Head to head
adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4vs
adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 11
Choose the Adizero Adios Pro 4 if…
- You want the bigger return: 3.2–4.3% economy gain against 2.6–3.6%, and that gap widens the longer you are out there.
- You want more shoe underneath you late on: 39mm against 33mm, which is protection over a long race rather than speed over a short one.
- You want something more forgiving. This is the steadier platform — useful if your form goes late, or if you are on your feet longer.
- You want a conventional fit rather than a narrow or wide last.
- You are racing Half marathon or Marathon — built for it, where the Adizero Takumi Sen 11 is not.
- You would rather buy on measured numbers: this shoe's specs are manufacturer-confirmed, the Adizero Takumi Sen 11's are estimated.
Choose the Adizero Takumi Sen 11 if…
- You want the lighter shoe: 160g against 210g, a 50g difference you will feel late in a race.
- You race off a strong, repeatable stride and want the more aggressive ride rather than the safer one.
- You have a narrow foot and want to be locked in.
- Money matters: it is selling around £95 against £176, and the time difference between them is smaller than the price difference suggests.
- You are racing 5K — built for it, where the Adizero Adios Pro 4 is not.
What does this
mean for you?
Every figure below is recalculated from your race and your current time. The gap between two shoes is not fixed — it grows with how long you are on your feet.
Over 10k from 45:00
- Time back
- Adizero Adios Pro 4: 38s–55sAdizero Takumi Sen 11: 29s–44s
- Cost per second saved
- Adizero Adios Pro 4: £0.22Adizero Takumi Sen 11: £0.16
Ranges, not promises. Both figures are against a standard trainer, and the honest answer for most runners is that the difference between two shoes of this class is smaller than the difference a month of decent training makes.
Every number.
What you pay
- Street price
- Adizero Adios Pro 4£176
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11£95■
- RRP
- Adizero Adios Pro 4£230
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11£180
- Cost per race
- Adizero Adios Pro 4£10
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11£5.70■
- Cost per second saved
- Adizero Adios Pro 4£0.22
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11£0.16■
What the shoe is actually selling for across the shops we read, not its RRP.
List price. Almost nobody pays it for a race shoe.
Street price divided by the races the foam stays fast for.
The whole-life question: what each second of race time costs you.
What it does
- Estimated saving
- Adizero Adios Pro 438s–55s■
- Adizero Takumi Sen 1129s–44s
- Economy gain
- Adizero Adios Pro 43.2–4.3%■
- Adizero Takumi Sen 112.6–3.6%
- Built for
- Adizero Adios Pro 410K · Half · Marathon
- Adizero Takumi Sen 115K · 10K
- Best use case
- Adizero Adios Pro 4The best value at the very top of the market. Within touching distance of the Evo 2 for performance at half the price and twice the life.
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11A short-distance specialist with real carbon underneath. Firm, aggressive and brilliant for 5K and 10K where a marathon shoe feels like too much.
Against a standard trainer, over the distance and time set above.
How it is built
- Weight
- Adizero Adios Pro 4210 g
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11160 g■
- Stack (heel)
- Adizero Adios Pro 439 mm
- Adizero Takumi Sen 1133 mm
- Stack (forefoot)
- Adizero Adios Pro 433 mm
- Adizero Takumi Sen 1127 mm
- Drop
- Adizero Adios Pro 46 mm
- Adizero Takumi Sen 116 mm
- Foam
- Adizero Adios Pro 4Lightstrike Pro
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11Lightstrike Pro
- Plate
- Adizero Adios Pro 4carbon fibre
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11carbon fibre
Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.
Rules and fit
- Road legal
- Adizero Adios Pro 4Yes (39 mm)
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11Yes (33 mm)
- Fit
- Adizero Adios Pro 4standard
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11narrow
- Stability
- Adizero Adios Pro 4balanced
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11demanding
- Race life
- Adizero Adios Pro 4~260 km■
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11~250 km
- Data confidence
- Adizero Adios Pro 4verified■
- Adizero Takumi Sen 11estimated
World Athletics caps road racing shoes at 40 mm of stack.
Neither is better in the abstract — it depends on your stride.
How long the foam stays fast, not how long the shoe survives.
■ marks the better figure where one is genuinely better. Fit, foam, drop and stability carry no mark — they depend on your foot and your stride, not on which shoe is superior.
In your size.
Where to buy
Best price today — some sizes£150at Runningbear — £80 under RRP
- Runningbear£150 was £220Go to size at Runningbear ↗
- Startfitness£175.90 was £219.99Go to size at Startfitness ↗
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Where to buy
Best price today — some sizes£95at Runningbear — £85 under RRP
- Runningbear£95 was £165Go to size at Runningbear ↗
- Startfitness£109 was £169.99Go to size at Startfitness ↗
- Alexandra SportsPrice not published hereSearch at Alexandra Sports ↗
- AmazonPrice not published hereSearch at Amazon ↗
- SportsShoesPrice not published hereSearch at SportsShoes ↗
9 retailer checks failed on the last run, so their prices are missing rather than wrong.
Prices are captured when the site is built and stamped with the time of that check. We never rank a retailer by what it pays us; where a link earns a commission it is marked sponsored and the price you pay is unchanged.