Why does spaghetti take longer to cook than other pasta?

Question

Macaroni: 6 minutes
Small wagon wheels: 7 minutes
Rotini: 7 minutes
Spaghetti: 10 minutes

Spaghetti is not thicker than the other pastas, but it takes longer to cook and this makes no sense to me. How does this work?

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Answer 1

I’ve never boiled spaghetti noodles for more than 7 minutes….and that’s living at a higher altitude where water boils at a slightly lower temperature (which means the noodles cook at a lower temperature so it actually takes longer than normal to cook).

That may be cause I use thin though…not the super thin kind (angel hair), just what I consider “regular” noodles, definitely not the thick ones though.