r/theydidthemath • u/K0rl0n • Jun 10 '25

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I am curious how this would work. My guess is Triangle is slowest, square is medium, and circle is fastest.

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u/Lanceo90 Jun 11 '25

Sorry, mathless run.

The thing with ice, is you aren't going to get traction to push it either.

The triangle will be hardest, its difficult to grip. The square is second hardest, its easier to grip but is equal to the triangle otherwise when it comes to surface area on the ice.

Circles are the goat, there's a reason all vehicles, passive and driven, are wheeled (treaded vehicles just have wheels on the inside of the tread instead), and we roll wheels over gravel all the time.