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Is 13,000 inches per minute as fast as Usain Bolt?

It's about half as fast as Usain Bolt
The speed of Usain Bolt is about 24,300 inches per minute.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008) (a.k.a. Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D.) (sprinter; 1986-)
Setting a world record, Usain Bolt ran a 100 m in 0:09.69 for an average speed of 24,400 inches per minute at the 2008 Olympics. Furthermore, Bolt's margin of record breaking — 0.03 s — is the largest margin of victory in the history of digital measurements.
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