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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4vs
PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3

Adizero Adios Pro 4

£176

Typical street price · £230 RRP

39mm — road legal
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

£109

Typical street price · £200 RRP

38mm — road legal

Choose the Adizero Adios Pro 4 if…

  • You want the bigger return: 3.2–4.3% economy gain against 2.9–4%, and that gap widens the longer you are out there.
  • You would rather buy on measured numbers: this shoe's specs are manufacturer-confirmed, the Deviate Nitro Elite 3's are estimated.

Choose the Deviate Nitro Elite 3 if…

  • You want the lighter shoe: 175g against 210g, a 35g difference you will feel late in a race.
  • Money matters: it is selling around £109 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 marathon from 3:45:00

Time back
Adizero Adios Pro 4: 165s–240sDeviate Nitro Elite 3: 145s–219s
Cost per second saved
Adizero Adios Pro 4: £0.21Deviate Nitro Elite 3: £0.13

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.

010203040503933
Adizero Adios Pro 4
010203040503830
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

What you pay

Street price
Adizero Adios Pro 4£176
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£109■

What the shoe is actually selling for across the shops we read, not its RRP.

RRP
Adizero Adios Pro 4£230
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£200

List price. Almost nobody pays it for a race shoe.

Cost per race
Adizero Adios Pro 4£43
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£23■

Street price divided by the races the foam stays fast for.

Cost per second saved
Adizero Adios Pro 4£0.21
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£0.13■

The whole-life question: what each second of race time costs you.

What it does

Estimated saving
Adizero Adios Pro 4165s–240s■
Deviate Nitro Elite 3145s–219s

Against a standard trainer, over the distance and time set above.

Economy gain
Adizero Adios Pro 43.2–4.3%■
Deviate Nitro Elite 32.9–4%
Built for
Adizero Adios Pro 410K · Half · Marathon
Deviate Nitro Elite 35K · 10K · Half · Marathon
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.
Deviate Nitro Elite 3The sane sibling to the Fast-R. Light, versatile, considerably cheaper, and easily the most underrated racer here.

How it is built

Weight
Adizero Adios Pro 4210 g
Deviate Nitro Elite 3175 g■

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Adizero Adios Pro 439 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 338 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Adizero Adios Pro 433 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 330 mm
Drop
Adizero Adios Pro 46 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 38 mm
Foam
Adizero Adios Pro 4Lightstrike Pro
Deviate Nitro Elite 3NITROFOAM Elite
Plate
Adizero Adios Pro 4carbon fibre
Deviate Nitro Elite 3carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Adizero Adios Pro 4Yes (39 mm)
Deviate Nitro Elite 3Yes (38 mm)

World Athletics caps road racing shoes at 40 mm of stack.

Fit
Adizero Adios Pro 4standard
Deviate Nitro Elite 3standard
Stability
Adizero Adios Pro 4balanced
Deviate Nitro Elite 3balanced

Neither is better in the abstract — it depends on your stride.

Race life
Adizero Adios Pro 4~260 km
Deviate Nitro Elite 3~300 km■

How long the foam stays fast, not how long the shoe survives.

Data confidence
Adizero Adios Pro 4verified■
Deviate Nitro Elite 3estimated

■ 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

Your UK size

Best price today — some sizes£150at Runningbear — £80 under RRP

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.

Where to buy

Your UK size

Best price today — some sizes£109at Startfitness — £91 under RRP

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.