Why It's Almost Impossible to Run 100 Meters In 9 Seconds | WIRED 

I remember once, a girl claimed that she ran 100 meters in 8 seconds... in first grade... I'm a bit sceptical now

He literally can’t run in School zones

I guarantee you if there was a lion behind Bolt he'd beat his world record no doubt.

Crazy how we never seen Bolt run his fastest . Mans would chill once he seen he was gonna win lmaoo

Usain Bolt could get a ticket for jogging in a school zone.

*someone breaks 100 meters in 9 seconds* Wired: Why it’s almost imposible to run 100 meters in 8 seconds.

"Why is 100 meters the benchmark, because 100 meters is the benchmark" - this genius script writer

bolt ran the 100m part in his 200m run in under 9 seconds

My best in the 100 meters is 48 meters.

I can easily run this fast when my mom is chasing me

Nothing’s impossible if you got family -Dominic Toretto

yeah i was wondering why i could only go 99 meters in 9 seconds thanks man!

Usain bolt:Im the fastest man Lying 12 year olds in the comment section: Hold my apple juice

I got up to 9 seconds finally, but my girl says that’s still to early.

Wired: Let's discuss about 100 meters race. Also Wired: 27 miles per hour.

Bolt racing with another Bolt beside him in his prime, perfect technique, start up and no unnecessities deffo breaks 9.49 for sure. What I mean with another Bolt is someone of his caliber.

Anyone else feel like sprinting full speed right now?

Why It's Almost Impossible to Run 100 Meters In 9 Seconds Cheetah: *Hold my Gazelle*

To increase ground reaction a primary aspect that is often ignored is the increase created by a good arm action. Try standing on a set of scales and aggressively bringing your arms up. Note the effect on the scales. Also note how the change of arm motion at the end of its swing can reduce your body weight thus aiding flight. Research into this aspect of sprinting is too often neglected when compared with reaction times, leg power, cadence etc. In addition the arms counteract the eccentric thrust that is created by leg forces not being applied directly to the central line of the body. So wider hips and narrow shoulders do not encourage efficient application of power when sprinting. A rotating body core caused by eccentric thrust not being counteracted by the arm action reduces muscle efficiency in all limb muscles connected to it. So reducing 100m times depends on leg and arm actions plus all the other factors. Certainly it can go lower than it currently is.

I'm not sure under 9 seconds is impossible, partly because many used to say that Bob Beamon's long jump record would never be broken. It was broken in just over 20 years. There was speculation for a while that Bolt, if he applied himself enough, got even faster, had the perfect race, possibly at altitude with thinner air, and ran to his absolute best, might stand a chance of going under 9. BUT....there has to be a time that going below is impossible... For example, a human could never run the 100 meters in 2 seconds of course... So would love to know the absolute definitive answer on this.

Title: Why its almost impossible to run 100 meters in 9 seconds Adrenaline: hold my nervous system

Well they said a 2 hour marathon was impossible...

The guest -- who is an expert in the field -- explains why it's impossible using the basic physics learned in middle school. RU-vid commenters: "you never know, everything is possible"

100 years ago, the world records were around 10.5 seconds. They probably thought someone running it in 9.58 was absurd, but yet here we are. Even 20 years ago it was 9.78 and Bolt took 2/10 a second off that time.

Why It’s Almost Impossible to run 9 Meters in 100 Seconds

I hate when I’m running on the treadmill for half an hour and look down to see it’s been 4 minutes.

Einstein proved that time is relative so if we just got out the audience in a spaceship and propelled them at 50% the speed of light, it could be possible for the runner to make it in under 9 seconds relative to the audience. The only problem is that it is impossible to get an audience to move that fast.

I’d like to see the 1988 Ben Johnson running in his form back then now with the better technology, ie track surface, shoes, outfits. When you looked at him back then he was a machine. Unbelievably fit. 9.79 in 1988 with crappier equipment is amazing.

Has anyone noticed that in Usain’s fastest races ever, he celebrates DURING the end of the race, meaning if he didn’t celebrate during the race, he could go even faster

3:04 holy crap, you can actually tell they're just kinda jogging while robbie is running as hard as he can. that's crazy!

Theorists set limits, Practitioners break them. - David Goggins

“Running a 5 second hundred metres is impossible" Followed by random Schwarzenneger quotes and claims that the video will be about 4 second 100 metres in 20 years.

I broke the record 9.46 seconds My girlfriend said she’s pregnant

I like this guy, he's not absurdly athletic but he knows what he's doing at least. A lot more entertaining to watch than those "normal" people Buzzfeed uses.

I'm a sprinter,I run and try to cross my limits everyday,I'm 22 and I can do a 10.42,but I haven't taken part it any national or international sprinting till now,cause I'm busy working in silence to break the record.......I'm trying hard to do the impossible and I will someday complete the 100m in 9 secs flat....Just need God's blessing❤️....Take care everyone.✌️

Great piece! There will have to be another freak of nature like Usain Bolt with his height, turnover, and strength, but whose mechanics are better than Bolt’s.He may have been able to exert more force if he didn’t have that side to side sway.He also was able mentally to rise to the occasion, the person will need that too.

"Everything is impossible till a person makes it possible" -Arnold Schwarzenegger

I actually watched the 9.58 run on TV when I was 12. My dad had a huge reaction when Usain did this time. I always believed he could have gone faster if he didn’t slow down at the end of the race.

Many years ago it was said that running below 10 seconds in the 100m was impossible untill bob hayes did it in 1963

This video is like: "Why it's almost impossible to run 100 meters in 9 seconds?" "Because the world record is 9:58" "OK, ty"

Usain doesnt want to be called the fastest man when he's with his girlfriend

Obviously these guys haven't heard of Sonic the Hedgehog.

How close would Bolt have been if he didn't let up for the last 30m when he ran the 100m in 9.58.....?

My dad has run 100 meters in under 9 seconds when I touched the thermostat

Cheetah- has entered the chat: "Hold my gazelle"

“Why it’s almost impossible to run 100 meters in 9 seconds” *You’ve obviously never been chased by a dog* Edit: 69 comments...nice Edit 2: 6.9k likes...amazing Edit 3: we did it bois 10k

They also said it was impossible to break the sound barrier

The drag part is so interesting, I never would have guessed that would actually *help* rather than slow them down.

Nobody: Usain Bolt:i am speed

“Why its impossible to run 100m in 9 seconds” Gym teacher’s grandma: “ *hold my coffee.* “

Peter Wayne looks like he has never laughed at or told a joke in his life.

12:28 Interviewer: Do you practice reaction time? The Nike-dressed guy: We do The other guy: *says "no" with his head*

*Kim Jong-un has done it before though*

lmao just use a speed 2 splash potion

Thanks for this entertaining insight into the aspects of sprinting 🙂👍🏻

12:27 "So, do you practice on reaction time?" *Slower guy:* (shakes head) *Faster guy:* "We do" Guess you should start practicing your reaction times to hit that 9.8

*Sets world record* Officials: Sorry the tail wind was 2.1 meters per second

If im chased by a dog, (which I unfortunately have experience with) I’ll break all kinds of records.

great video with some lessons even for us amateur non sprint runners. Having a lot of slow motion pictures reallys highlights technique and running style

I remember hopping onto a fast treadmill at the UCLA Athletic Facility. I cranked it up to the top speed and ran a 4:20 mile on it

4:54 sounds like my playstation

The average family dog: hold my beer.

Other bench modes for speed. 40-yard - dash for football. 60 yard dash for indoor track

They will tweak the running shoes and surfaces to make this happen plus still under the tail wind limit would help. Always fund to see these races.

I ran 9 sec flat the other night Then I woke up

Plot twist: velocity is a paid actor

"Running a 9sec 100m is almost impossible" Usain Bolt *Decides to stop slowing down and coasting the last 15 meters* 8.99 what was that?

Imagine if all the top tier ground breaking sprinters back in the day that ran on the sut tracks or the bad tracks if they ran now on close to perfect conditions

There are three things you could do - Use auto sprint - Hold ctrl while using the W key - Hold shift while using the W key

As someone who is super slow, I would love to run that fast. Just once to know what it's like.

0:20 at this point alone Usain Bolt was jogging but really fast 😂 truly the goat of sprinting

100m in 10sec is already very fast. Imagine you cover a distance of 10m in just one sec. That will be about 36km/h speed. Imagine you go at that speed constantly and you will take just a little more than an hour to complete a marathon.

Impossible? It's not impossible, that's fake news. I've done it in three seconds. I'm the best sprinter in the world

Have a bear chase them and see if it's really impossible lmao

Add to the factors mentioned the new sprint spike technology Bolt has complained about. Also I have wondered about high altitude (there is no limit on the altitude of the competition venue even though there is strong empirical evidence that race times are substantially improved at high-altitude venues. Studies indicate that 100-m sprinters derive a substantial performance advantage when competing at a high-altitude venue. This does not hold for longer distances and especially if a sprinter is acclimated. Having grown up in La Paz Bolivia about 2 miles over sea level you could count on the less wind resistance to kick the soccer ball further it is a real thing, and when I arrived to the States I could feel the air through my fingers like you can on water. Oxygen depravation affects performance in most other sports but worth testing with world class sprinters.

The problem with running the 100m in 9 seconds is the fact that the faster you run, the less time you have to accelerate since the race has been reduced by 10% of time. So you would need accelerate or get up to top speed so ridiculously fast that it's not a matter of increasing top speed but more an issue of achieving top speed faster. To get to 9 seconds, you'd need Usain Bolt levels of top speed and get to that insane top speed within your first step or two, which is humanly impossible.

Usain bolt: I’m the fastest man alive Shaggy (setting down a beer): get me a monster

You know youre gonna be the fastest man on earth if your last name is bolt

Everyone in the comments is breaking down stats and posing hypotheticals while ignoring one thing: these are human beings. No one is perfect, no one can maintain perfect strides or perfect starts over 100m in any race. It will not happen. 9s is physically impossible for a human being. Maybe the world's first cyborg will pull it off.

Bolt has never been the fastest out of the blocks but once he gets up to speed, his top speed is unmatched. In an ideal scenario it might just be possible to get close or even beat the elusive 9.

Lol at the beginning who’s gonna tell him that taking .58 seconds off your 100 isn’t eking out "a little bit more"

"If we naruto run, we can run faster than bullets." I rest my case

Very interesting. Thank you. I always wondered if there is also a brain component that determines how fast the "instructions" to one's feet movement get to them.

I find it hard to believe that there will be a sprinter faster than Bolt. He really seems to be the perfectly built sprinter. I am probably wrong, but that guy looks fast when he's standing still.

12:28 "so do you practice on reaction time? Left guy: nods in disagreement Right guy: wE dO *Visible confusion*

0:46 him: running as fast as he can others: jogging *still beating him*

and after some years when this record is also broken, then WIRED will make another video titled "What made it possible to run 100 metres in 9 seconds"

One of those moments in sport you will never forget Usain is just built to run

Imagine if all cops is as fast as Bolt. RIP criminals

It will be possible in the future, but it will be because of changes... Types of starter blocks and their angles, the surface run on and energy delivery, material of clothing worn. It'll happen, eventually. But if everyone had to run on the same dirt track in the countryside, then probably not.

I remember them saying that solving a 3 x 3 cube in 3 secs is almost impossible and now people are doing it in 2 secs

Why do I have a feeling Usain Bolt never gave it all... just watch him sprint,so casual..

umm no... Admiral General Aladeen ran a 7.2 second 100m at the last Wadiyan games

12:28 "so do you practice on reaction times stuff at all?" one of them is shaking his head at the same time as the other one answers "we do".

He closes his eyes and still gets those times! I was taught to watch for the smoke of the gun because the sound arrives much later.

Have an olympic style tournament where they allow performance enhancements substances and it might happen.

Try 9 Meters in 100 Seconds!

I find it a bit odd that they didn't factor height / stride length. I contend that a reason why Bolt is so remarkable in sprinting is his height. Bolt is the tallest Olympiad winner in the 100m ever at 6 feet 5 inches. The second tallest was 6 feet 2 inches (Carl Lewis). The fact that Bolt maintained a high turnover rate being that tall is astonishing and is a huge factor in his speed. Bolt ran the 100m sprint with an avg of 41 strides. That's about 2.439m per stride or 96 inches. If you could increase your stride length by form or just by extension of your height (such as the case with Bolt), over the course of a 100m race you could shave off 1 less stride. In a 100m sprint, 1 less stride to the finish line is a HUGE advantage. During my sprint training days I was told that starts, RPMs and stride length were the holy trinity in speed.

9 seconds is Bolt with a good start

gotta love the title. in case someone does run a 9s 100m: "well we *did* say ALMOST"