From the article:

I regret to inform you that a team of researchers, writing in a yet-to-be peer-reviewed paper published on bioRxiv, tested the running speed of 258 spider species and found one that’s significantly faster than the average human. I know, terrifying.

The winner is the jungle huntsman spider, aka Heteropoda jugulans, a species fittingly native to Queensland, Australia. It clocked an astonishing top speed of 3.59 meters per second, or just over 8 miles per hour. Considering that the average human jogs in the 5 to 6 MPH range, that’s a bit terrifying.

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Thankfully, it’s non-aggressive and mostly uses its speed to hunt for delicious insects.

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The study wasn’t just about crowning a spider speed champion. The researchers wanted to better understand what actually makes a spider move quickly. For instance, they found that bigger spiders generally run faster, likely because they have longer legs that allow them to stride more efficiently.

Overall, spiders with longer legs were faster than those with skinny legs. Ground-hunting spiders always outperformed web-building spiders. While size generally correlated with speed, the researchers were shocked to find that the very tiny, recently discovered orange goblin spider was a little speed demon, skittering at over 20 centimeters per second despite weighing only 0.1 milligrams.