Head to head
Brooks Hyperion Elite 5vs
Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 4
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.
- You want a conventional fit rather than a narrow or wide last.
- You are racing 10K — built for it, where the Wave Rebellion Pro 4 is not.
Choose the Wave Rebellion Pro 4 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 £125 against £151, 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
- Hyperion Elite 5: 138s–213sWave Rebellion Pro 4: 145s–219s
- Cost per second saved
- Hyperion Elite 5: £0.19Wave Rebellion Pro 4: £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.
What you pay
- Street price
- Hyperion Elite 5~£151
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4£125■
- RRP
- Hyperion Elite 5£230
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4£220
- Cost per race
- Hyperion Elite 5£34
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4£30■
- Cost per second saved
- Hyperion Elite 5£0.19
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4£0.17■
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.
List price. Almost nobody pays it for a race shoe.
Street price divided by the races the foam stays fast for.
The whole-life question: what each second of race time costs you.
What it does
- Estimated saving
- Hyperion Elite 5138s–213s
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4145s–219s■
- Economy gain
- Hyperion Elite 52.8–3.9%
- Wave Rebellion Pro 42.9–4%■
- Built for
- Hyperion Elite 510K · Half · Marathon
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4Half · Marathon
- 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.
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4The cut-away heel forces you onto your forefoot whether you meant to or not. Divisive, distinctive, and fast if it suits you.
Against a standard trainer, over the distance and time set above.
How it is built
- Weight
- Hyperion Elite 5196 g
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4185 g■
- Stack (heel)
- Hyperion Elite 539 mm
- Wave Rebellion Pro 439 mm
- Stack (forefoot)
- Hyperion Elite 531 mm
- Wave Rebellion Pro 433 mm
- Drop
- Hyperion Elite 58 mm
- Wave Rebellion Pro 46 mm
- Foam
- Hyperion Elite 5DNA Flash v2
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4Enerzy Lite+
- Plate
- Hyperion Elite 5carbon fibre
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4carbon fibre
Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.
Rules and fit
- Road legal
- Hyperion Elite 5Yes (39 mm)
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4Yes (39 mm)
- Fit
- Hyperion Elite 5standard
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4narrow
- Stability
- Hyperion Elite 5stable
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4demanding
- Race life
- Hyperion Elite 5~280 km■
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4~260 km
- Data confidence
- Hyperion Elite 5estimated
- Wave Rebellion Pro 4estimated
World Athletics caps road racing shoes at 40 mm of stack.
Neither is better in the abstract — it depends on your stride.
How long the foam stays fast, not how long the shoe survives.
■ 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
- Alexandra Sports£168Go to size at Alexandra Sports ↗
- AmazonPrice not published hereSearch at Amazon ↗
- SportsShoesPrice not published hereSearch at SportsShoes ↗
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
Best price today — some sizes£124.99at Sportitfirst — £95.01 under RRP
- Sportitfirst£124.99Go to size at Sportitfirst ↗
- Alexandra SportsPrice not published hereSearch at Alexandra Sports ↗
- AmazonPrice not published hereSearch at Amazon ↗
- SportsShoesPrice not published hereSearch at SportsShoes ↗
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.