User blog:HS664/The physics of Sonic:How fast can he run?

We all know one thing about Sonic. He's fast. But, exactly how fast? I'm here to answer that question. This is meant to be a fun and informative blog post. Please keep in mind I'm keeping ALL Canon into account.

Source of Speed
Okay, this is the big question I MUST tackle. Where did this speed come from? Well, the logical, (and practically canon) answer is through his shoes. According to the book Stay Sonic these shoes supposedly reduce friction, allowing him to run faster. Also, according to Sonic the Hedgehog promotinal Cmic, he got these shoes after he broke the Sound Barrier for the first time. Now, this makes little sense, but so I'm accounting for the deviantion made by Sonic the Comic, saying he got the Shoes THEN broke the sound barrier. But, this also dosen't account for the fact that his body resists the affects of going Mach 1, or about 761 MPH.

Now travelling at this speed would cause most things to fall apart, and kill any organism due to friction, drag and other factors. But, going back to Stay Sonic, we get this explanation: Sonic used to look like a normal hedgehog (but still humanoid), and then turned blue after breaking the sound barrier. Known as the Cobalt effect (which I don't even know if it's real), this may account for his defiance of physics.

Top Speed
Most sources claim Sonic can move at an intense Mach 1 as stated earlier. Now, some sources claim he's "The worlds fastest Hypersonic hedgehog", meaning he can move at 3840 MPH. Now this is alot of speed, but it is not EVEN CLOSE to his limit. The descrition of the Lightspeed Dash states he moves at the speed of light during the dash. But, this just throws a monkey wrench at physics in all reason (but, so does this concept all together).

Now, alot of people get angry about fan characters who move faster than Sonic, but in reality, only the ones Instantly marked as Sues do. According to Sonic Battle, moving a Mach one is a greivous understatement. In the final battle, he's moving at a supposedly incalcuable speed. To prove this, think on this one fact: The Battle can only logically take 30 Seconds, as the Final Egg Blaster fires in this time. But, using a Youtube video as an average, this battle took 270 Seconds (4 and a half minutes) from Sonics perspective. So, the calculation I made (and I have no way of doing this at the moment) is that Sonic (in his normal form) is moving a 6849 MPH.

But, how fast is his true top speed? I beleive that there is NO limit at all, as almost every factor defies physics. Now, this may come as a shock, but the fastest speed Sonic has reached in ANY canon is in Issue 13 of Sonic the Comic, where he ran halfway across the planet in 5 seconds flat, and was able to stop nearly on a dime.

This means Sonic's top speed is: a mind blowing 20,000,000 MPH! So, when you see a character that supposedly moves faster than Sonic, remember that number.

I hope you enjoyed this blog post.