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Is 655 kilometers per minute as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)?

It's about 350 times as fast as a Knuckleball (baseball)
The speed of a Knuckleball (baseball) is about 1.80 kilometers per minute.
(a.k.a. knuckler, a.k.a. floater, a.k.a. dancer, a.k.a. butterfly ball) (major league average)
The average speed of major league knuckleball pitch is 1.80 kilometers per minute. Eddie Cicotte, who was later implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, is credited with developing the pitch ca. 1906.
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