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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

adidas Adizero Takumi Sen 11vs
New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3

Adizero Takumi Sen 11

£95

Typical street price · £180 RRP

33mm — road legal
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3

approx £118

Estimated street price · £180 RRP

33mm — road legal

Choose the Adizero Takumi Sen 11 if…

  • 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 £118, and the time difference between them is smaller than the price difference suggests.

Choose the FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3 if…

  • 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 have a broad foot, or your toes spread as a long race goes on.

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 5k from 22:00

Time back
Adizero Takumi Sen 11: 14s–22sFuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3: 14s–22s
Cost per second saved
Adizero Takumi Sen 11: £0.16FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3: £0.17

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.

010203040503327
Adizero Takumi Sen 11
010203040503329
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3

What you pay

Street price
Adizero Takumi Sen 11£95■
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3~£118

A tilde marks an estimate: no shop we read is currently listing that shoe, so the figure is RRP less the discount comparable shoes are actually selling at.

RRP
Adizero Takumi Sen 11£180
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£180

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

Cost per race
Adizero Takumi Sen 11£2.85■
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£3.16

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

Cost per second saved
Adizero Takumi Sen 11£0.16■
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£0.17

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Adizero Takumi Sen 1114s–22s
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v314s–22s

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

Economy gain
Adizero Takumi Sen 112.6–3.6%
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v32.6–3.6%
Built for
Adizero Takumi Sen 115K · 10K
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v35K · 10K
Best use case
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.
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3A rare thing — a short-distance carbon racer with room in the toe box. Excellent for 5K and 10K.

How it is built

Weight
Adizero Takumi Sen 11160 g■
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3170 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Adizero Takumi Sen 1133 mm
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v333 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Adizero Takumi Sen 1127 mm
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v329 mm
Drop
Adizero Takumi Sen 116 mm
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v34 mm
Foam
Adizero Takumi Sen 11Lightstrike Pro
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3PEBA FuelCell
Plate
Adizero Takumi Sen 11carbon fibre
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Adizero Takumi Sen 11Yes (33 mm)
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3Yes (33 mm)

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

Fit
Adizero Takumi Sen 11narrow
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3wide
Stability
Adizero Takumi Sen 11demanding
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3balanced

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

Race life
Adizero Takumi Sen 11~250 km
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3~280 km■

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

Data confidence
Adizero Takumi Sen 11estimated
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3estimated

■ 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£95at Runningbear — £85 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

No retailer we can read publishes a live price for this shoe, so we cannot check your size. The links below go to each retailer’s own search, where they show the current price and what they hold.

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.