Falling Objects Race

Three everyday things, dropped from the same height at the same moment. Air pushes back harder the faster you go — until it pushes exactly as hard as gravity pulls, and the speed stops rising. Take the air away and the race is a dead heat.

FALLING

Race clock

0.00ssince release
TIME ×1
— Waiting for the first landing.

Readout air

Drag is how bluff a shape is: a flat sheet is about 1.3, a smooth ball about 0.5.

Speed curves

Controls

Air around themON

D drop · V air/vacuum · R slow-mo · Space pause