Hyperia vs Spinball Whizzer

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

Hyperia takes it 5–1, and the 1 Spinball Whizzer does win is the whole of its case.

Hyperia is a steel Hypercoaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Mack Rides. Spinball Whizzer is a steel Spinning Coaster (pinball theme) coaster at Alton Towers, GB, built by Maurer Rides.

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 Hyperia at 236 ft against 56 ft — in another class entirely.
• Speed goes to Hyperia at 81 mph against 37 mph — more than double.
• Hyperia inverts 2 times against nothing at all from Spinball Whizzer — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Hyperia at 1,000 rph against 950 rph — ahead by a whisker.
• Build Cost goes to Hyperia at 22.4 $m against 6.4 $m — in another class entirely.
• 20 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Spinball Whizzer (2004) that banks the point, not Hyperia (2024).