It is misleading.
How speed is measured:
Spiders were placed in a box with grid paper at the bottom, and a high-speed camera recording from above.
Comment from author:
He noted that while 3.59 metres per second was the absolute top speed, about as fast as a human jogging, it was only for "a fraction of a second".
"What we call maximum speed, is measured over very short periods of time," he said.