Goliath vs Hyperion

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

Hyperion takes it 5–1, and the 1 Goliath does win is the whole of its case.

Goliath is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Walibi Holland, NL, built by Intamin. Hyperion is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Energylandia, PL, built by Intamin.

They come from the same drawing office: Intamin. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.

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

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Hyperion at 253 ft against 154 ft — nearly double.
• Speed goes to Hyperion at 88 mph against 66 mph — well clear.
• Hyperion turns upside down once; Goliath never does, so Inversions is a shut-out.
• Throughput goes to Hyperion at 1,300 rph against 1,200 rph — clearly ahead.
• Build Cost goes to Hyperion at 29.5 $m against 10.8 $m — more than double.
• 16 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Goliath (2002) that banks the point, not Hyperion (2018).