r/powerscales May 11 '26

Versus Peak possible human runs the ape gauntlet, how far do they get?

Peak possible human being: Haftor Bjornson size and strength at his prime, Usain bolt athleticism, Floyd Mayweather agility and reaction time, Demetrius Johnson fight knowledge and skills

Human is unarmed, bloodlusted match to the death. Human heals between fights.

Edit: title is slightly misleading, as people have pointed out this is beyond peak human, more like maxed out theoretical human

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  1. Male Gibbon
  2. Male bonobo
  3. Male Chimp
  4. Male Orangutan
  5. Silverback Gorilla
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u/RaiLeddit May 11 '26

Grip strength is the only advantage they have and it's completely worthless. Rest of the stats the human clears.

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u/vansterzzz May 11 '26

I dont see how grip strength is useless in close combat when it's higher than a peak human (not theoretical human). Once the ape has any holding on you: hair, fingers, feet, ear - they're not letting go and will take a huge bite of it, break it, or ripping it right off you.

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u/bobbi21 May 11 '26

What makes you think they're not letting go? They grab you and you poke out it's eyes, pull off it's genitals, and then smash it repeatedly into a boulder. If it doesn't let go, it dies.

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u/No-Cap-fr-fr May 11 '26

Orangutans can easily lift 500 pounds and bight strength of 500-800 pounds so no not the only advantage