r/whowouldwin • u/analtaccount7 • Jul 04 '25
Challenge Usain Bolt VS Joey Chestnut in a 100m race BUT they both have to eat 1 hotdog first.
THEY BOTH HAVE TO COMPLETELY FINISH THE HOTDOG AND SWALLOW BEFORE STARTING THE 100m.
Both of them currently....but if it's too easy for joey (i think so) it can be prime usain bolt too
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u/wallstreetjunky1 Jul 04 '25
If it’s a Nathan’s famous sized dog I genuinely still think Joey has a chance. We need to know joeys 100m time. If it’s anything under 20 seconds I say he has a chance.
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u/Bonch_and_Clyde Jul 04 '25
How long do you think it takes a normal person to eat a hot dog? Today Joey averaged just under 8.5 seconds per dog. Last place at the contest averaged a dog every almost 30 seconds. Let's give Usain the benefit of being able to eat a hot dog as quickly as the guy we came in last place at the contest. If Joey can run 100m in 20 seconds, he's still beating Bolt by like 10 seconds. I think Chestnut is favored here.
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u/SithLordMilk Jul 05 '25
Ive heard Usain can suck down a sausage
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u/codekira Jul 05 '25
Jamaicans don't play that shit lol
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u/rsmicrotranx Jul 04 '25
Why you using average though? Last place probably ate 10 on the first 2 mins still and then slowed down once he was full. I think if a normal person tried eating a hotdog with some water, they could probably chug it down way faster than 30 secs. And eating a hot dog just means stuffing it in your mouth in most of these competitions, that's why they cram it all in at the last second. So, if we count not swallowing it, I'd say Usain Bolt could just stuff it in his mouth and go run and win by 10 seconds. If they have to completely swallow it, then I'd say Bolt still has a chance because I feel an athlete could probably eat a hot dog in like 15 seconds tops.
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u/RibsNGibs Jul 05 '25
I actually entered one of the qualifiers for the Nathan’s famous hot dog thing once. I didn’t prep. I was very athletic and ate a lot, and quickly, at the time and I just entered for shits and giggles and finished having eaten 8 in 12 minutes I think(?). I don’t know how fast I ate the first hot dog but it was way harder than you’d think.
The dog itself is super easy to smash down but the bun… you see the pros do it and some of them dip them in water to make it easier to swallow. I tried that but it was surprisingly hard to get down - it’s like that eating saltines or white bread quickly challenge - you just can’t get it down fast enough.
Unless they get to practice on technique, I think Chestnut has an easy win, especially because (last time I watched the contest anyway), he was a moderately athletic looking guy, not a super out of shape slouch.
Anyway, the “how fast does it take an average person to eat a hot dog?” thing is easy to test - I doubt you could do it in under 20 or 25.
Anyway, I just watched the start of this year’s contest and Chestnut eats 2 dogs and a bun in ~5 seconds, probably takes another second or two to actually swallow it (can’t be much longer because another bun and two more dogs go in more or less immediately). I guess he can eat a single dog and bun in probably 4-5 seconds. I could probably run the 100m in 20 seconds now that I’m almost 50 and I guess Chestnut is slower but not much. I think Chestnut eats and runs the whole thing in 25-30 seconds, and Bolt is mired in frustration at the starting line trying to get that last bit of bun down. Maybe he’s finished but no way does he still do it with 10 seconds to spare to catch up.
If Bolt gets to practice eating buns then I bet he ekes out a win.
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u/Vegetable_Log_3837 Jul 05 '25
I’m assuming it’s one sequential race, eat the hotdog then run 100m. So Bolt isn’t starting on the blocks, or if he is he has to eat a hotdog in that position. Either way that’s a big handicap for a pro. Chestnut can do his thing competition style then run, but Bolt’s transition from eating to running will cost a lot of time for such a short race.
My money’s on Joey.
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u/Vegetable_Log_3837 Jul 05 '25
You’re assuming Bolt runs at an Olympic pace with a hotdog stuffed in his mouth.
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u/CptnHnryAvry Jul 05 '25
That's actually how the pros do longer races, it's an energy reserve for part way through.
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u/SuperMandrew7 Jul 05 '25
Literally the first sentence in the post:
"THEY BOTH HAVE TO COMPLETELY FINISH THE HOTDOG AND SWALLOW BEFORE STARTING THE 100m."
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u/Casanova_Kid Jul 05 '25
It only takes an average person about 15 seconds to run 100m, so unless Usain Bolt can eat a hotdog in 15 seconds or less, my money is on the certified glizzy gobbler.
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u/toolatealreadyfapped Jul 05 '25
Exactly my take. Joey Chestnut is famous for being able to eat 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Which has VERY little to say about how fast he can eat 1 dog. (Averages out to 8 seconds). But eating 1 dog fast and eating 76 dogs in a sitting are universes apart. I think any average adult male in good health can handle throwing down a single hot dog in under 15 seconds. That's not the impressive part.
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u/louiexism Jul 05 '25
A single hotdog without a bun maybe. The bun is the hard part to chew and swallow.
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u/Independent-Ad3116 Jul 08 '25
No way one dog on an empty stomach takes Chestnut more than 3 seconds
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u/Trajer Jul 05 '25
You get significantly slower eating the dogs as the contest goes on though. I bet the first hotdog for the last-place contestant is a much smaller gap - same goes for Joey though.
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u/jaymochi Jul 04 '25
Chestnut crushes this (relatively, since we are still talking seconds). He's used to eating two dogs at a time and can do that a clip far faster than a person that doesn't do competitive eating can eat one. We know Bolt can eat a shit-ton of chicken nuggets, and will beat Chesnut by 3-4 seconds in the 100m, but there's no way in hell Usain Bolt can eat a hot dog in only 3-4 fewer seconds than it takes Joey Chestnut.
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u/schumachiavelli Jul 04 '25
I agree with your overall sentiment that Joey wins, but Usain Bolt is very definitely more than 3-4 seconds faster than him in a 100m dash.
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u/Abbzstar123 Jul 04 '25
I feel like I have no frame of reference for a 100m dash lol, so the WR is just under 10 seconds or so, an average fit person can run it in like wat 15-20?
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u/SodaDonut Jul 04 '25
I was still jv in highschool and was running low 12s. 20 seconds would be slow I think. I remember my step dad (40s something bar owner at the time) still being as fast as I was in 8th grade, when I was running around 13s.
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u/Raven_of_OchreGrove Jul 08 '25
I’d predict Joey in the 16+ sec range but he still has a huge advantage. I think it depends how fast either can get down ONE. Just one is different than the kind of stuff Joey does so if Bolt can train for the glizzy he has a shot… still favoring Joey.
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u/t3h_shammy Jul 04 '25
A 14 second 100m dash is hilariously slow the vast majority of in shape adults can do that.
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u/interested_commenter Jul 05 '25
Joey's a bigger guy and in his 40s, 14 seconds might be a bit optimistic, especially since it would be as he's swallowing the last of the hotdog (so not starting with full lungs) and not coming off blocks. Bolt would probably be a full second or more slower than his normal as well.
Joe is definitely still finishing in under 20 seconds though, I think he wins this comfortably.
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u/exphysed Jul 05 '25
You’re delusional albeit optimistic. Consider the average adult age, fatness, lack of exercise. Then go look up masters world championships 100m. Even the fittest 45-50 year old MEN in the world are only running 12 sec 100s. 14 is crazy fast for the average adult
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u/t3h_shammy Jul 05 '25
In shape adults do not fat. Also the gap between 12 and 15 seconds is a fucking enormous gulf
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u/slymm Jul 04 '25
I'm sorry, how do we know about bolts chicken nuggets???
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u/bset222 Jul 04 '25
In Beijing Olympics a lot of athletes were wary of local food so they ate a lot of McDonalds with nuggets being a go to.
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u/Toptomcat Jul 05 '25
Also, breaded fried chicken, considered by itself, is actually pretty decent in terms of macronutrients. Protein in the meat, carbs in the breading, fat in the oil. It's shitty food for non-athletes because it's very high-calorie, and it's often consumed alongside fries, which aren't nearly as balanced. But by itself, and in amounts commensurate with how many calories you burn, it's not bad food.
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u/Bonch_and_Clyde Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 05 '25
There was a regiment at one of the Olympics that got published that he was eating a shit load of McDonald's chicken nuggets each day for the calorie intake and because it was consistent so he knew it would not mess with him. I don't remember exactly how many he said he was eating a day, but it was like 60-80.
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u/Useful-ldiot Jul 05 '25
Bolt famously only eats chicken nuggets from McDonald's the two weeks prior to a race.
He knows he's the fastest man alive so as long as he doesn't get sick from food, he's going to win. McDonald's may not be the best but the nuggets are high in protein and there isn't much he could eat with a lower chance to make him sick.
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u/interested_commenter Jul 05 '25
Wasn't that specifically for Beijing because he didn't trust the local food (while McDonald's super processed frozen chicken is very reliable)? I don't think he did that for every race.
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u/captainofpizza Jul 05 '25
I think chestnut on a 100m is more like 16-18 seconds.
Still crushes Bolt before he can finish the dog or soon after imo.
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u/sammy_sam0sa Jul 05 '25
This is why I'm on reddit
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u/OgreWithWebs Jul 19 '25
God this subbreddit is my favorite. I love how unhinged and silly it's versus can be. makes it interesting.
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u/Willing_Car9063 Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25
Joey wins this like fairly easily. A lot of people don’t understand how long it actually takes to fully eat and swallow a hot dog.
It’s taking Bolt at the extreme bare minimum 20 seconds, most likely 30-60 seconds to eat and swallow a hot dog.
This gives Chestnut plenty of time to run the 100m and win the race.
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u/PlacidPlatypus Jul 05 '25
If they're allowed to eat while running (but still have to finish both) does that give Bolt a chance? I'm thinking still probably not but it might at least make it closer.
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u/BobbleBobble Jul 05 '25
Joey could still probably eat the dog (~9s) and then run the 100m (~15s) quicker than Bolt could eat the dog
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u/Willing_Car9063 Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 07 '25
I think that helps bolt a little bit, if he was able to still sprint as fast as possible while eating as fast as possible he could have a chance. But I’m gonna assume that doing both at the same time will ultimately slow him down too much to where Chestnut still wins.
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u/Frisbeejussi Jul 04 '25
Average male can run 100m in 14-17 seconds. Joey is 41 years old and supposedly over 220lbs so. I'm 184cm and around 100kg so close to him in size but a lot younger, I can run 100m in 21 seconds, so 21 seconds seems like a reasonable time for someone bit heavier and older than me.
Joey ate 83 hotdogs in 10 minutes, using that as a baseline and assuming he can do his prime time for just a single hotdog that's 7.2 seconds for a hotdog.
Average human can eat a hotdog in 30-50 seconds based on what some outlets claimed about eating hotdogs. Personally I can eat a plain one in just over 30 seconds so it sounds plausible. Bolt can eat a lot and supposedly is quite fast and apt at eating so a faster time of 20 seconds seems like a fair give for him with a shot at faster speeds.
So 21 seconds + 7.2 for 28.2 seconds in total for Joey.
And supposedly Bolt could do 100m in 10-11 seconds with closer to 11 being his own guess so 10-11 + 20 for 30-31 seconds in total.
A lot closer that what I would have thought and can't be taken as an accurate statement with so many assumptions.
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u/Dapper-Proposal5489 Jul 04 '25
Dividing hotdogs by total time neglects that hotdog #47 is probably tougher than hotdog #1
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u/ArtfulDues Jul 05 '25
Yeah, for reference, at the 5 minute mark he'd already swallowed 46 glizzies, and the last 25 came in the final 5 minutes
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u/bledblu Jul 05 '25
I believe at the 1 min mark he has finished 10-12 hot dogs. So even at 10/1 min, we are talking 6 seconds.
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u/CalamityChuck Jul 05 '25
Based on this excellent analysis this race could legit be a coin toss, which is awesome and makes me want to actually see it or something like it
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Jul 04 '25
I think if they do it right now, Joey wins. But I don't think it would take Usain much practice to be able to win this either. Give him a day, one hour to train, and then one night to sleep off the dogs, and he's got it.
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u/Casanova_Kid Jul 05 '25
Joey Chest wins this easily 9/10 - Let's run the numbers (I'm being generous here for Usain Bolt - average person eats a hotdog in 30-60 seconds - the 25 seconds puts him at low competitive glizzy gobbling speeds):
| Name | Eating Time (s) | Running Time (s) | Total Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usain Bolt | ~25 | ~9.6 | ~34.6 |
| Joey Chestnut | ~5 | ~15-20 | ~20-25 |
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u/MOGiantsFan Jul 05 '25
To be fair, Usain Bolt ran a 9.6 100m 16 years ago (2009). He's 38 years old now and hasn't ran in a professionally sanctioned event since 2017.
There's nearly zero chance he's running a sub-10 second 100m dash in 2025.
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u/omyrubbernen Jul 05 '25
If Joey Chestnut downs his hotdog in ~1.5 seconds, even if he runs a pretty subpar 100m at ~20 seconds, that's still ~21.5 seconds total.
Usain Bolt, even with his 9.58 second record, still would still have to finish his hotdog in less than 11.92 seconds, and I just don't think he's pulling that off.
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u/Serious-Football-323 Jul 05 '25
Joey isn't eating a hotdog that quick, it's taking him at least 3-5s, but bolt would need at least 20 I'd guess, 15 absolute quickest
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u/Munckeey Jul 05 '25
Yes he is, watch how fast he eats the first two hotdogs in a competition.
Most people here are comparing his average time across like 100 hot dogs not realizing the last 50 individually are much harder than the first.
I also think most people here are underestimating how fast they can eat a single glizzy themselves.
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u/iiivoted4kodos Jul 04 '25
Creative prompt, but I feel like this is way too easy for Usain. The fun question is how many hot dogs before Joey has a chance.
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u/analtaccount7 Jul 04 '25
It's not though... Joey could probably eat a hotdog in 1 second. Usain bolt would probably need 8ish seconds to completely down a hotdog. meaning joey would need to run only a 20 seconds 100m dash to win (im assuming at 38 usain bolt could probably still run it in 11-12 seconds.
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u/MaxPres24 Jul 05 '25
Joey is probably taking 5-6 seconds to eat the hot dog. That being said, there’s no chance in hell Usain Bolt eats an entire hot dog in 8 seconds.
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u/chitownbears Jul 04 '25
Does he get the water to dunk the bun in?
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u/pppppatrick Jul 04 '25
The Olympics deems that as a different categories. Similar to the 100m 200m dashes.
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u/toolatealreadyfapped Jul 04 '25
I question the 1 second time you list. I went to the video of Joey's record, 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Call that about 7 dogs per minute, or about 1 dog every 8 seconds. And I get it, you can't average 76 dogs and apply it to just 1. Or can you...
I watched the beginning of the contest. It's difficult to say exactly where 1 dog is done, because they start the next before one is fully swallowed. But not a single contestant logged their first before the 10 second mark. Joey logged his 3rd at 17 seconds in. I think it's fair to say that at the ABSOLUTE best, Joey needs about 5 or 6 seconds to swallow 1 hot dog.
I think the contest starts getting a lot more interesting around the 2, maybe 3 hot dog requirement. Because I do think Joey needs a solid 10 second head start. And his greatest skill isn't that he can swallow one hot dog fast. It's that he can keep swallowing them as fast as a person can shovel them, 80 times. Where a normal person would tap out at 2 or 3.
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u/CaioNintendo Jul 04 '25
But if the top competitors need ~8 seconds to eat a hotdog, how long do you think it takes an untrained person? I would bet it’s more than double that.
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u/The360MlgNoscoper Jul 04 '25
I read 30 seconds in this thread
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u/toolatealreadyfapped Jul 05 '25
I've never been in a competitive eating contest in my life. I'd bet my entire house that I can down a single hot dog in well under 30 seconds. 20 even
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u/SweatyBobby Jul 05 '25
He didn’t log them that quickly initially because in the contest rules one dog equals one wiener plus the bun. If you watch their strategy is typically to dunk and down multiple buns first, then eat two dogs at a time, so there’s initially a lag which quickly ramps up after they start eating the weiners.
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u/fightingsou1 Jul 04 '25
I think one is honestly the right number. Joey probably finishes his dog more than 5 seconds faster than Usain (probably more, but we’ll say 5), and is also probably less debilitated by the feeling of having shoved a dog down his gullet as well.
Assuming Bolt runs an 11 second 100m still (impressive considering he’s 38, 8 years retired, and debilitated by that hot dog) then even assuming Joey only has a five second lead, he only needs a 16 second 100m, which is pretty doable, so at one hot dog it’s probably pretty close.
At two hot dogs it’s likely firmly in Joey’s favor as that hotdog speed eating debuff is presumably going to get significantly worse. Usain Bolt might be able to crush 100 nuggies in a day, but he probably isn’t used to stuffing down two hot dogs in a matter of seconds. Joey IS, and will likely have more than double his one hot dog lead, giving him a 10+ second lead that’d almost certainly allow him to demolish Bolt this time.
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u/14InTheDorsalPeen Jul 04 '25
I actually think Joey still wins.
100m dash is over in seconds, even for an average person.
If Usain takes 30 seconds to eat a hot dog and Joey takes 5, most people can run 100m in 25 seconds.
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u/IConsumePorn Jul 04 '25
If joey can eat a dog in 2 seconds i can eat one in 6, that's literally like 2 big bites. Im sure usain can eat one fast too
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u/14InTheDorsalPeen Jul 04 '25
I don’t think you can chew and swallow an entire full size Nathan’s hot dog including the bun in 6 seconds.
If you could you would be a professional (or at least amateur) competitive eater.
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u/Celebrimbor96 Jul 04 '25
Eating one hotdog at professional pace is not difficult. Eating 20-30 back to back is extremely difficult.
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u/IConsumePorn Jul 04 '25
Nah if we're talking about 1 single hotdog that's nothing. I can do a McDonald's burger in like 6 seconds, but only 1. The second one would be like 20-30. But if its just 1 it goes down mad quick
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u/Willing_Car9063 Jul 04 '25
You’re massively overstating how quick you eat a hot dog. Completely eating and swallowing a hot dog is not possible in 6 seconds for non competitive eaters.
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u/IConsumePorn Jul 04 '25
Hey everyone can downvote all they want, i know me and what i can and have done before. Just be ok being wrong.
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u/joobtastic Jul 04 '25
I don't think you've ever timed yourself eating a hotdog.
And youre claiming 6 seconds, which is the same amount of time as the fastest professional hot dog eater in the world.
You're bad at self evaluating.
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u/Willing_Car9063 Jul 04 '25
Make a video and link it. I’ll send you 50 bucks if you can completely eat and swallow a regular sized hot dog in under 7 seconds.
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u/voregoneconclusion Jul 05 '25
i would think you have this backwards, i can’t imagine bolt even coming close
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u/Impressive-Alps-6975 Jul 05 '25
You're crazy. The average human being trying to eat a hot dog as fast as they can, can do it in about 1 minute. Let's be super generous and say Usain Bolt can eat it in 25 seconds. Then it'll probably take him 11 seconds to run the 100m from a standing position. That's 36 seconds. Chestnut can eat a hot dog in 6 seconds, so as long as he can run 100m in under 30 seconds (which I think he can) then he wins this
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u/Effective-Pace-5100 Jul 05 '25
I think it’s very obviously Joey? We’re talking about only 100 m here, Bolt has maybe 6 s advantage to the average person, maybe 8 s to Joey. No way Bolt is eating a hot dog within 8 seconds of Joey
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u/Think_please Jul 04 '25
I think Usain crushes this as long as he is given a day or two to prepare. You don’t become the best sprinter in history without knowing how to train and at his size I have full confidence that he could down a hotdog in sub five seconds and then crush chestnut in the race.
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u/analtaccount7 Jul 05 '25
no one gets prep time
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u/PhD_in_Ark Jul 05 '25
If this were an actual event it would be impossible to not have any prep time even if it was announced on short notice. He would at least be able to eat a few hotdogs before the race to get the technique down a bit.
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u/Serious-Football-323 Jul 05 '25
There's no way even with a week prep usain could eat a full size hot do with bun in under 10 seconds. Without prep it would take him at least 25 if not 30s
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u/Think_please Jul 05 '25
I’m pretty sure I could do it without training and he’s a bit bigger than I am
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u/Stonna Jul 04 '25
Joey would be disqualified for not eating the whole bread.
Bolt would win anyway tho
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u/Clokwrkpig Jul 04 '25
Chestnut. here's going to be a bigger gap between them finishing the dog than there is finishing the run.
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u/TheBigBo-Peep Jul 04 '25
I feel like we're underrating that a pro athlete is probably capable of slamming a hot dog reasonably quick. I'm unsure
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u/VariableVeritas Jul 05 '25
Ok. So we only need to think about that first dog and my man Joey eats the first one in like 4 seconds on average. So somewhere in the first ten second let’s say 5 he’s off.
We’ve got a good example of averageness here, a 21 second 100 meter:
https://youtu.be/MbvlFq4-2tc?si=gWQszb1QpK9EZQbv
Now let’s even slow Joey down one fraction beyond that and say he takes 25 seconds to run it. That’s maybe 30 seconds total.
Usain does the run in let’s say 10 seconds instead of his WR 9.58 because he carrying the weight of that hot dog in his belly. So Usain Bolt is going to need to down that dog in 20 seconds or less. I’m liking this, someone get one of the late night Jimmys on this.
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u/the68thdimension Jul 05 '25
Best prompt I've seen in ages, made me laugh then think. If Chestnut can run a 15 second 100m, which I think he can, then he only has to eat a hotdog 5 seconds faster than Bolt. Chestnut has got this in the bag.
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u/captainofpizza Jul 05 '25
I think Joey wins it.
The difference between a WR and average Joe hundred meter is less of a gap than the hotdog.
Joey scarfs the dog in 4 seconds and runs a 17 second 100 meter for a time of 21.
Bolt takes 15 seconds for the dog and is half done on the sprint.
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u/LittleAd3211 Jul 05 '25
Joey easily. I don’t know how fast he is but I do know that there’s no chance bolt is eating a full hotdog and swallowing everything in less than 20 seconds. In other words, Joey has a minimum of 25+ seconds to run 100m which any remotely able bodied man should be able to do
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u/tacticalluke1 Jul 05 '25
I think Chestnut wins before Bolt finishes his hot dog.
Chestnut slams a dog in about 8 seconds, and assuming an average running time for a 41-year-old male, takes something like 15 seconds to run the 100m. That’s 23 seconds.
Usain Bolt eats a dog in maybe… 25 seconds? How fast can the average 200lb person eat a Nathan’s hot dog and the bun without choking?
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u/Munckeey Jul 05 '25
I really think people are underestimating how fast they can choke down a single glizzy under pressured situations. Most people are comparing to Joey’s average time to eat a glizzy over a whole competition, he eats the first one in under a few seconds.
I could down a single non-topping full sized hot dog in under 10 seconds if I needed to, I’m willing to bet Usain bolt could do it faster.
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u/NC_Ion Jul 06 '25
The fact is that Usain Bolt might choke if he tries to eat a hotdog too fast. Odds are that most people trying to keep up with Joey Chestnut would probably choke, too.
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u/ChaseW_ Jul 06 '25
Chestnut no dif
Bolts record for the 100m is 9.58. It would take him longer than that to just finish a hotdog
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u/Btrips Jul 06 '25
Does anyone know how fast Usain Bolt can eat a hot dog? I've never seen him eat one, maybe he's can down it quick.
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u/Practical-Ad-2643 Jul 08 '25
Did nobody see the article of Usain eating purely McNuggets in the 2008 olympics?! This gives me every reason to believe that he'll have the jaw speed and dexterity to tear through any dog, regardless of brand or how thoroughly it's cooked
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u/LibrarianNo6865 Jul 08 '25
One dog? Just slam it like the meme. No chewing. Run that shit and then shoot it back out like a missile.
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u/No_Stand8812 Jul 08 '25
Of all the posts here this is the one I would pay real money to watch. How do we make this happen? Someone set this up for charity. I can’t imagine the ratings. Is 100 share achievable?
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u/Torture-Dancer Jul 08 '25
It’s the third time I heard about Joey Chestnut and the nathan’s competition this week, and I’m not even american, tf?
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u/Raven_of_OchreGrove Jul 08 '25
Needs to be prime bolt. My big question is do either get previous training? Like are they prepping for this race? I don’t think Joey can improve his 100m as much as Usain Bolt can improve his hot dog eating imo BUT Joey still has a shot I think. It’d be super close if we’re talking Bolt WR time
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u/BlueEyedSpiceJunkie Jul 08 '25
Well, Bolt’s world record time is 9.58 seconds to the googled adult man average of 15-20 seconds.
That puts Bolt up in the running by about 10 seconds.
Joey Chestnut averages a hotdog every 8.5 seconds. Presumably his first and only could go down faster than the average of 70 dogs. I’m reasonably sure an average eater couldn’t do it in 18.5 seconds.
I say Chestnut takes this race.
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u/TravelingPhotoDude Jul 09 '25
Asked AI and it did the math based on Joey's record speed of hot dog eating and the average mans time to eat a hotdog....
If it's one hotdog, then 100m?
BUT…
If it's 10 hotdogs, then 100m?
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u/SmokeS_SMO Jul 09 '25
I think Usain clears, easy.
I saw a video of JC eating a single dog in like 6 seconds before it was fully swallowed, which would be the point at which he could start the race. Assume he *really* tries and gets it down in 3, the average human's 100m sprint is between 12 - 20 seconds.
Prime Usain (which i'm using for fairness, athleticism goes away with age far more than ability to eat imo), could finish a 100m in like 10 seconds. And an average eater trying to go fast could maybe do it in 8 - 10 seconds.
This puts Joey at an estimated 15 - 26 seconds, with Usain at an 18 - 20. But if we're being realistic, I see Joey finishing on the slower end of that estimate. It's likely that for him, that average 12 - 20 finish on the sprint would be closer to 20.
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u/SoftLog5314 Jul 05 '25
From what I’ve seen even college athletes do, I think Bolt crushes a hotdog faster Chestnut runs 100m
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u/lincolnhawk Jul 04 '25
It’s a single hot dog. Bolt slams. Chestnut is not an athlete or a runner of any kind as far as I know. I assume Usain can get that dog down in 5-10 seconds to Chestnut’s 2-3. Then Usain’s got a 10 second 100m. Chestnut is probably less than half as fast as Bolt, and the race is the bigger challenge here. 3-5 dogs may tip it to Chestnut but I’m pretty sure Bolt can inhale a single hotdog at an impressive clip himself.
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u/Academic-Health5265 Jul 04 '25
Uh literally one of the greatest athletes ever. Maybe not a runner but he’s an amazing athlete
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u/treple13 Jul 05 '25
Greatest at what he does, but eating hot dogs does not make one an athlete any more than being an incredible painter makes you an athlete
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u/Academic-Health5265 Jul 05 '25
Wrong. Takes a lot of training and athletic ability to do what he does
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u/treple13 Jul 05 '25
Eating is not athletic ability. Just because something is impressive doesn't make it athletic. Chess masters aren't athletes either and they'd also require a lot of training. Doesn't make their accomplishments less.
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u/Academic-Health5265 Jul 05 '25
Chess masters are athletes lol you need to fix your scope of what an athlete is. Chess masters burn thousands of calories during matches
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u/TormundIceBreaker Jul 05 '25
Thank you for the common sense. Bolt is absolutely crushing this, I do not understand why so many people in this thread think this is an easy win for Chestnut
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u/louiexism Jul 05 '25
I think Chestnut has 10-seconds headstart. He can finish a hotdog in 5 seconds. I don’t think Bolt can finish one in 15 seconds or less.
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u/Serious-Football-323 Jul 05 '25
I don't think you understand how long it typically takes for someone to eat a hotdog. Time yourself eating a hotdog (with a bun). I would be surprised if you ate and swallowed the whole thing in under 30s, joey can do it in 5.
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u/Keepitcleanbois Jul 04 '25
This is actually a super interesting prompt lol. At first I thought Joey wouldn’t even come close. I came back to this after trying to see how fast I could eat a whole hot dog. Honest to God, I think Joey wins this.