Kumali vs Nemesis Reborn


card comparison

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StatKumaliNemesis Reborn
Height118 ft43 ft
Speed55 mph50 mph
Inversions44
Throughputest.1125 rph1200 rph
Build Costest.11 $m15.2 $m
Vintage20062024

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

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

Kumali is a steel Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) coaster at Flamingo Land, GB, built by Vekoma. Nemesis Reborn is a steel Inverted Coaster (full retrack of 1994 Nemesis) coaster at Alton Towers, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Both are in GB, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.

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

Stat by stat

  • Height goes to Kumali at 118 ft against 43 ft — more than double.
  • Speed goes to Kumali at 55 mph against 50 mph — clearly ahead.
  • Inversions splits them not at all: both read 4.
  • Throughput goes to Nemesis Reborn at 1,200 rph against 1,125 rph — clearly ahead.
  • Build Cost goes to Nemesis Reborn at 15.2 $m against 11 $m — a long way clear.
  • 18 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Kumali (2006) that banks the point, not Nemesis Reborn (2024).

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