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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyovs
Brooks Hyperion Elite 5

Metaspeed Edge Tokyo

£200

Typical street price · £250 RRP

39.5mm — on the limit
Hyperion Elite 5

approx £151

Estimated street price · £230 RRP

39mm — road legal

Choose the Metaspeed Edge Tokyo if…

  • You want the bigger return: 3.5–4.7% economy gain against 2.8–3.9%, and that gap widens the longer you are out there.
  • You want the lighter shoe: 181g against 196g, a 15g 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 would rather buy on measured numbers: this shoe's specs are manufacturer-confirmed, the Hyperion Elite 5's are estimated.

Choose the Hyperion Elite 5 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.
  • Money matters: it is selling around £151 against £200, and the time difference between them is smaller than the price difference suggests.

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–266sHyperion Elite 5: 138s–213s
Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo: £0.22Hyperion Elite 5: £0.19

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
010203040503931
Hyperion Elite 5

What you pay

Street price
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£200
Hyperion Elite 5~£151■

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
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£250
Hyperion Elite 5£230

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

Cost per race
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£51
Hyperion Elite 5£34■

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

Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£0.22
Hyperion Elite 5£0.19■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo186s–266s■
Hyperion Elite 5138s–213s

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

Economy gain
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo3.5–4.7%■
Hyperion Elite 52.8–3.9%
Built for
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo10K · Half · Marathon
Hyperion Elite 510K · 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.
Hyperion Elite 5Unfashionable and quietly good. Firmer and more controlled than most of the field, which suits heel strikers and heavier runners.

How it is built

Weight
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo181 g■
Hyperion Elite 5196 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo39.5 mm
Hyperion Elite 539 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo31.5 mm
Hyperion Elite 531 mm
Drop
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo8 mm
Hyperion Elite 58 mm
Foam
Metaspeed Edge TokyoFF Leap over FF Turbo+
Hyperion Elite 5DNA Flash v2
Plate
Metaspeed Edge Tokyocarbon fibre
Hyperion Elite 5carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Metaspeed Edge TokyoYes (39.5 mm)
Hyperion Elite 5Yes (39 mm)

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

Fit
Metaspeed Edge Tokyostandard
Hyperion Elite 5standard
Stability
Metaspeed Edge Tokyobalanced
Hyperion Elite 5stable

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

Race life
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo~250 km
Hyperion Elite 5~280 km■

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

Data confidence
Metaspeed Edge Tokyoverified■
Hyperion Elite 5estimated

■ 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

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.