Ride records · Top speed
The Fastest Roller Coasters in the World
Ranked strictly by published top speed, using the figures listed on RCDB or the manufacturer's own specification. Launch systems, not lift hills, dominate the top of this list.
Which parks hold the most records
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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 - 2
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 - 3
Kingda Ka
A 139 m hydraulic top-hat that was the world's tallest coaster from 2005 until it closed in 2024; Falcons Flight has since passed it outright.
Top speed206 km/h - 4
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 - 5
Do-Dodonpa
The world's quickest acceleration — 0 to 180 km/h in 1.56 seconds — paused in 2021 and permanently closed by Fuji-Q in March 2024.
Top speed180 km/h - 6
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 - 7
Superman: Escape from Krypton
A backwards LSM shuttle that rocketed 126 m straight up a vertical tower; it stopped running in September 2024 and Six Flags confirmed the closure as permanent in 2025.
Top speed160 km/h - 8
Tower of Terror II
Australia's shuttle-tower legend, briefly the world's fastest coaster, retired in 2019.
Top speed160 km/h - 9
Fury 325
The definitive modern giga: 99 m, 153 km/h and a first drop that runs the whole length of the midway.
Top speed153 km/h - 10
Steel Dragon 2000
At 2,479 m it was the longest coaster in the world until Falcons Flight (4,250 m) opened in 2025, and it is still Japan's tallest full-circuit ride.
Top speed153 km/h - 11
Millennium Force
The first giga coaster and still the benchmark for relentless, cable-lifted speed over water.
Top speed150 km/h - 12
Leviathan
B&M's first giga, an 80-degree first drop with the smoothest high-speed ride in Canada.
Top speed148 km/h - 13
Intimidator 305
A 93 m plunge into a first turn so forceful it was retracked — still the most aggressive giga built.
Top speed145 km/h - 14
Hyperion
Poland's giant hyper coaster, with an 85-degree first drop and sustained ejector airtime.
Top speed142 km/h - 15
Tormenta Rampaging Run
Opened July 2026 as the world's tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster — a 94 m giga dive with four inversions.
Top speed140 km/h - 16
Goliath
A grey steel monolith famous for its greyout-inducing helix at the end of the layout.
Top speed137 km/h - 17
Shambhala
A Himalayan-themed hyper coaster built around floater airtime and a splashdown finale.
Top speed134 km/h - 18
Xcelerator
The original hydraulic-launch coaster, a 1950s hot-rod theme wrapped around a 62 m top hat.
Top speed132 km/h - 19
Silver Star
Europa-Park's Mercedes-backed hyper coaster, long the tallest coaster in Germany.
Top speed130 km/h - 20
Fujiyama
The 1990s 'King of Coasters', still sprinting under Mount Fuji at 130 km/h.
Top speed130 km/h - 21
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 - 22
Nitro
New Jersey's airtime machine — eight hills of floater over the Pine Barrens.
Top speed128 km/h - 23
Iron Gwazi
North America's tallest hybrid coaster and the world's fastest and steepest, with a 91-degree drop off a rebuilt wooden structure.
Top speed122 km/h - 24
Skyrush
Notorious for brutal ejector airtime and lap bars that make every hill a fight.
Top speed121 km/h - 25
Zadra
Europe's tallest hybrid coaster, with three inversions and the steepest drop on the continent.
Top speed121 km/h - 26
Colossos — Kampf der Giganten
One of the tallest wooden coasters ever built, retracked in 2019 and running better than new.
Top speed120 km/h
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