Ballpark — July 25, 2026

Answers to that day's 5 daily estimation questions.

Average speed of an Olympic sprinter (Usain Bolt)

27 mph

Peak speed during a 100m dash.

Elevation of the Dead Sea

1,412 feet below sea level

Sinking roughly 3 feet per year.

States in the USA that touch the Pacific Ocean

5 states

CA, OR, WA, AK, and HI.

Elements in the Periodic Table

118 elements

The last four were officially added in 2016.

Total length of the world's coastline

220,000 miles

Difficult to measure exactly due to the coastline paradox.