LAND VEHICLES
| Category | Speed | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date | |
| (km/h) | (mph) | |||||
| Land speed record | 1,228 | 763 | ThrustSSC | 
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15-Oct-97 | |
| Wheel-driven land speed record | 737.794 | 458.444 | Vesco Turbinator | 
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18-Oct-01 | |
| Motorcycle land speed record | 605.697 | 376.363 | Top Oil-Ack Attack |
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25-Sep-10 | |
| Diesel-powered land speed record | 563.995 | 350.452 | JCB DieselMax |
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23-Aug-06 | |
| Electric-powered land speed record | 495.14 | 307.666 | Buckeye Bullet 2.5 |
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24-Aug-10 | |
| Solar-powered land speed record | 88.8 | 55.18 | Sunswift IV | 
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07-Jan-11 | |
| Wind-powered land speed record | 202.9 | 126.1 | Ecotricity Greenbird | 
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26-Mar-09 | |
| Human powered land speed record | 133.28 | 82.819 | Varna Tempest | 
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18-Sep-09 | |
| Tracked vehicle land speed record | 82.23 | 51.1 | CVR(T) Scorpion Tank | 2002 |
RAIL VEHICLES
| Category | Speed | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date | |||||
| (km/h) | (mph) | |||||||||
| Unmanned (rocket sled) | 10,400 | 6,462 | (unmanned) | 30-Apr-03 | ||||||
| Manned (rocket sled) | 1,017 | 635 | Sonic Wind No. 1 |
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10-Dec-54 | |||||
| Maglev train | 581 | 361 | JR-Maglev MLX01 |
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02-Dec-03 | |||||
| Wheeled train | 574.8 | 357 | LGV Est |
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03-Apr-07 |
AIR CRAFT
| Category | Speed | Speed | Vehicle | Pilot | Date | |||
| (km/h) | (mph) | |||||||
| Rocket-powered aircraft | 7,258 | 4,510 | North American X-15 |
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03-Oct-67 | |||
| Unmanned air-breathing craft | 12,144 | 7,546 | NASA X-43 | (unmanned) | 16-Nov-04 | |||
| Manned air-breathing craft | 3,530 | 2,194 | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird |
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28-Jul-76 | |||
| Propeller-driven aircraft | 870 | 541 | Tupolev Tu-114 |
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1960 | |||
| Piston-engined propeller-driven aircraft | 850.1 | 528.33 | Grumman F8F BearcatRare Bear (N777L) |
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21-Aug-89 | |||
| Helicopter | 401 | 249.1 | Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX |
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11-Aug-86 | |||
| Glider (sailplane) | 306.8 | 190.6 | Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4DM |
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22-Dec-06 | |||
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| Human-powered aircraft | 32 | 19.8 | MIT Monarch B |
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01-May-84 |
WATER CRAFT
| Category | Speed | Speed | Speed | Vehicle | Operator | Date | |
| (knots) | (km/h) | (mph) | |||||
| Water speed record | 275.98 | 511.13 | 317.596 | Spirit of Australia |
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08-Oct-78 | |
| Propeller-driven water speed record | 229.92 | 425.815 | 264.589 | Problem Child | Dale Ishimaru | 21-Apr-06 | |
| Human-powered watercraft | 18.5 | 34.3 | 21.3 | Decavitator |
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27-Oct-91 | |
| Human-powered submarine | 8.035 | 14.9 | 9.2 | Omer 5 |
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2007 | |
| Wind-powered watercraft | 55.65 | 103.06 | 64.04 | Kitesurfer |
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28-Oct-10 | |
| Underwater speed record | There is no official speed record for underwater craft, due to the secretive nature of military vessels. In 1968, a Russian November class submarine reportedly tracked an American carrier group traveling at 31 knots (57 km/h or 36 mph). Unmanned torpedo speed claims range from 70 to 200knots (80 mph to 230 mph). | ||||||
SPACE CRAFT
| Category | Speed | Speed | Vehicle | Crew | Date | |
| (km/h) | (mph) | |||||
| Manned spacecraft | 39,896 | 24,790 | Apollo 10 |
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26-May-69 | |
| Earth-reentering spacecraft | 46,440 | 28,856 | Stardust probe | (unmanned) | 15-Jan-06 | |
| Earth-escaping spacecraft | 58,536 | 36,373 | New Horizons probe | (unmanned) | 19-Jan-06 |
