Steel Dragon 2000 vs X2
card comparison
| Stat | Steel Dragon 2000 | X2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 318 ft | 175 ft | |
| Speed | 95 mph | 76 mph | |
| Inversions | 0 | 2 | |
| Throughputest. | 1050 rph | 1600 rph | |
| Build Costest. | 61.6 $m | 45 $m | |
| Vintage | 2000 | 2002 |
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 takes it 4–2, and the 2 X2 does win are the whole of its case.
Steel Dragon 2000 is a steel Hyper Coaster (giga) coaster at Nagashima Spa Land, JP, built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing. X2 is a steel 4th Dimension Coaster (opened 2002 as X, relaunched as X2 in 2008) coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, US, built by Arrow Dynamics.
Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.
They are near-contemporaries — 2000 and 2002 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.
Stat by stat
- Height goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 318 ft against 175 ft — nearly double.
- Speed goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 95 mph against 76 mph — well clear.
- X2 inverts 2 times against nothing at all from Steel Dragon 2000 — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
- Throughput goes to X2 at 1,600 rph against 1,050 rph — a long way clear.
- Build Cost goes to Steel Dragon 2000 at 61.6 $m against 45 $m — a long way clear.
- Vintage is reversed, so Steel Dragon 2000's 2000 takes it from X2's 2002 — 2 years in it.