Corkscrew vs Steel Dragon 2000
card comparison
| Stat | Corkscrew | Steel Dragon 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 85 ft | 318 ft | |
| Speed | 48 mph | 95 mph | |
| Inversions | 3 | 0 | |
| Throughputest. | 1800 rph | 1050 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 1.8 $m | 61.6 $m | |
| Vintage | 1976 | 2000 |
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
Honours end even at 3–3, which is the awkward kind of matchup: whoever calls the stat decides the round.
Corkscrew is a steel Corkscrew with vertical loop coaster at Cedar Point, US, built by Arrow Development. Steel Dragon 2000 is a steel Hyper Coaster (giga) coaster at Nagashima Spa Land, JP, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing.
Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 318 ft against 85 ft — in another class entirely.
- Speed goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 95 mph against 48 mph — nearly double.
- Corkscrew inverts 3 times against nothing at all from Steel Dragon 2000 — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
- Throughput goes to Corkscrew at 1,800 rph against 1,050 rph — nearly double.
- Build Cost goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 61.6 $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 Steel Dragon 2000 (2000).