Hyperia vs The Swarm

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

The Swarm takes it 4–2, and the 2 Hyperia does win are the whole of its case.

Hyperia is a steel Hypercoaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Mack Rides. The Swarm is a steel Wing Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Both live at Thorpe Park, so this is a comparison you can settle on foot in an afternoon — and one the park itself has to answer every time someone asks which to queue for first.

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 127 ft — nearly double.
• Speed goes to Hyperia at 81 mph against 59 mph — a long way clear.
• The Swarm takes Inversions 4 to 2.
• Throughput goes to The Swarm at 1,600 rph against 1,000 rph — nearly double.
• Build Cost goes to The Swarm at 31.8 $m against 22.4 $m — a long way clear.
• 12 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is The Swarm (2012) that banks the point, not Hyperia (2024).