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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyovs
HOKA Cielo X1 2.0

Metaspeed Edge Tokyo

£200

Typical street price · £250 RRP

39.5mm — on the limit
Cielo X1 2.0

£150

Typical street price · £250 RRP

■ 46mm — over limit

Choose the Metaspeed Edge Tokyo if…

  • Your race is run under World Athletics rules — this one is legal at 39.5mm and the Cielo X1 2.0 is not.
  • You want the bigger return: 3.5–4.7% economy gain against 2.8–4%, and that gap widens the longer you are out there.
  • You want the lighter shoe: 181g against 230g, a 49g 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 are racing 10K or Half marathon — built for it, where the Cielo X1 2.0 is not.

Choose the Cielo X1 2.0 if…

  • You want more shoe underneath you late on: 46mm against 39.5mm, 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.
  • Money matters: it is selling around £150 against £200, and the time difference between them is smaller than the price difference suggests.
  • You want more races out of one pair: about 350km of competitive life against 250km.
  • You are racing Ultra / 50K+ — built for it, where the Metaspeed Edge Tokyo 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
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo: 186s–266sCielo X1 2.0: 138s–219s
Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo: £0.22Cielo X1 2.0: £0.15

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
010203040504639
Cielo X1 2.0

What you pay

Street price
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£200
Cielo X1 2.0£150■

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

RRP
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£250
Cielo X1 2.0£250

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

Cost per race
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£51
Cielo X1 2.0£27■

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

Cost per second saved
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo£0.22
Cielo X1 2.0£0.15■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo186s–266s■
Cielo X1 2.0138s–219s

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

Economy gain
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo3.5–4.7%■
Cielo X1 2.02.8–4%
Built for
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo10K · Half · Marathon
Cielo X1 2.0Marathon · Ultra
Best use case
Metaspeed Edge TokyoThe cadence runner’s version of the Sky. Higher drop, more aggressive roll, same foam and plate package.
Cielo X1 2.0Enormous, cushioned and surprisingly stable. For heavier runners and slower marathoners it may genuinely be the most comfortable way to cover 42km fast.

How it is built

Weight
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo181 g■
Cielo X1 2.0230 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo39.5 mm
Cielo X1 2.046 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo31.5 mm
Cielo X1 2.039 mm
Drop
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo8 mm
Cielo X1 2.07 mm
Foam
Metaspeed Edge TokyoFF Leap over FF Turbo+
Cielo X1 2.0PEBA
Plate
Metaspeed Edge Tokyocarbon fibre
Cielo X1 2.0carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Metaspeed Edge TokyoYes (39.5 mm)■
Cielo X1 2.0No (46 mm)

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

Fit
Metaspeed Edge Tokyostandard
Cielo X1 2.0standard
Stability
Metaspeed Edge Tokyobalanced
Cielo X1 2.0stable

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

Race life
Metaspeed Edge Tokyo~250 km
Cielo X1 2.0~350 km■

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

Data confidence
Metaspeed Edge Tokyoverified
Cielo X1 2.0verified

■ 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£150at Armaghsports — £100 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.