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Table 27—Determination of Speed per Hour According to Distance in Seconds per Mile
Time in Miles Time Miles Time Miles
min sec per hour min sec per hour min sec per hour
0 20 180.0 0 44 81.8 1 08 52.9
0 21 171.4 0 45 80.0 1 09 52.2
0 22 163.6 0 46 78.3 1 10 51.4
0 23 156.5 0 47 76.6 1 11 50.7
0 24 150.0 0 48 75.0 1 12 50.0
0 25 144.0 0 49 73.5 1 13 49.3
0 26 138.5 0 50 72.0 1 14 48.6
0 27 133.3 0 51 70.6 1 15 48.0
0 28 128.6 0 52 69.2 1 16 47.4
0 29 124.1 0 53 67.9 1 17 46.8
0 30 120.0 0 54 66.7 1 18 46.2
0 31 116.1 0 55 65.5 1 19 45.6
0 32 112.5 0 56 64.3 1 20 45.0
0 33 109.1 0 57 63.2 1 21 44.4
0 34 105.9 0 58 62.1 1 22 43.9
0 35 102.9 0 59 61.0 1 23 43.4
0 36 100.0 0 60 60.0 1 24 42.9
0 37 97.3 1 01 59.0 1 25 42.4
0 38 94.7 1 02 58.1 1 26 41.9
0 39 92.3 1 03 57.1 1 27 41.4
0 40 90.0 1 04 56.2 1 28 40.9
0 41 87.8 1 05 55.4 1 29 40.4
0 42 85.7 1 06 54.5 1 30 40.0
0 43 83.7 1 07 53.7 1 31 39.6

To find the rate of speed in miles per hour divide 3600, the number of seonds in an hour by the number of seconds required to traverse 1 mile. That is, if 1 mile is traversed in 25 seconds, the rate per hour in miles = 3600 ÷ 25 = 144 miles per hour