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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

Brooks Hyperion Elite 5vs
Saucony Endorphin Pro 4

Hyperion Elite 5

approx £151

Estimated street price · £230 RRP

39mm — road legal
Endorphin Pro 4

£120

Typical street price · £210 RRP

36mm — road legal

Choose the Hyperion Elite 5 if…

  • You want the lighter shoe: 196g against 217g, a 21g difference you will feel late in a race.

Choose the Endorphin Pro 4 if…

  • Money matters: it is selling around £120 against £151, 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 280km.
  • 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–213sEndorphin Pro 4: 131s–206s
Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5: £0.19Endorphin Pro 4: £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
010203040503628
Endorphin Pro 4

What you pay

Street price
Hyperion Elite 5~£151
Endorphin Pro 4£120■

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
Endorphin Pro 4£210

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

Cost per race
Hyperion Elite 5£34
Endorphin Pro 4£22■

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

Cost per second saved
Hyperion Elite 5£0.19
Endorphin Pro 4£0.13■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Hyperion Elite 5138s–213s■
Endorphin Pro 4131s–206s

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

Economy gain
Hyperion Elite 52.8–3.9%■
Endorphin Pro 42.7–3.8%
Built for
Hyperion Elite 510K · Half · Marathon
Endorphin Pro 410K · 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.
Endorphin Pro 4The stable, sane super shoe. Lower stack, wider base, far less demanding than the flagships and much longer lasting.

How it is built

Weight
Hyperion Elite 5196 g■
Endorphin Pro 4217 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Hyperion Elite 539 mm
Endorphin Pro 436 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Hyperion Elite 531 mm
Endorphin Pro 428 mm
Drop
Hyperion Elite 58 mm
Endorphin Pro 48 mm
Foam
Hyperion Elite 5DNA Flash v2
Endorphin Pro 4PWRRUN HG
Plate
Hyperion Elite 5carbon fibre
Endorphin Pro 4carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Hyperion Elite 5Yes (39 mm)
Endorphin Pro 4Yes (36 mm)

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

Fit
Hyperion Elite 5standard
Endorphin Pro 4standard
Stability
Hyperion Elite 5stable
Endorphin Pro 4stable

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

Race life
Hyperion Elite 5~280 km
Endorphin Pro 4~350 km■

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

Data confidence
Hyperion Elite 5estimated
Endorphin Pro 4verified■

■ 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£119.99at Run North West — £90.01 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.