Katun 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

Katun shades it 3–2. Close enough that calling the wrong stat hands the round over.

Katun is a steel Inverted Coaster coaster at Mirabilandia, IT, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Kondaa is a steel Mega Coaster coaster at Walibi Belgium, BE, built by Intamin.

Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

Stat by stat

• Height splits them not at all: both read 164 ft.
• Speed goes to Kondaa at 70 mph against 65 mph — clearly ahead.
• Katun inverts 6 times against nothing at all from Kondaa — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Katun at 1,700 rph against 1,080 rph — a long way clear.
• Build Cost goes to Kondaa at 29.5 $m against 18 $m — nearly double.
• 21 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Katun (2000) that banks the point, not Kondaa (2021).