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The Best Launched Roller Coasters in the World
Hydraulic, magnetic and tyre-driven launches, judged on the whole ride rather than the first three seconds. Published top speed is shown for each.
Which parks hold the most records
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Taron
Two launches, 1,320 m of track and the most immersive rockwork of any coaster in Europe.
Top speed117 km/h - 2
Jurassic World VelociCoaster
Two launches, a mosasaurus roll over the lagoon, and the tightest theming-to-thrill ratio anywhere.
Top speed113 km/h - 3
Voltron Nevera
Seven inversions, several launches including a spike, and a heavily themed queue — the most complete multi-launch coaster in Europe.
Top speed90 km/h - 4
Toutatis
France's fastest coaster, with three launches and a beyond-vertical drop over the Gaulish village.
Top speed107 km/h - 5
Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Seven launches, a vertical drop track and story beats woven into every metre of the Forbidden Forest.
Top speed80 km/h - 6
Helix
A hillside multi-launch with seven inversions and Scandinavia's best-paced layout.
Top speed100 km/h - 7
Taiga
Finland's launched Intamin, densely packed with inversions on a tiny urban footprint.
Top speed106 km/h - 8
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
A tyre-driven launch inside a tunnel throws the train uphill into a zero-g roll; rebuilt track and a new soundtrack arrived in 2016.
Top speed108 km/h - 9
Top Thrill 2
Cedar Point's reborn strata coaster trades hydraulics for LSMs and adds a backwards launch up a second spike.
Top speed193 km/h - 10
blue fire Megacoaster
Mack's first launched coaster: 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, then four inversions including a heartline roll over the lake.
Top speed100 km/h - 11
Red Force
Europe's tallest and fastest coaster, a 112 m top hat next door to (but separate from) PortAventura Park.
Top speed180 km/h - 12
Stealth
Britain's fastest coaster: 0–129 km/h in 1.9 seconds, then straight over a 62 m top hat.
Top speed129 km/h - 13
Xcelerator
The original hydraulic-launch coaster, a 1950s hot-rod theme wrapped around a 62 m top hat.
Top speed132 km/h - 14
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
A rotating-vehicle indoor coaster that spins riders toward each show scene as it launches backwards.
Top speed96 km/h - 15
Time Traveler
The world's fastest, steepest and tallest spinning coaster, launched three times through the Ozarks.
Top speed80 km/h - 16
TRON Lightcycle / Run
Riders straddle a lightcycle for a launch into the Grid — short, but the most stylish launch sequence Disney has ever built.
Top speed95 km/h - 17
Formula Rossa
The fastest coaster on earth from 2010 until Falcons Flight opened in December 2025, still hitting 240 km/h in under five seconds on a hydraulic launch.
Top speed240 km/h - 18
Falcons Flight
Opened 31 December 2025 and took the tallest, fastest and longest records in one go: 163 m of structure, 250 km/h off the third launch and 4,250 m of track down the Tuwaiq cliffs.
Top speed250 km/h - 19
F.L.Y.
The world's first launched flying coaster, threaded through the rooftops of Rookburgh.
Top speed70 km/h
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