The 2020s have already produced the fastest roller coaster ever built. This list ranks the 25 fastest coasters that opened from 2020 onward, by top speed, using the verified stats in ThrillZing’s coaster database — every ride on it is operating today.
The headline act is Falcons Flight at Six Flags Qiddiya City in Saudi Arabia: 155.3 mph, a world record, and more than 35 mph clear of second-place Top Thrill 2 (120 mph). No other new-build this decade comes close to either — third place, Kings Island’s Orion, tops out at 91.
The 25 Fastest Coasters Opened Since 2020
The full ranking is below. Coasters with a ThrillZing ride page are linked.
| # | Coaster | Park | Opened | Speed (mph) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falcons Flight | Six Flags Qiddiya City | 2025 | 155.3 |
| 2 | Top Thrill 2 | Cedar Point | 2024 | 120 |
| 3 | Orion | Kings Island | 2020 | 91 |
| 4 | Tormenta Rampaging Run | Six Flags Over Texas | 2026 | 87 |
| 5 | Beyond the Cloud | Suzhou Amusement Land Forest World | 2022 | 80.5 |
| 6 | Hyperia | Thorpe Park | 2024 | 80 |
| 7 | Spitfire | Six Flags Qiddiya City | 2025 | 78.9 |
| 8 | Candymonium | Hersheypark | 2020 | 76 |
| 9 | Iron Gwazi | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay | 2022 | 76 |
| 10 | Legendary Twin Dragon | Chongqing Sunac Land | 2021 | 73.9 |
| 11 | Iron Rattler | Six Flags Qiddiya City | 2025 | 73.3 |
| 12 | Pantheon | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | 2022 | 73 |
| 13 | Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift | Universal Studios Hollywood | 2026 | 72 |
| 14 | AlpenFury | Canada’s Wonderland | 2025 | 71.5 |
| 15 | Wrath of Zeus | VinWonders Phu Quoc | 2020 | 71.5 |
| 16 | Kondaa | Walibi Belgium | 2021 | 70.2 |
| 17 | VelociCoaster | Universal’s Islands of Adventure | 2021 | 70 |
| 18 | Giant Revolution | Lotte World Adventure Busan | 2026 | 68.4 |
| 19 | Whale Breaking the Sky | Hainan Ocean Paradise | 2023 | 67.1 |
| 20 | Wrath of Rakshasa | Six Flags Great America | 2025 | 67 |
| 21 | Toutatis | Parc Astérix | 2023 | 66.5 |
| 22 | Steel Taipan | Dreamworld | 2021 | 65.2 |
| 23 | Rapterra | Kings Dominion | 2025 | 65 |
| 24 | Iron Menace | Dorney Park | 2024 | 64 |
| 25 | Pitts Special | PowerPark | 2020 | 62.1 |
A Record Decade at the Top
Falcons Flight isn’t just the fastest new coaster of the 2020s — it took the world speed record outright when it opened in 2025, using its cliff-diving terrain layout to reach 155.3 mph. Top Thrill 2, Cedar Point’s 2024 rework of its famous dragster, added a swing-launch system that sends trains over the 420-foot top hat at 120 mph.
Below the two headliners, the decade’s speed story is really a giga and hyper story: Orion (91 mph) and Candymonium (76 mph) both opened in 2020, and Thorpe Park’s Hyperia (80 mph) became the UK’s tallest coaster in 2024, matching Stealth as its fastest.
Speed Is Going Global
Look at the flags behind this table: Saudi Arabia (three rides at Six Flags Qiddiya City), China (three, led by Suzhou’s 80.5 mph Beyond the Cloud), Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, Canada, the UK, Belgium (Kondaa, 70.2 mph), France (Toutatis, 66.5 mph) and Finland all placed rides in the top 25. American parks still place more rides than any other country, but the fastest new hardware is increasingly built everywhere.
Also worth noting: VelociCoaster’s 70 mph undersells what many riders call the best launch coaster in the US — speed rankings measure one thing, and thrill is more than a number.
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Fastest New Roller Coasters of the 2020s FAQs
What is the fastest new roller coaster?
Falcons Flight at Six Flags Qiddiya City, opened in 2025, is the fastest roller coaster in the world at 155.3 mph — the fastest coaster ever built, new or old.
What is the fastest roller coaster built in the US in the 2020s?
Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point, which reopened in 2024 with a new swing-launch system, reaches 120 mph — the fastest ride to debut in the US this decade.
How fast is Top Thrill 2?
Top Thrill 2 launches riders to 120 mph before cresting its 420-foot top hat tower at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.
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