Katun vs Piraten

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

Katun is a steel Inverted Coaster coaster at Mirabilandia, IT, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Piraten is a steel Mega-Lite coaster at Djurs Sommerland, DK, built by Intamin.

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

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Katun at 164 ft against 105 ft — a long way clear.
• Speed goes to Katun at 65 mph against 56 mph — well clear.
• Katun inverts 6 times against nothing at all from Piraten — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Katun at 1,700 rph against 810 rph — more than double.
• Build Cost goes to Katun at 18 $m against 10.8 $m — nearly double.
• Vintage is reversed, so Katun's 2000 takes it from Piraten's 2008 — 8 years in it.