Hyperion 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

Honours end even at 3–3, which is the awkward kind of matchup: whoever calls the stat decides the round.

Hyperion is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Energylandia, PL, 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.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Hyperion at 253 ft against 164 ft — a long way clear.
• Speed goes to Hyperion at 88 mph against 65 mph — a long way clear.
• Katun takes Inversions 6 to 1.
• Throughput goes to Katun at 1,700 rph against 1,300 rph — well clear.
• Build Cost goes to Hyperion at 29.5 $m against 18 $m — nearly double.
• 18 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Katun (2000) that banks the point, not Hyperion (2018).