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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

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Brooks Hyperion Elite 5vs
HOKA Cielo X1 2.0

Hyperion Elite 5

approx £151

Estimated street price · £230 RRP

39mm — road legal
Cielo X1 2.0

£150

Typical street price · £250 RRP

■ 46mm — over limit

Choose the Hyperion Elite 5 if…

  • Your race is run under World Athletics rules — this one is legal at 39mm and the Cielo X1 2.0 is not.
  • You want the lighter shoe: 196g against 230g, a 34g difference you will feel late in a race.
  • 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 39mm, which is protection over a long race rather than speed over a short one.
  • You want more races out of one pair: about 350km of competitive life against 280km.
  • You are racing Ultra / 50K+ — built for it, where the Hyperion Elite 5 is not.
  • You would rather buy on measured numbers: this shoe's specs are manufacturer-confirmed, the Hyperion Elite 5's are estimated.

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
Hyperion Elite 5: 138s–213sCielo X1 2.0: 138s–219s
Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5: £0.19Cielo 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.

010203040503931
Hyperion Elite 5
010203040504639
Cielo X1 2.0

What you pay

Street price
Hyperion Elite 5~£151
Cielo X1 2.0£150■

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
Hyperion Elite 5£230
Cielo X1 2.0£250

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

Cost per race
Hyperion Elite 5£34
Cielo X1 2.0£27■

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

Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5£0.19
Cielo X1 2.0£0.15■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Hyperion Elite 5138s–213s
Cielo X1 2.0138s–219s■

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

Economy gain
Hyperion Elite 52.8–3.9%
Cielo X1 2.02.8–4%■
Built for
Hyperion Elite 510K · Half · Marathon
Cielo X1 2.0Marathon · Ultra
Best use case
Hyperion Elite 5Unfashionable and quietly good. Firmer and more controlled than most of the field, which suits heel strikers and heavier runners.
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
Hyperion Elite 5196 g■
Cielo X1 2.0230 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Hyperion Elite 539 mm
Cielo X1 2.046 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Hyperion Elite 531 mm
Cielo X1 2.039 mm
Drop
Hyperion Elite 58 mm
Cielo X1 2.07 mm
Foam
Hyperion Elite 5DNA Flash v2
Cielo X1 2.0PEBA
Plate
Hyperion Elite 5carbon fibre
Cielo X1 2.0carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Hyperion Elite 5Yes (39 mm)■
Cielo X1 2.0No (46 mm)

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

Fit
Hyperion Elite 5standard
Cielo X1 2.0standard
Stability
Hyperion Elite 5stable
Cielo X1 2.0stable

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

Race life
Hyperion Elite 5~280 km
Cielo X1 2.0~350 km■

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

Data confidence
Hyperion Elite 5estimated
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

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.