Wave Inspire 18
WAVE INSPIRE 18 is a daily support trainer with an emphasis on stability. The heel wedge is equipped with MIZUNO ENERZY, and the DOUBLE FAN-SHAPED WAVE supports running with consideration to overpronation.
- Intended uses:
- Daily
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a heavier Stability
- Weight
- 305g
- Of 811 known values: 674 lower, 12 equal, 125 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- heavierUpper 16.9%, including ties / average +38g
- Drop
- 12mm
- Of 815 known values: 783 lower, 31 equal, 1 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 3.9%, including ties / average +5.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 37 / 25mm
- Of 694 known values: 414 lower, 35 equal, 245 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard62.2th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +2.3mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- MIZUNO ENERZY FOAM
- Outsole
- -
- Not registered
- Reference price
- -
- Not registered
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Men's sample weight retained from prior coverage. Mizuno official regional pages confirm 12mm drop and model stack geometry but did not provide a clearly matched men's weight in this pass.
- Plate note
- No carbon plate stated or known for this model.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for Mizuno Wave Inspire 17.
In the registered data, weight is 20g heavier at 305g, heel stack is 6mm higher at 37mm, and forefoot stack is 6mm higher at 25mm.
These are differences between registered values, not a controlled comparison at the same size and measurement conditions. See the notes below the specs for weight conditions.
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Comparison: All data (865 shoes)
Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 265g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
The scatter plot includes only shoes with both weight and stack height registered.
Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 305g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 12mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 37mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.