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Leviathan

Canada's Wonderland prints up to 148 km/h. RCDB prints 92 mph. Coasterpedia prints 148.1 km/h. The park's 148 km/h is the rank.

Also known as Leviathan, Canada's Wonderland
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Ride speed

Published as 148 km/hPublished as 148 km/hPublished as 148 km/h

Operating speed, Canada's Wonderland. RCDB prints 92 mph. Coasterpedia prints 148.1 km/h. Both are the park's 148 km/h rounded.

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In context

  • 1.4× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • A football field in 2.2 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 37 h 38 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

This list

Why it's so fast

A coaster is fast because it spends height, or a launch, on speed. A lift hill stores the energy as altitude. A launch spends it with a motor, hydraulics or magnets in a few seconds.

  1. Height or a launch

    Going up is how a traditional coaster stores the ride. Coming down trades that height for speed. A launched coaster skips the slow climb and accelerates on the flat.

  2. The speed the park prints

    The ranked figure is the operating speed the operator and the databases agree on. A theoretical simulation is not swapped in.

The launched extreme is Formula Rossa.

This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.

Provenance

Every measurement

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

  1. 148km/h92.0mph41.1m/s79.9knRanked figure

    Operating speed, Canada's Wonderland. RCDB prints 92 mph. Coasterpedia prints 148.1 km/h. Both are the park's 148 km/h rounded.

    Verified
    Canada's Wonderland (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Park
Canada's Wonderland
Manufacturer
Bolliger & Mabillard
Speed
148 km/h
Height
306 ft

Context

Background

Canada's Wonderland says Leviathan reaches up to 148 kilometres an hour. RCDB lists 92 mph. 148 km/h is 92.0 mph, so the mile figure is that speed rounded. Coasterpedia prints 148.1 km/h, a tenth above the park. The park's 148 km/h is the rank. The tenth and the mile conversion stay notes.

The manufacturer is Bolliger & Mabillard, named on the park's sister rides and on the coaster databases. No separate manufacturer page with a different number was used.

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