Corkscrew vs Katun

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

Katun takes it 4–2, and the 2 Corkscrew does win are the whole of its case.

Corkscrew is a steel Corkscrew with vertical loop coaster at Cedar Point, US, built by Arrow Development. Katun is a steel Inverted Coaster coaster at Mirabilandia, IT, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

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

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Katun at 164 ft against 85 ft — nearly double.
• Speed goes to Katun at 65 mph against 48 mph — a long way clear.
• Katun takes Inversions 6 to 3.
• Throughput goes to Corkscrew at 1,800 rph against 1,700 rph — ahead by a whisker.
• Build Cost goes to Katun at 18 $m against 1.8 $m — in another class entirely.
• 24 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Corkscrew (1976) that banks the point, not Katun (2000).