Can you tumble faster than you can run?

[tynopik]

This video may or may not be 'enhanced':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHZmbwQn1e4

but there are plenty of videos of tumblers reaching high speeds during their whip backs
https://imgur.com/r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG/Jhb1Zkq

is this sort of speed only possible on special spring tracks?

intuitively you think it might be possible because it essentially gives you a giant stride and you don't have to waste all that time moving your legs back and forth, simply explode with both legs every time you hit the ground


https://cheerleadingdaily.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/key-to-running-tumbling/

The whole purpose of a round off is to convert your forward momentum to backward momentum. In other words, when you land your roundoff you want to be moving backwards at least as fast as you were moving forwards during your hurdle.
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Good tumbling maintains speed throughout a pass. Elite tumblers actually speed up as they go.

ok, probably not, but it would be hilarious if someone broke out a tumbling pass in the next olympic sprint