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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

Head to head

Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 4vs
PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3

Wave Rebellion Pro 4

£125

Typical street price · £220 RRP

39mm — road legal
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

£109

Typical street price · £200 RRP

38mm — road legal

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.

Choose the Deviate Nitro Elite 3 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 5K or 10K — built for it, where the Wave Rebellion Pro 4 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
Wave Rebellion Pro 4: 145s–219sDeviate Nitro Elite 3: 145s–219s
Cost per second saved
Wave Rebellion Pro 4: £0.17Deviate 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.

010203040503933
Wave Rebellion Pro 4
010203040503830
Deviate Nitro Elite 3

What you pay

Street price
Wave Rebellion Pro 4£125
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£109■

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

RRP
Wave Rebellion Pro 4£220
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£200

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

Cost per race
Wave Rebellion Pro 4£30
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£23■

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

Cost per second saved
Wave Rebellion Pro 4£0.17
Deviate Nitro Elite 3£0.13■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
Wave Rebellion Pro 4145s–219s
Deviate Nitro Elite 3145s–219s

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

Economy gain
Wave Rebellion Pro 42.9–4%
Deviate Nitro Elite 32.9–4%
Built for
Wave Rebellion Pro 4Half · Marathon
Deviate Nitro Elite 35K · 10K · Half · Marathon
Best use case
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.
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
Wave Rebellion Pro 4185 g
Deviate Nitro Elite 3175 g■

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
Wave Rebellion Pro 439 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 338 mm
Stack (forefoot)
Wave Rebellion Pro 433 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 330 mm
Drop
Wave Rebellion Pro 46 mm
Deviate Nitro Elite 38 mm
Foam
Wave Rebellion Pro 4Enerzy Lite+
Deviate Nitro Elite 3NITROFOAM Elite
Plate
Wave Rebellion Pro 4carbon fibre
Deviate Nitro Elite 3carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
Wave Rebellion Pro 4Yes (39 mm)
Deviate Nitro Elite 3Yes (38 mm)

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

Fit
Wave Rebellion Pro 4narrow
Deviate Nitro Elite 3standard
Stability
Wave Rebellion Pro 4demanding
Deviate Nitro Elite 3balanced

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

Race life
Wave Rebellion Pro 4~260 km
Deviate Nitro Elite 3~300 km■

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

Data confidence
Wave Rebellion Pro 4estimated
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

Best price today — some sizes£124.99at Sportitfirst — £95.01 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.

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.