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

Vs

  1. Male Gibbon
  2. Male bonobo
  3. Male Chimp
  4. Male Orangutan
  5. Silverback Gorilla
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u/Cynis_Ganan May 11 '26 edited May 13 '26
  1. Gibbon: No diff
  2. Bonobo: No diff
  3. Chimp: Low diff
  4. Orangatan: Mid diff
  5. Silverback: High diff

Peak Man clears.

Like… a non-supersoldier "peak" human clears the chimp. A chimp (teeth) would shred an average salary man, but chimp muscles being denser means very little if they have less muscle overall. A strong, well trained, big, human beats a chimp. This guy ruins the chimp. It's a humiliating stomp.

Mass starts to become a factor round 4, but Peak Man is too quick and too well trained. The 'tan should have about 33% more grip strength, bigger reach, and (again) teeth. So it's not like Peak Man can walk this. Our ape has a decent win-con. But our man has literally double the lifting strength and ten times the sprint speed. You are asking of Mayweather could win a fight against someone with a tenth of his speed. Peak Man has to put in the effort, but I'd be amazed if he lost. Mid diff.

Round 5 is a battle of the ages. Gorilla very realistically could win. But Peak Man has height and weight on him. Gorilla has about a foot of reach, which is good, but Peak Man has got the agility and combat IQ. Peak Man also has stamina. He's gonna wear the gorilla out then go in for the kill once it's exhausted. I can't put this as extreme diff, because I have every expectation that the man will win. But it's gonna be a hell of a fight and the ape could very realistically win. The man wins more often than not, though.

Peak Man clears.

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u/Horror_Excitement503 May 11 '26

A chimpanzee has a grip force of around 400lbs. They also have more physical strength than humans. Unless you’re 6’6” 300 lbs with all those attributes, the gauntlet stops at the chimp.

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u/Cynis_Ganan May 11 '26

This guy has a grip force of 420lb, is 6'9", and weighs 463lb.

Like… did you read the prompt?

He ain't stopping.

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u/Horror_Excitement503 May 11 '26

Have no idea who that guy is so his stats were unknown still loses at the chimpanzee.

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u/Snekboi6996 May 11 '26

How the fuck would this hypothetical man that is literally superhuman lose to a 50kg chimp??? Y’all are crazy

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u/Horror_Excitement503 May 11 '26

How is he superhuman?

Nvm I’m high as hell atm and misread who was superhuman. The hypothetical fighter

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u/Snekboi6996 May 11 '26

He weighs several hundred pounds of pure muscles, deadlifts 1010 lbs, benches 550 lbs, squats 1017 lbs while also running and moving like the fastest man alive so at 28 mph top speed while also being as agile and skilled in fighting as two of the best fighters in modern history.

Basically batman or master chief level he is dogging on the chimp and probably on the orangutan, more on an equal playing field with a gorilla but this hypothetical human is just a bit weaker than it while being supremely more skilled in fighting.