User blog comment:ImperiexSeed/Was Hunter faster than Barry before he became Zoom?/@comment-3423279-20160806001810

Barry also didn't use his powers that well and was still learning, plus he had morals and stuff that made him unwilling to kill, only beat them down. Even if Hunter could only run at Mach 1 or 2 before Velocity he would probably be able to beat most metas.

I mean... most metas aren't immune to a suddenly snapped neck.