User blog comment:Tsubori/Hypersonic RWBY characters? It's more likely than you think/@comment-73.222.177.213-20160209055326/@comment-933831-20160209090303

Saying RWBY characters aren't above the speed of sound is entirely absurd. You DO know two characters dodged natural cloud to ground lightning fighting against Amber, right? The feat's been calculated to Mach 125, and there's no feasible way someone could dodge lightning if they weren't hypersonic. Also, this is like three years old, what am I doing. >.>

That said, you need to learn the difference between movement speed and combat speed. Just because someone can't run fast doesn't mean they aren't fast. In the immortal words of Batman, who's faster, Bruce Lee or Usain Bolt?