Nemesis Reborn vs The Big One

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

The Big One takes it 5–1, and the 1 Nemesis Reborn does win is the whole of its case.

Nemesis Reborn is a steel Inverted Coaster (full retrack of 1994 Nemesis) coaster at Alton Towers, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. The Big One is a steel Hypercoaster coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, GB, built by Arrow Dynamics.

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 The Big One at 213 ft against 43 ft — in another class entirely.
• Speed goes to The Big One at 74 mph against 50 mph — a long way clear.
• Nemesis Reborn inverts 4 times against nothing at all from The Big One — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to The Big One at 1,650 rph against 1,200 rph — a long way clear.
• Build Cost goes to The Big One at 18.4 $m against 15.2 $m — well clear.
• 30 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is The Big One (1994) that banks the point, not Nemesis Reborn (2024).