The internet throws up some bizarre questions, so naturally someone asked who would win in a race between Usain Bolt, Cristiano Ronaldo and an ostrich?
YouTube has thankfully come up with the answer so we can all sit back, relax and enjoy the results.
In a bizarre video shared by Vividat on YouTube, the unlikely trio took their places on the starting line for the race of the century.
Unsurprisingly, it was the ostrich who took off at astounding speed and stormed to victory.
The ostrich can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour and showed every inch of that pace by crossing the 100m finish line in just 7.3 seconds.
Next over the line was the fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt.
Bolt famously holds the world record for the men’s 100m event having completed the race in 9.58 seconds back in 2009.
Ronaldo is renowned for his fast feet on the football pitch, but by comparison, it wasn’t a good day at the office as he crossed the line in 11.22 seconds.
At Euro 2024, Ronaldo clocked a top speed of 32.7km/h, the fastest he has registered at any Euros since data started being collected in 2012.
For comparison, he was recorded at 32km/h at Euro 2012. Somehow at 39 he is faster than he was at 27.
Being beaten by Bolt is no disaster, particularly given the Jamaican’s list of accolades in the sport.
Bolt is regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time with eight Olympic gold medals in the sport.
This includes world records in both the men’s 100m and 200m.
A time of 9.58 seconds in the 100m was set in 2009 and is yet to be beaten, while a time of 19.19 in the 200m also remains unbeaten having been set in the same year.
He also holds the world record for the 4x100m relay with a time of 36.84 which was set at the London 2012 Olympics alongside his Jamaican teammates.
Bolt is undoubtedly the fastest man on the planet, but put alongside a rapid flightless bird like the ostrich and even the Jamaican will find it tough.
He did, however, earn a victory against current 100m gold medalist Noah Lyles in another 3D animated race.
Lyles won Olympic gold at Paris 2024 with a time of 9.79 seconds to secure a new personal best.
But with time on the American’s side, he’ll be hoping to challenge Bolt’s famous 9.58-second world record in the years ahead.
What is Usain Bolt doing now?
Bolt retired in 2017 and lives a far more relaxed life as a father of a four-year-old girl and three-year-old twin boys.
He tried his hand at football in 2018 when he spent eight weeks with A-League side Central Coast Mariners.
Bolt retired from all sport later that year, but has previously said he considered trying out to be a wide receiver in the NFL.
Could Usain Bolt have run the 100m faster?
The great man himself seems to think so.
Bolt cites the 2011 season as his best chance to better than world record time of 9.58 seconds.
But injury derailed that season and he did not get close to that time again.
Speaking to The Fix podcast, he said: “If I hadn’t got injured in the season, I would have broken the record again.
“That year, I was floating. I was running very well and the coach was excited. It was the first time I heard him say we were going to race and break the world record.”
Will anyone break the 100m world record?
Since Bolt set that record of 9.58, the closest anyone has got to that time is 9.69 seconds.
Both Tyson Gay (2009) and Yohan Blake (2012) ran those times just three years apart.
The fastest time in recent history, that is Kishane Thompson in 2025 – who ran a 9.75.
So will any man get close to Bolt? Well he is not ruling it out due to the advances in technology.
He said: “Anything is possible. Track and field is evolving fast with the new spikes, everything changes. It’ll take some work but records are records.”