Hyperion vs Kondaa

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 sweeps every comparable stat. There is no line on the card where Kondaa is the better pick, so the only way this duel turns is on who calls the stat.

Hyperion is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Energylandia, PL, built by Intamin. Kondaa is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Walibi Belgium, BE, 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.

They are near-contemporaries — 2018 and 2021 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.

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 70 mph — well clear.
• Hyperion turns upside down once; Kondaa never does, so Inversions is a shut-out.
• Throughput goes to Hyperion at 1,300 rph against 1,080 rph — well clear.
• Build Cost splits them not at all: both read 29.5 $m.
• Vintage is reversed, so Hyperion's 2018 takes it from Kondaa's 2021 — 3 years in it.