Wave Rider 30
Wave Rider 30 is the 30th-generation daily road trainer in the WAVE RIDER series. Combining the full-length Mizuno Wave Plate and MIZUNO ENERZY NXT, it is designed to improve cushioning and responsiveness while being easy to handle for everyday joggers and runners just starting out.
- Intended uses:
- Daily, Long run
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a high-stack Daily Trainer
- Weight
- 265g
- Of 811 known values: 335 lower, 18 equal, 458 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard42.4th percentile (tie midpoint) / average -2g
- Drop
- 8mm
- Of 815 known values: 409 lower, 237 equal, 169 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard64.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +1.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 42.5 / 34.5mm
- Of 694 known values: 649 lower, 2 equal, 43 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 6.5%, including ties / average +7.8mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- MIZUNO ENERZY NXT
- Outsole
- X10
- Reference price
- $150
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Mizuno Japan's official product page lists approximately 265g at 27.0cm; Mizuno USA lists 9.4 oz at men's size 9.
- Plate note
- The shoe uses a full-length MIZUNO WAVE plate. An exact authorized-retailer page identifies the plate material as PEBAX RNEW, a plant-based high-performance TPU, so it is classified as a non-carbon plate.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for Mizuno Wave Rider 29.
In the registered data, drop is 2mm lower at 8mm, heel stack is 3.5mm higher at 42.5mm, and forefoot stack is 5.5mm higher at 34.5mm.
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 265g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 8mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 42.5mm·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.