Katun vs Steel Dragon 2000
card comparison
| Stat | Katun | Steel Dragon 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 164 ft | 318 ft | |
| Speed | 65 mph | 95 mph | |
| Inversions | 6 | 0 | |
| Throughputest. | 1700 rph | 1050 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 18 $m | 61.6 $m | |
| Vintage | 2000 | 2000 |
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
Steel Dragon 2000 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. Steel Dragon 2000 is a steel Hyper Coaster (giga) coaster at Nagashima Spa Land, JP, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing.
Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
They are near-contemporaries — 2000 and 2000 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 318 ft against 164 ft — nearly double.
- Speed goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 95 mph against 65 mph — a long way clear.
- Katun inverts 6 times against nothing at all from Steel Dragon 2000 — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
- Throughput goes to Katun at 1,700 rph against 1,050 rph — nearly double.
- Build Cost goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 61.6 $m against 18 $m — in another class entirely.
- Both opened in 2000, which makes Vintage a dead heat.