The Best Carbon Plate Running Shoes 2026 | The Full Tier List

Every year we do a video covering the best carbon plate running shoes, but this year we're doing things a little differently. In this video (also available as a podcast) we go through (almost) all of the current carbon plate race shoes available and sort them into tiers.

And yes, we know we've missed a few. Sorry Vaporfly 4 and Diadora Gara Carbon 3.

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JUMP STRAIGHT IN:
00:00​​​​ - Intro
02:30 - Asics Metaspeed Sky Tokyo
04:30 - Hoka Cielo X1 3.0
05:37 - Puma Deviate Nitro Elite 4
06:30 - On Cloudboom Strike 2
08:00 - Altra Vanish Carbon 3
09:19 - Adidas Adios Pro Evo 3
11:29 - Runsifly Flare Elite
12:49 - Mizuno Hyperwarp Elite
13:59 - Asics Metaspeed Edge Tokyo
15:29 - Brooks Hyperion Elite 6
17:07 - Saucony Endorphin Pro 5
17:25 - Asics Metaspeed Ray
18:38 - Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 5
20:48 - Mizuno Hyperwarp Pure
21:57 - New Balance SC Elite V6
23:21 - Nike Alphafly 3
26:28 - Saucony Endorphin Elite 3
28:35 - Puma Fast-R Nitro Elite 3
29:20 - Salomon S/Lab
30:00 - Kiprun Kipstorm Elite
31:15 - TYR Valkyrie Elite V2
32:21 - Under Armour Velociti Elite 3
33:21 - Hoka Rocket X 3

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