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| 2 | List of roller coaster rankings - Fastest steel roller coasters |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Name | Park | Country | Speed | Manufacturer | Record held |
| 4 | 1 | Formula Rossa | Ferrari World Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 149 mph (240 km/h) | Intamin | November 2010 – present |
| 5 | 2 | Kingda Ka | Six Flags Great Adventure | United States | 128 mph (206 km/h) | Intamin | May 2005 – November 2010 |
| 6 | 3 | Top Thrill Dragster | Cedar Point | United States | 120 mph (190 km/h) | Intamin | May 2003 – May 2005 |
| 7 | 4 | Do-Dodonpa | Fuji-Q Highland | Japan | 112 mph (180 km/h) | S&S - Sansei Technologies | December 2001 – May 2003 |
| 8 | 4 | Red Force | Ferrari Land | Spain | 112 mph (180 km/h) | Intamin | N/A |
| 9 | 6 | Superman: Escape from Krypton | Six Flags Magic Mountain | United States | 100 mph (160 km/h) | Intamin | March 1997 – December 2001 |
| 10 | 6 | Tower of Terror II | Dreamworld | Australia | 100 mph (160 km/h) | Intamin | January 1997 – December 2001 |
| 11 | * | Ring°racer | Nürburgring | Germany | 99.4 mph (160.0 km/h) | S&S - Sansei Technologies | N/A |
| 12 | 8 | Steel Dragon 2000 | Nagashima Spa Land | Japan | 95 mph (153 km/h) | D. H. Morgan Manufacturing | N/A |
| 13 | 8 | Fury 325 | Carowinds | United States | 95 mph (153 km/h) | Bolliger & Mabillard | N/A |
| 14 | 10 | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | United States | 93 mph (150 km/h) | Intamin | N/A |

Question: How fast was the worlds fastest roller coaster  and how long did it hold that title before being over taken in 2003?
Answer: Reaching top speeds of 180 kilometres per hour (112 mph) Dodonpa retained the title of world's fastest roller coaster for nearly a year and a half before Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster took it in May 2003.