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The recognized international authority on all things skyscrapers has released an original "Tall Buildings in Numbers" research study that identifies the world's fastest elevator speeds and longest vertical runs. Vertical Transportation: Ascent & Acceleration originally began as a collaboration with Guinness World Records to determine the commercial buildings that ruled the two categories. It turns out that the 632-metre-tall Shanghai Tower, the second-tallest building in the world, dominated both classes with its innovative elevator system boasting the fastest speed and the longest vertical run.
The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat expanded its research to then identify the top buildings in each category. Guangzhou's CTF Finance Center was only a half second behind usurping the Shanghai Tower for the fastest elevator in the world, which whisks passengers to their destination at a rate of 20.5 metres per second. Taipei 101, the world's tallest building until the completion of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, registers a speed of 16.83 metres per second. Built in 1993, Yokohoma's Landmark Tower records an impressive pace of 12.5 metres per second, while Hong Kong's Two International Finance Center shoots its riders up 10.6 metres per second. Conspicuously absent is the Burj Khalifa, which at 10 metres per second, is tied with over a dozen competitors, including One World Trade Center, Lotte World Tower, and the Canton Tower.
At 578.55 metres, the Shanghai Tower is also equipped with the world's tallest continuous elevator run. Guangzhou's Ping An Finance Center comes in second with a continuous run of 573.5 metres, shooting passengers just below the tower's 599-metre pinnacle.
The under-construction Jeddah Tower will feature a height of over 1,000 metres and is slated to shatter the record for the tallest continuous elevator run by nearly 100 metres. Though its double decker elevators won't be fast enough to take the title away from the Shanghai Tower, they will exceed the current record of 10 metres per second for such systems.
