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40Race Shoe FinderEst. 2023 · London

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New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3vs
Saucony Endorphin Pro 4

FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3

approx £118

Estimated street price · £180 RRP

33mm — road legal
Endorphin Pro 4

£120

Typical street price · £210 RRP

36mm — road legal

Choose the FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3 if…

  • You want the lighter shoe: 170g against 217g, a 47g 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.
  • You have a broad foot, or your toes spread as a long race goes on.
  • You are racing 5K — built for it, where the Endorphin Pro 4 is not.

Choose the Endorphin Pro 4 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 want more races out of one pair: about 350km of competitive life against 280km.
  • You are racing Half marathon or Marathon — built for it, where the FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3 is not.
  • You would rather buy on measured numbers: this shoe's specs are manufacturer-confirmed, the FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3'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 10k from 45:00

Time back
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3: 29s–44sEndorphin Pro 4: 30s–47s
Cost per second saved
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3: £0.17Endorphin 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.

010203040503329
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3
010203040503628
Endorphin Pro 4

What you pay

Street price
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3~£118■
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
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£180
Endorphin Pro 4£210

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

Cost per race
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£6.32
Endorphin Pro 4£5.14■

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

Cost per second saved
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3£0.17
Endorphin Pro 4£0.13■

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

What it does

Estimated saving
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v329s–44s
Endorphin Pro 430s–47s■

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

Economy gain
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v32.6–3.6%
Endorphin Pro 42.7–3.8%■
Built for
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v35K · 10K
Endorphin Pro 410K · Half · Marathon
Best use case
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3A rare thing — a short-distance carbon racer with room in the toe box. Excellent for 5K and 10K.
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
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3170 g■
Endorphin Pro 4217 g

Manufacturer figure at men's US 9.

Stack (heel)
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v333 mm
Endorphin Pro 436 mm
Stack (forefoot)
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v329 mm
Endorphin Pro 428 mm
Drop
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v34 mm
Endorphin Pro 48 mm
Foam
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3PEBA FuelCell
Endorphin Pro 4PWRRUN HG
Plate
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3carbon fibre
Endorphin Pro 4carbon fibre

Rules and fit

Road legal
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3Yes (33 mm)
Endorphin Pro 4Yes (36 mm)

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

Fit
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3wide
Endorphin Pro 4standard
Stability
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3balanced
Endorphin Pro 4stable

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

Race life
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3~280 km
Endorphin Pro 4~350 km■

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

Data confidence
FuelCell SuperComp Pacer v3estimated
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

No retailer we can read publishes a live price for this shoe, so we cannot check your size. The links below go to each retailer’s own search, where they show the current price and what they hold.

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.