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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

Brooks Hyperion Elite 5vs
PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3

Hyperion Elite 5

approx £151

Estimated street price · £230 RRP

39mm — road legal
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

£109

Typical street price · £200 RRP

38mm — road legal

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.

Choose the Deviate Nitro Elite 3 if…

  • You want the lighter shoe: 175g against 196g, a 21g 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.
  • Money matters: it is selling around £109 against £151, and the time difference between them is smaller than the price difference suggests.
  • You are racing 5K — built for it, where the Hyperion Elite 5 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
Hyperion Elite 5: 138s–213sDeviate Nitro Elite 3: 145s–219s
Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5: £0.19Deviate Nitro Elite 3: £0.13

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
010203040503830
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

What you pay

Street price
Hyperion Elite 5~£151
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£109■

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
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£200

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

Cost per race
Hyperion Elite 5£34
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£23■

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

Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5£0.19
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£0.13■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Hyperion Elite 5138s–213s
Deviate Nitro Elite 3145s–219s■

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

Economy gain
Hyperion Elite 52.8–3.9%
Deviate Nitro Elite 32.9–4%■
Built for
Hyperion Elite 510K · Half · Marathon
Deviate Nitro Elite 35K · 10K · Half · 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.
Deviate Nitro Elite 3The sane sibling to the Fast-R. Light, versatile, considerably cheaper, and easily the most underrated racer here.

How it is built

Weight
Hyperion Elite 5196 g
Deviate Nitro Elite 3175 g■

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Hyperion Elite 539 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 338 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Hyperion Elite 531 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 330 mm
Drop
Hyperion Elite 58 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 38 mm
Foam
Hyperion Elite 5DNA Flash v2
Deviate Nitro Elite 3NITROFOAM Elite
Plate
Hyperion Elite 5carbon fibre
Deviate Nitro Elite 3carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Hyperion Elite 5Yes (39 mm)
Deviate Nitro Elite 3Yes (38 mm)

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

Fit
Hyperion Elite 5standard
Deviate Nitro Elite 3standard
Stability
Hyperion Elite 5stable
Deviate Nitro Elite 3balanced

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

Race life
Hyperion Elite 5~280 km
Deviate Nitro Elite 3~300 km■

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

Data confidence
Hyperion Elite 5estimated
Deviate Nitro Elite 3estimated

■ 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£109at Startfitness — £91 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.