First try.
Can You Beat Usain
Bolt Out of the Blocks?
By GREGOR AISCH, LARRY BUCHANAN and DEREK WATKINS AUG. 14, 2016
Usain Bolt’s reaction time out of the starting blocks in the 100-meter final in Rio was .155 seconds. Try to beat it. Turn up your volume.
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ON YOUR MARK SET BANG
Is that you Justin Gatlin? Congratulations. You were faster than Usain Bolt.
If you’re upset that this competition is unfair, well, you may be right. Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest man. You, on the other hand, are just ears and a thumb as far as this quiz is concerned. But if there were a (short) list of speed-related things you could beat Usain Bolt at, his reaction time would be near the top.
In the 100-meter final in Rio on Sunday night, six of Bolt’s seven opponents reacted faster than he did: