Colossus vs The Big One

Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.

The verdict

The Big One takes it 4–2, and the 2 Colossus does win are the whole of its case.

Colossus is a steel 10-Inversion Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Intamin. The Big One is a steel Hypercoaster coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, GB, built by Arrow Dynamics.

Both are in GB, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.

Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to The Big One at 213 ft against 98 ft — more than double.
• Speed goes to The Big One at 74 mph against 45 mph — nearly double.
• Colossus inverts 10 times against nothing at all from The Big One — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to The Big One at 1,650 rph against 1,300 rph — well clear.
• Build Cost goes to Colossus at 20.3 $m against 18.4 $m — clearly ahead.
• Vintage is reversed, so The Big One's 1994 takes it from Colossus's 2002 — 8 years in it.