New Texas Giant vs Wicked Cyclone
card comparison
| Stat | New Texas Giant | Wicked Cyclone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 153 ft | 109 ft | |
| Speed | 65 mph | 55 mph | |
| Inversions | 0 | 3 | |
| Throughputest. | 1400 rph | 1200 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 10 $m | 10 $m | |
| Vintage | 2011 | 2015 |
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
New Texas Giant takes it 4–1, and the 1 Wicked Cyclone does win is the whole of its case.
New Texas Giant is a hybrid IBox Track (Texas Giant conversion) coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, US, built by Rocky Mountain Construction. Wicked Cyclone is a hybrid IBox Track (Cyclone conversion) coaster at Six Flags New England, US, built by Rocky Mountain Construction.
Both are in US, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.
They come from the same drawing office: Rocky Mountain Construction. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.
Both are hybrid-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
They are near-contemporaries — 2011 and 2015 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to New Texas Giant at 153 ft against 109 ft — a long way clear.
- Speed goes to New Texas Giant at 65 mph against 55 mph — well clear.
- Wicked Cyclone inverts 3 times against nothing at all from New Texas Giant — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
- Throughput goes to New Texas Giant at 1,400 rph against 1,200 rph — well clear.
- Build Cost splits them not at all: both read 10 $m.
- Vintage is reversed, so New Texas Giant's 2011 takes it from Wicked Cyclone's 2015 — 4 years in it.