> According to this paper [1], mean comfortable walking speed for a male in his twenties is 253.3 cm/s (~5.67 mph). It's been my experience that 3 mph (the spe

> According to this paper [1], mean comfortable walking speed for a male in his twenties is 253.3 cm/s (~5.67 mph). It's been my experience that 3 mph (the speed I tend to default to) is considered fast by most of my peers. I'm in my twenties. That paper is from 1997. I suspect a lot has changed.