Magnum XL-200

The Magnum XL-200 is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Dynamics at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. When built in 1989, it was the tallest, fastest and steepest complete-circuit roller coaster in the world as well as the first hypercoaster, or complete-circuit roller coaster exceeding 200 feet (61 m) in height. It is considered to have started the roller coaster wars, in which amusement parks competed to build the highest and fastest roller coasters. More than 40 million people had ridden the Magnum as of 2009.

Magnum XL-200 won the Golden Ticket Award for Best Steel Roller Coaster for three consecutive years from 1998 to 2000. In 2001, Millennium Force, the first roller coaster to exceed 300 feet (91 m), took over the top spot for Best Steel Roller Coaster. Magnum has never been ranked lower than 10th on the Top 10 list. It was ranked 8th in 2012.