Maybe it’s overcompensation.

Real-estate developers in the Middle East and Asia seem to be obsessed with whose is bigger — whose building, that is.

Nine of the world’s 10 tallest edifices exist in those two parts of the world.

But now the competition seems to be escalating to a whole other level: Who can rise to the occasion fastest — via elevator.

In fairness, if you’re headed to the skyscraping 111th floor of Guangzhou’s CTF Finance Center, you don’t want to be riding a pokey lift.

But does it really need to ascend at a record-breaking speed of 44.7 miles per hour, and employ heat-resistant brakes to handle seatbelt-worthy descent speeds of 22.5 miles per hour?

Apparently, it does. And Hitachi, manufacturer of that swift lift, may want to speed things up even more, according to a story in the Daily Mail: The company reportedly plans to use the elevator’s speedy tech “for future product development for elevators with higher running quality.”

That said, the high-fliers at Hitachi should not get too comfortable with their lofty position.

Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia is slated to become the world’s tallest building upon its 2019 completion date, and its ride to the top, courtesy of the Finnish company Kome, promises to be a quick one — maybe even quicker than the CTF Finance Center. As reported by CNN, the Saudi “ultrarope” elevator will rocket to the top of the building thanks to a time-shaving carbon-fiber cable.

But how fast is fastest? “I predict the maximum speed of a vertical lift cabin cannot be more than 79 feet per second [which equals 53.9 miles per hour],” elevator engineering expert Albert So told CNN. “This is not because we can’t make lifts that go faster than this, but because of the air pressure.”

Makes sense: Having to perform under pressure rarely speeds things along.