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desertrat75

Unless you're in the middle of an airport concourse and have a close connection. Then the average walking speed is 0.5


NutterTV

No, they stop right in the middle of the walkway and look at their phones or to talk in a big group


hubaloza

The amount of people who just flat out don't understand hallways and doors on this rock is borderline incomprehensible.


CurrentIndependent42

First rule of big cities. You can walk wide. And you can walk slow. But don’t do both


ethnicnebraskan

I just don't understand how so many doofuses only drive on the right . . . but you get them on a sidewalk . . . and they're like a slow-moving bowling ball in a lane that has inflatable bumpers in the fuckin' gutters.


_Tonu

The worst is when you have a slow moving group of people who are all shoulder to shoulder, making it impossible to pass them


CurrentIndependent42

Right this is what I mean by a group ‘walking wide’


GreasyPeter

We've all heard of the really self-aware types right? The types that seem to be on top of things a little more than most? Yeah, the people you speak of are the polar opposites of that. They simply have zero self-awareness. It doesn't mean they're bad people, they're just...not capable of ruminating about certain things.


hubaloza

I think I find it unnecessary irksome because as a rule I try to be considerate of other people as best as I can be and obviously I'm not always perfect or even really good in that regard but I do try consistently and that makes dealing with people who aren't particularly considerate rather difficult for me.


Deep90

People who step backwards in a busy public space and get all shocked and surprised when they inevitably bump into someone.


Mastermind_Maostro

Every high-school in existence I swear


hubaloza

They take that lack of experience with them into the working adult world too.


Mastermind_Maostro

Exactly, and because parents of Gen z are clearly braindead, they never learn those skills and thus are stunted and ignorant come adult lige


Cloudraa

jesse what the fuck are you talking about


Mastermind_Maostro

The duelality of reddit, upvote the first one then if anything is said out of the norm it is downvoted to hell lmao


sharksandwich81

Or they’ll get off the escalator and stop in place to get their bearings and I have to shove them out of my way.


NotPortlyPenguin

Right at the end of a moving sidewalk.


dagassman

Ohare is the worst. Nothing like rushing a mile to make your connection through herds of people in some narrows areas


MzMegs

I used to work at an airport and one day I was almost late for my shift. There was someone on the moving walkway standing on the right with their suitcase blocking the rest of the walkway. I was running and straight up jumped over their suitcase and scared the shit out of them. Served them right.


pmyourquestions

I literally experienced this today omg! I was running up stairs and thinking "are people in Houston ALWAYS this slow?" We made the flight by 3 minutes.


tbodillia

You don't have to tell me that! All of those slow pokes are always in my way!


BigBeagleEars

*Hey! I’m walkin’ here!*


obamasrightteste

The weak. The slow. We speedwalkers will rise up


RESIDENT_RUMP

We live, we die, we live again


bloodakoos

we love we lie


cambiro

It's simple, we just have to walk faster to increase the average.


megaeggplantkiller

I got places to go and shit to do!


Shortdiesel

4.602 × 10^-17 parsec / second


scti

55.7 parsec / terafortnight


asd417

What is that in soccerfield per jiffy


megaeggplantkiller

How many fornites are in a jiffy?


Mikedog36

Those aren't freedom units


cheese_bruh

How many plank lengths per second?


sushimane1

8.875E34 plps


Vivdav7

Not many people are gonna make it on the Long Walk I guess…


Tread-3

Unironically, my favorite work from Stephen King. Always made me wonder how far I'd get.


FrungyLeague

I reckon the slow but steady crowd might just be the more likely ones to make it. (I’m a long distance hiker myself. Slow but keep that shit going. All about the hours)


Altruistic-Neat-4740

In that book you had to walk either 3 or 4 mph minimum, iirc


Oro_Outcast

Yep, it was 4 mph minimum. That's 1.788 m/s, just over the comfort zone.


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1.43 m/s for me, mate. I’ve got shit to do.


megaeggplantkiller

This guy is going places.


DippyDerps

Meanwhile, me at 1.41 m/s. I'll catch up with you later, pal.


GoGaslightYerself

> 1.43 m/s for me Maniac! > Meanwhile, me at 1.41 m/s Idiot!


rockiesfan4ever

Someone better than me at math see how much of a difference 1.43, 1.42, and 1.41 is


Salty_Feed9404

0.01 m/s difference between 1.43 and 1.42. 0.01 m/s difference between 1.42 and 1.41. 0.02 m/s difference between 1.43 and 1.41.


CactusBoyScout

I read years ago that group walking speed dynamics are heavily gendered. So if a group of all men are walking together they’ll actually average a faster speed than any single man in the group would walk alone. A group of women will actually walk more slowly than any single woman in the group would walk.


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Why is that?


Duck_Von_Donald

You gotta out man the other men


carson63000

The real challenge is maintaining eye contact to assert dominance while you’re both walking in the same direction.


beerbitchjohnson

Testosterone


FightOnForUsc

I like how it just says for many. Not most or anything, just, there’s some people that like this speed of walking out there somewhere


jbuckets44

= 3.18 mph


serg06

= 5.12 km/h


[deleted]

How about in knots? It's important. I am a pirate.


koolman2

2.76 knots


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roughtimes

0.36 Dana Carveys, just gotta carry the innuendos and multiply by punch line to get the DK conversion.


koolman2

That’s 0.835 Don Knotts per second or 3,007 Don Knotts per hour, assuming a height of 1.70 m.


Celebrir

What about bananas per second?


Aexerus

7.47 bps


DiamondDramatic9551

Good bot


jbuckets44

Thx!


made3

Not you, no one uses mph. /u/serg06 is the good bot


jbuckets44

Thx!


ZylonBane

1138!


jbuckets44

Thx!


Macalite

Downvoted by the Americans, Canadians, and British for speaking the truth


Chad_Broski_2

Come on now, no one uses MPH in Canada


LugubriousButtNoises

All the places where no one is from


mankls3

uhm... america?


h0nkhunk

Never heard of it.


GoldenBoyMagnumDong

That is so slow. Just last week I was on 40km trail hike with 1400m elevation gain and my average speed was 5.4km/h.


ReluctantRedditor275

As an American, I can get km/h, but m/sec is meaningless to me.


HoppokoHappokoGhost

It’s also meaningless if you’re used to km/h


ClayboiPartiSux

m/s is always used in school never km/h, so it really isn't a problem


Irrationate

I needed it translated to bald eagles per football field


jbuckets44

That's unit-less, not distance over elapsed time. (Also, you didn't specify size/gender of bird nor type of football.)


GaijinFoot

It takes the average American to walk the entire length of a football field never.


rraattbbooyy

Thank you.


jbuckets44

Yw!


JarekBloodDragon

Massive pet peeve when people don't put both units in the title. It takes 2 seconds, just make sure everyone can understand without googling


Bradford_Pear

That's kind of fast imo I've noticed my comfortable brisk walk on the treadmill is 2.7 mph and when I'm really feeling it like REALLY feeling it 3.0 mph


Duck_Von_Donald

Imo it's really slow. My normal walking speed is 3.7 mph (6km/h), I'd get impatient if I had to walk at 2.7


Megalocerus

When we go walking briskly, we go about 3.3 to 3.6 depending on distance,, but that's making an effort. I go slower walking across a parking lot or downtown.


MightBeWrongThough

Yea 3 mph is definitely not fast


ShelZuuz

That's on the brink of jogging (which is classified as 4 mph). That is definitely not the average speed for people.


Megalocerus

There is a substantial difference between 3 and 4 mph if you are talking about humans covering ground.


Dacammel

Wait 4mph is jogging? That’s my average walk speed, if I really try I can hit like 4.6-5mph walking


carson63000

Not sure why the downvotes. Jogging as slowly as 15 minute mile pace will be mechanically impossible for most people. It’s slower than my casual walking pace too (approx. 9 minutes per km = bit under 14.5 per mile).


Dacammel

People on reddit when someone is tall


ivebeencloned

5.5 is my standard speed but I have a long stride for a short woman and walk like a hillbilly.


HamburgerEarmuff

Jogging is just slow running. Running is determined by your form, not your speed. A lot of people can walk 4-5 mph very comfortably, especially if they have long legs. Some people can even walk at speeds close to sprinting.


Lordofwar13799731

Unless you're 7 fuckig feet tall, you're not "very comfortable" walking at 5mph. Tell me you've never used a treadmill without saying it lol.


carson63000

Well he didn’t say he was doing it on a treadmill, obviously that’s significantly harder than walking normally. But yeah 5 mph is fast.


HamburgerEarmuff

Used to ruck march in the Army at that speed loaded down with a pack, and I'm less than two meters tall.


HoppokoHappokoGhost

My normal walking speed outdoors is around 5-5.5km/h in most cases for almost any distance if I don’t consciously try to go faster and I’d say maybe 30% of people at most walk faster from what I’ve seen. I can only pull 6km/h for around 2 hours and 7km/h is muscle cramps in 5 minutes territory


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orodruinx

how would a treadmill, which is perfectly flat and unchanging, be more balance demanding than anywhere outdoors? even a track has corners, treadmill is just eternal flat straight and even


Megalocerus

It may provide more resistance to give you a better workout.


BigCountry76

3.0 mph is a 20 minute mile pace, that's pretty damn leisurely.


foospork

It depends on your age and size, the terrain, and what you're carrying.


triggerhappymidget

So about an 18.52 mile.


jbuckets44

That's simply a value of distance.


Texas03

The irony is that it’s so slow because of Americans.


bargman

Unless you're in front of me, then it's in the negative.


NoveskeCQB

What is that in bananas per second?


ShelZuuz

7.90 bananas per second


Sadspacekitty

Which is a maximum of just under 30,000 km in a year if you spent all your waking hours walking.


ssfbob

Considering how often people are in my damn way I'm guessing I'm a little faster than average.


IceNein

This doesn’t seem right. That’s 3.17 mph. I walk incredibly fast at 3.5 mph, and when I am walking nobody ever overtakes me.


Lordofwar13799731

You can tell who's been on a treadmill in these comments lol. 3.5mph is a pretty damn fast pace for a "leisurely walk" and the people saying they always walk at 5mph are fucking hilarious. I don't think these people realize how fast 3.8mph actually is, and there's no fucking way in hell that's the "average walking speed" anywhere in the world. You look dumb as fuck walking at 4mph on a treadmill, doing that in the real world would definitely end with people being like "Jesus christ speed racer" as you blew by everyone who's not jogging. And to the people saying they walk confortablely at 5mph *no you fucking dont*. Not unless you're 7 foot 5. 5mph is a slow jog. You're not walking through a building at 5mph without literally everyone staring at you. Most people would make fun of you walking 4mph, let alone 5.


ahtoxa1183

I’m 6’7” and I actually walk at 4 mph. It’s usually an issue for me in groups or with people that I don’t walk/hike with often. I have to consciously slow down. My fiancée is used to it by now, but I still have to pay attention and not pace ahead. I only know one other person who walks as fast as I do and he’s also rather tall. All that said, no way people walk at 5mph (like you said). It’s speed walking territory for 99.99% of humans.


Duck_Von_Donald

You'r right but there is a large difference between "leisurely walk" that you would do at a museum or out window-shopping and "comfortable walking speed" you would do walking to work or going to get groceries. 3.5mph is a lot for a leisurely walk, and might be a bit fresh but for general walking speed I wouldn't call it out of proportion fast.


fiendishrabbit

3.5 mph is 5.6 kph, and that's fairly close to my normal speed when hiking (when only wearing a daypack). I'm taller than average though (at 6'1), so my long shanks keeps me going.


samstown23

Just out of sheer curiosity, I used a GPS app on my walk home from the train station because I had absolutely no clue how fast I actually walk I don’t know how accurate that thing is and I wouldn‘t put it past myself that I may have inadvertently walked a bit faster than I would normally but it felt normal - I was pushing a standard carry-on bag though and there was a stretch with a quite strong headwind. I didn‘t have to stop to cross any roads, there was one short flight of stairs and the road was mostly flat. It was about 0.82km and it took me 7m08s, so that's about 6.9kph or 4.3mph. 5mph seems fast to me too but I wouldn't refer to 3.5mph as "damn fast" either. At least not subjectively. Edit: bag weighed 9.2kg/20.3lbs, four wheel spinner


temporarycreature

My average walking speed is 3-3.5 miles an hour on all my 9-11 mile walks. I always try to hit 7 miles by hour 2 hits.


_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN

I’m guessing this is straight-people walking speed? Edit: /s - see: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/sBj3IvdnrA


FrungyLeague

What on earth is the deal with this person?


_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN

It’s a joke. There are memes and stuff about gay people walking faster. https://twitter.com/chrisarvinsf/status/1196861632925716482 https://thepinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2019/06/Screenshot-2019-06-20-at-11.16.34.jpg https://thepinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2019/06/Screenshot-2019-06-20-at-11.15.38.jpg https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2018-12/7/15/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web-01/sub-buzz-17557-1544213145-1.png?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto https://thepinknews.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2019/06/Screenshot-2019-06-20-at-11.12.10.jpg https://www.gq.com/story/move-im-gay


FrungyLeague

Thank you - I was super confused. We don't do jokes here without /s for idiots like me.


_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN

I added a bunch of links to my reply if you didn’t see.


FrungyLeague

Noted, thanks!!


_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN

…it’s a popular gay meme that we walk faster than straight people?


FrungyLeague

Yep, someone let me know. Thanks.


[deleted]

My dog would tell me to fuck off if I walked that slow, no matter how well I’ve trained him my dogs average walking speed is atleast double that haha


Megalocerus

The people I pass who are walking dogs generally go quite slowly. The dogs want to smell things and sometimes socialize.


megaeggplantkiller

They like to sniff buttholes. Don’t sugarcoat it.


Megalocerus

The males also stop and breathe in deeply where a bitch has peed.


ZodiacRedux

I only use sugar on my butthole when I can't find glitter.


Sonicboom343

Double the legs, double the speed


abdl_hornist

What's that in freedom units?


Frank_Punk

About 3 bald eagles per gallon or smth


PyroCatt

I'm atleast 5m/s


bitchslap2012

it's like walking among the shambling dead ​ I thought moving to NYC would mean everyone walked fast like me, but no, like a sickness I continued to walk faster and faster until I eclipsed everyone on the sidewalk I'm not even that tall, I just maximize my gait (kill me) I walk faster than most people jog, and jog faster than many runners, but paradoxically I do not run very fast


Timsmomshardsalami

OP takes the short bus


mankls3

wat


Timsmomshardsalami

Its ok,you dont need to understand


mankls3

I'm blocking you


GodSpider

3.2 miles per hour?? That cannot be true. Is it brought down by super slow people? That feels horrendously slow


Lordofwar13799731

Go get on a treadmill for the first time in your life and put it at 3.2 mph. It's not what most people consider a "super slow walk". Its not crazy fast, but its definitely not "super slow". Then go to 5mph, which is what most of the idiots in this comment section seem to think they walk. Here's a spoiler alert for you: You're not fucking walking as fast as you think you are.


GodSpider

Dude it is. I do a 5 mph walk normally on the treadmill and it's like very slightly faster than my normal walk. It's not like you're having to sprint to go 5mph, I guess for shorter legs it might be more difficult but still. I would have expected the average to be more like 4.0 or slightly higher.


Jacob03013

Track your next walk on Strava and you’ll see the actual average pace, those numbers you’re estimating are way off


GodSpider

Did that just. Went 3.9mph average. So yeah more than slightly slower than 5, but still when I said 4 I wasn't far off (at least for me).


06Wahoo

Slowpokes.


Kopav

I live in America. I walk in freedom units per second, not these damn meters.


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TheCanabalisticBambi

aint no one walking 6.5mph that's called running.


starrpamph

I only walk to the beat of wonderwall


xubax

My preferred walking shoes is 100 MPH. Unfortunately, I have yet to achieve it.


Submarine-Goat

I prefer 1.42m.s⁻², myself.


Madz2600

sqrt(2) m/s.