

My best guess is:

Since OA is a planet in the center of the universe and the nearest Galaxy to Andromeda is about 2.52 million light years away from it, it will mean they have to fly AT LEAST that distance in comic time. That could be a starting point.

But like I said, I'm guessing in here.

This isnt anywhere near as great as the other examples, but I always dug this one of the Surfer scanning the entire planet in mere seconds.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7694/silversurferannual0508tc4.jpg

The Plutonian taking a bomb from groundside on Earth, to space in under the 4 seconds it had on the timer. He even had time to throw it away from itself.

Plutonian again, sensing a radio signal, reaching it in under a pico second, then outracing it back to it's source which was a pretty good distance away.

I have another one

Superman matching teleportation from the ionosphere to 2000 ft below ground. This means he had to dig a hole, while matching the JLA teleporters.

They are communicating via MMH, Flash is the only reacting to SM speed, well... because He is Flash.

anyone got the scan of Surfer mapping the universe whilst travelling at many times FTL?

Originally posted by h1a8
That's the only way he could get his answer from. He used 10 seconds.
But the conversation took at least 20 seconds. I used a stopwatch and read the conversation in natural speed.

what do you mean "used ten seconds". Was ten seconds stated in the comic?

Surfer beaing to fast for a human to comprehend.

Originally posted by Dream Stuff
http://tinypic.com/r/10dgncw/6
http://tinypic.com/r/2h4c4fk/6

This is one of the more quantifiable high-end speed feats in comics. You know about how great the distance is (just over 1 light year) and the equivalent of a starting gun courtesy of warlock.

Using deliberately low-ball estimates of Thanos' punching speed (trying only to put him around peak-human) and a generous assumption that his punch was already 25% completed before he was interrupted, I figured that Surfer was [B]averaging over 40 billion x the speed of light--traveling over one light year in under a thousandth of a second.

Not bad from a standing start. [/B]

This is INSANE! This shit takes the cake!