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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

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ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyovs
ASICS Metaspeed Sky Tokyo

Metaspeed Edge Tokyo

£200

Typical street price · £250 RRP

39.5mm — on the limit
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo

£200

Typical street price · £250 RRP

39.5mm — on the limit

Choose the Metaspeed Edge Tokyo if…

Nothing here separates it from the Metaspeed Sky Tokyo in your favour. On this data the other shoe answers every case at least as well, so buy this one only if you already know it fits you better.

Choose the Metaspeed Sky Tokyo if…

Nothing here separates it from the Metaspeed Edge Tokyo in your favour. On this data the other shoe answers every case at least as well, so buy this one only if you already know it fits you better.

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
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo: 186s–266sMetaspeed Sky Tokyo: 186s–266s
Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo: £0.22Metaspeed Sky Tokyo: £0.22

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.

0102030405039.531.5
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo
0102030405039.534.5
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo

What you pay

Street price
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£200
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo£200

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

RRP
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£250
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo£250

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

Cost per race
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£51
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo£51

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

Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£0.22
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo£0.22

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo186s–266s
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo186s–266s

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

Economy gain
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo3.5–4.7%
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo3.5–4.7%
Built for
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo10K · Half · Marathon
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo10K · Half · Marathon
Best use case
Metaspeed Edge TokyoThe cadence runner’s version of the Sky. Higher drop, more aggressive roll, same foam and plate package.
Metaspeed Sky TokyoFor stride-length runners — the Sky is built to let your stride open up rather than turn over faster. Arguably the best all-round marathon shoe currently made.

How it is built

Weight
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo181 g■
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo183 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo39.5 mm
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo39.5 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo31.5 mm
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo34.5 mm
Drop
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo8 mm
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo5 mm
Foam
Metaspeed Edge TokyoFF Leap over FF Turbo+
Metaspeed Sky TokyoFF Leap over FF Turbo+
Plate
Metaspeed Edge Tokyocarbon fibre
Metaspeed Sky Tokyocarbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Metaspeed Edge TokyoYes (39.5 mm)
Metaspeed Sky TokyoYes (39.5 mm)

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

Fit
Metaspeed Edge Tokyostandard
Metaspeed Sky Tokyostandard
Stability
Metaspeed Edge Tokyobalanced
Metaspeed Sky Tokyobalanced

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

Race life
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo~250 km
Metaspeed Sky Tokyo~250 km

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

Data confidence
Metaspeed Edge Tokyoverified
Metaspeed Sky Tokyoverified

■ 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£199.90at Startfitness — £50.10 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£199.90at Startfitness — £50.10 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.