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Steel Vengeance

Cedar Point says 74 miles per hour. Wikipedia says 74 mph (119 km/h). RCDB says 74 mph.

Steel Vengeance reaches 74 mph (119 km/h), a verified measurement.

Also known as Cedar Point Steel Vengeance
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Ride speed

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Operating speed at Cedar Point. The park says 74 miles per hour. Wikipedia says 74 mph (119 km/h) and a top speed of 74 mph. RCDB says 74 mph.

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In context

  • 3.2× Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record paceSourced · Usain Bolt, 100 m in 9.58 s. World Athletics, Berlin 2009. Averaged over the race
  • 1.1× 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 2.8 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)

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

Quick answers

People also ask

How fast is Steel Vengeance?

Steel Vengeance reaches 74 mph (119 km/h), a verified measurement.

Is that figure claimed or verified?

Steel Vengeance is labeled Verified. Independently measured and published, for example in a peer-reviewed study or with certified timing.

What is the source?

The figure cites Cedar Point, “Steel Vengeance.”

Where does Steel Vengeance rank?

Steel Vengeance is 9th of 11 on Fastest Roller Coasters.

Mechanism

Why it's so fast

Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point reaches 74 mph. The park, Wikipedia and RCDB all say 74 mph. Wikipedia also says 73.9 mph (119 km/h). The structure is 205 feet tall.

Speed
74 mph
Height
205 ft
Also
73.9 mph (119 km/h)

  1. A hybrid, and a drop

    Steel Vengeance is a hybrid coaster, steel track on a wooden structure, and the 74 mph is the speed of the ride rather than a launch clock. Cedar Point says 74 miles per hour. The 205 feet is the height, the reason a drop can reach that speed.

  2. 74 mph, three times

    The park, Wikipedia and RCDB agree on 74 mph. Wikipedia's 73.9 mph (119 km/h) is that figure in metric. Maverick, elsewhere in the same park, is a 70 mph launch. This row is the 74 mph drop.

Provenance

Every measurement

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

  1. 119km/h74mph33.1m/s64.3knRanked figure

    Operating speed at Cedar Point. The park says 74 miles per hour. Wikipedia says 74 mph (119 km/h) and a top speed of 74 mph. RCDB says 74 mph.

    73.9 mph (119 km/h) is Wikipedia's conversion of 74 mph. It is not a separate record.

    Verified
    Cedar Point (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Park
Cedar Point
Speed
74 mph
Height
205 ft

Context

Background

Cedar Point describes Steel Vengeance as 205 feet tall and 74 miles per hour. Wikipedia says 74 mph (119 km/h) and says the ride has a top speed of 74 mph. RCDB says 74 mph. The figure is 74 mph, qualifier verified.

The height is a spec, not a speed. A launch clock is not the figure these three pages agree on, so no launch time is given.

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