Paddling Speed

I'm interested as to what sort of paddling speeds people are sustaining in flat water, with no wind or swell assistance.

Downwinder mentioned the Aussies can do 10km/hr, but the Hawaiian's are pushing towards to 12.... ???

Edit;
Or winning times over a course / race, with an estimate of race length... etc.
Thanks,
Simon

10k's an hr in the flats would be pretty good.

board speed in a dw er, so many things to consider. are the hawaiians pushing 12ks everywhere including the flats or only at that famed run

i'll add at the national short coarse last year that had international competitors, top three places - aussies

I often do a run from Green Point to Ricketts Point and back. Straight line on the map it's 9k but that line goes over land - guessing it's closer to 10 because I go out a fair way to avoid boats at the marina. Consistently takes me 2 1/2 hours for about 19 or 20k if the wind is less than 10knots, did it twice last week on the Surf Race. Used to take the same time on the Penetrator but I paddle faster now than I did then.

This is not pushing super hard, just an exercise/fun/chat to fisherman outing but I am sweating when I stop - the sort of pace that I could certainly keep up for longer if I had to. I find that I always go just a little slower on my own than I would if I was paddling with friends, listen to music and get into the meditation side of the sport.

So for me, spot on 8k/hour average on a 12'6 board in zone out mode

And down-wind, well Dave and I did the Maui Molokai on 14' boards, 41/2 hours for 47k on the GPS so that came out to be 10.4 k/hour lightish wind and swell assisted. Funny thing with that was I'm sure we could have both gone harder but we were too freaked out by the whole thing and the thought of running out of steam over that distance - we both finished feeling absolutely fine, guess that's better than destroying yourself though!