Racing shoes
Shoes built for race day, from 10K to the marathon.
Modern racing shoes combine a stiff plate with a very resilient foam. They are fast but less stable and less durable: keep them for races and key sessions.
- Models
- 106
- Brands
- 14 — Mizuno, adidas, ASICS, Puma…
- Weight
- 96–355 g
- Drop
- 0–12 mm
The selection
The current models of this page that stand best on: lightness, carbon plate. Latest generation of each line, 2 models per brand at most.
- 96 g: lighter than 100% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2026

- 97 g: lighter than 99% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2026
- 129 g: lighter than 98% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2025

- 135 g: lighter than 97% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2026

- 137 g: lighter than 96% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2025
- 145 g: lighter than 92% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2025
- 167 g: lighter than 90% of the 105 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2025
- 146 g: lighter than 91% of the 105 models compared
- Released in 2026
106 shoes









- Weight 170 g
- Drop 8 mm
- Stack 40 mm
USD 310






























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The 58 other shoes in this list
- HOKA Rocket X 3
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 2
- Nike Streakfly 2
- HOKA Cielo X1 2.0
- Brooks Hyperion Elite 4 PB
- Kiprun Kipstorm Lab
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyo
- ASICS Metaspeed Ray
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky Tokyo
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite v4
- Brooks Hyperion Elite 4
- Nike Zoom Rival Fly 4
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v2
- New Balance FuelCell Pvlse v1
- HOKA Cielo X1
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge Paris
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky Paris
- Salomon S/lab Spectur
- ASICS S4+ Yogiri
- On Cloudboom Echo 3
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 2
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1
- Puma FAST-FWD NITRO Elite
- Saucony Sinister
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Flash
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro
- Saucony Endorphin Pro 3
- Puma FAST-R NITRO Elite
- adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 10
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite v3
- Nike Vaporfly 3
- Puma Deviate NITRO Elite 2
- HOKA Rocket X 2
- Salomon S/lab Phantasm 2
- adidas Adizero Prime X 2 Strung
- HOKA Cielo RD
- Saucony Endorphin Elite
- ASICS S4
- adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 9
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3
- HOKA Carbon X 3
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge+
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky+
- Nike Streakfly
- Altra Vanish Carbon
- Mizuno Wave Duel Pro
- On Cloudboom Echo
- On Cloudboom
- adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 8
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro 2
- HOKA Carbon X 2
- Nike Vaporfly NEXT% 2
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro
- On Cloudflash (2020)
- HOKA Rocket X
- Kiprun Kipstorm Challenger
Guides
Carbon plated shoes, explained
What a carbon plate actually does, who benefits from super shoes, and when a plateless trainer is the better choice.
Related pages
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- ASICS Metaspeed Ray vs Puma Fast-FWD NITRO Elite 2
- Mizuno Hyperwarp Pure vs Nike Streakfly 2
- Puma Fast-FWD NITRO Elite 2 vs Puma FAST-FWD NITRO Elite
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 vs adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 2
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro 5 vs adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4
- Altra Vanish Carbon 3 vs Altra Vanish Carbon 2