Goliath 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 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. 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.

They are near-contemporaries — 2000 and 2002 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Katun at 164 ft against 154 ft — clearly ahead.
• Speed goes to Goliath at 66 mph against 65 mph — all but dead level.
• Katun inverts 6 times against nothing at all from Goliath — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Katun at 1,700 rph against 1,200 rph — a long way clear.
• Build Cost goes to Katun at 18 $m against 10.8 $m — nearly double.
• Vintage is reversed, so Katun's 2000 takes it from Goliath's 2002 — 2 years in it.