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Usain Bolt holds the record for the fastest speed ever recorded by a human, reaching a top speed of about 27.8 mph (44.72 km/h) during his world record 100m sprint in 2009.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded in a hurricane was about 190 mph (305 km/h) in Hurricane Patricia in 2015.
The fastest speed ever recorded on water is 318 mph (511 km/h), achieved by the Spirit of Australia hydroplane in 1978.
Radio waves and lasers travel at the speed of light, but the fastest "things" ever built are obviously spacecraft. They have extremely long distances to travel. The fastest velocity ever achieved by a powered spacecraft is being achieved by the New Horizons spacecraft heading for a rendezvous with Pluto in July 2015. It set the powered record of 36,373 mph after its launch from Earth in 2006. It attained a maximum speed of about 52,000 mph using a flyby of the planet Jupiter in February 2007.
The fastest person on record is Usain Bolt, who set the world record for the 100m sprint with a time of 9.58 seconds in 2009. Bolt is known as the fastest man in the world.
Rough Collies can typically reach speeds of 20-30 mph when running at their fastest.