My lighthearted point above was to illustrate these records fall on a spectrum of perceived legitimateness. There is no "real" top speed - there are only qualif

My lighthearted point above was to illustrate these records fall on a spectrum of perceived legitimateness. There is no "real" top speed - there are only qualifications of one sort or another. But I'll rise to the challenge. On your above conditions the fasted record was set by Bruce Bursford who reached a top speed of 207.9mph on a treadmill (which I should note, tops out Mr. Gissy's record above.)