Best Carbon Plate Running Shoes 2025 | Top racing shoes from Puma, Asics, Nike, Adidas, and more

The best carbon plate running shoes have become the go-to option for race day, and we’ve tested almost every major release since the original Nike Vaporfly between us.

In this video we run through the top carbon racing shoes available right now, picking out our top tier of the super-shoes we’d turn to ourselves when hunting down a PB, plus a wide range of other excellent options. If you feel the need for speed, this is a video worth watching.

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00:00​​​​ - Intro
02:00 - Best Carbon Plate Running Shoes: Our Top Tier
02:04 - Puma Fast-R Nitro Elite 3
03:25 - Asics Metaspeed Sky Tokyo
04:25 - Nike Alphafly 3
05:07 - Saucony Endorphin Elite 2
05:46 - Best Carbon Plate Running Shoes: Best Of The Rest
05:50 - Asics Metaspeed Ray
06:55 - Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4
08:05 - Hoka Cielo X1 2.0
09:05 - Asics Metaspeed Edge Tokyo
10:00 - Brooks Hyperion Elite 5
10:33 - Puma Deviate Nitro Elite 3
11:30 - Nike Vaporfly 4
12:10 - New Balance SC Elite v5
12:56 - Hoka Rocket X3
13:50 - Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 3
14:26 - On Cloudboom Strike LS
15:15 - Also Tested...

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