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Kingda Ka

Coasterpedia and Wikipedia say 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. The ride is closed. Six Flags retired it in November 2024.

Kingda Ka's launch time is 3.50 s, an official figure.

Also known as Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure
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Illustration of the Kingda Ka, ranked 6th of 8 launches in 3.50 s. The Kingda Ka roller coaster on a pale museum plate, with faint measuring arcs behind its tower.
Illustration from photo by Dusso Janladde, CC BY-SA 3.0

Launch time

3.50s

Former operating hydraulic launch at Six Flags Great Adventure, 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. Coasterpedia and Wikipedia both give that time. The ride is closed. A computed acceleration is not a separate figure. Wikipedia also says 0 to 128 mph (206 km/h) for the same 128 mph.

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What is Kingda Ka's launch time?

Kingda Ka's launch time is 3.50 s, an official figure.

Is that figure claimed or verified?

Kingda Ka is labeled Official. Ratified by a governing body such as the FIA, World Athletics or Guinness World Records.

What is the source?

The figure cites Wikipedia, “Kingda Ka.”

Where does Kingda Ka rank?

Kingda Ka is 6th of 8 on Fastest Launches.

Mechanism

Why it's so fast

Kingda Ka launched from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. Coasterpedia and Wikipedia give that time. Six Flags retired the ride in November 2024. The launch time is what counts. The ride is closed.

Launch
0–128 mph
Time
3.5 seconds
Status
Closed, November 2024
Illustration of the Kingda Ka, ranked 6th of 8 launches in 3.50 s. The Kingda Ka roller coaster with thin contour lines bending around its steep tower and track.
Flow lines are illustrative, not measured. Illustration from photo by Dusso Janladde, CC BY-SA 3.0

  1. 3.5 seconds to 128 mph

    The launch reached 128 mph in 3.5 seconds, a higher speed than Stealth's 80 mph and a longer time than Do-Dodonpa's 1.56 seconds. What counts is the 3.5-second figure the two accounts say.

  2. Retired in November 2024

    Six Flags retired Kingda Ka in November 2024. The number stays because it was the operating launch, and the status stays closed so the page does not describe a ride a visitor can board.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 3.50sRanked figure

    Former operating hydraulic launch at Six Flags Great Adventure, 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. Coasterpedia and Wikipedia both give that time. The ride is closed. A computed acceleration is not a separate figure. Wikipedia also says 0 to 128 mph (206 km/h) for the same 128 mph.

    Coasterpedia says the same 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. The ride is retired.

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Reference

Specs

Park
Six Flags Great Adventure
Launch
0–128 mph
Time
3.5 seconds
Status
Closed

Context

Background

Wikipedia says Kingda Ka's hydraulic launch accelerated the train from 0 to 128 mph, 0 to 128 mph (206 km/h), in 3.5 seconds. Coasterpedia says the same 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds. The figure is 3.5 seconds.

The ride is closed. A November 2024 news report says Six Flags retired Kingda Ka at Great Adventure. The clock ends at 128 mph. Average acceleration, including a g figure some pages compute, is not a separate figure.

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