Stealth vs The Swarm

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

Honours end even at 3–3, which is the awkward kind of matchup: whoever calls the stat decides the round.

Stealth is a steel Accelerator Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Intamin. The Swarm is a steel Wing Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Both live at Thorpe Park, so this is a comparison you can settle on foot in an afternoon — and one the park itself has to answer every time someone asks which to queue for first.

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

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Stealth at 205 ft against 127 ft — nearly double.
• Speed goes to Stealth at 80 mph against 59 mph — a long way clear.
• The Swarm inverts 4 times against nothing at all from Stealth — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to The Swarm at 1,600 rph against 1,000 rph — nearly double.
• Build Cost goes to The Swarm at 31.8 $m against 22.1 $m — a long way clear.
• Vintage is reversed, so Stealth's 2006 takes it from The Swarm's 2012 — 6 years in it.