[joaomacp]

Obligatory related paper:

"in the future, the fastest humans on the planet might be a quadrupedal runner at the 2048 Olympics, which may be achieved by shifting up to the rotary gallop and taking longer strides with wide sagittal trunk motion."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928019/

[ptsneves]

Today I learned there is such a thing as human quadrupedal rubbing. https://youtu.be/RZlvWpeC208?si=xsii66h2cPtjH6ba

[jacobolus]

15.7 seconds to run 100 meters on all fours is pretty impressive, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3h0AkNNP70

Seems like it would be hard on the wrists.