Vaporfly 4
Vaporfly 4 is a road racing shoe designed for everything from 5km to marathons. The upper, midsole, and outsole are lighter than the Vaporfly 3, combining ZoomX foam with a full-length carbon-fiber Flyplate.
- Intended uses:
- Race
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a lighter Racing
- Weight
- 190g
- Of 811 known values: 32 lower, 5 equal, 774 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 4.6%, including ties / average -77g
- Drop
- 6mm
- Of 815 known values: 221 lower, 156 equal, 438 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard36.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average -0.8mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 35 / 29mm
- Of 694 known values: 308 lower, 45 equal, 341 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard47.6th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +0.3mm
- Carbon plate
- Yes
- 17% of 786 known models have carbon plates
- Midsole
- ZoomX
- Outsole
- blown rubber
- Reference price
- $260
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Approx. 190g men's US 10 from official Nike page
- Plate note
- Official page states full-length carbon fiber Flyplate
Related video
Shoe overview by Running Warehouse.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for Nike Vaporfly 3.
In the registered data, weight is 10g lighter at 190g, drop is 2mm lower at 6mm, heel stack is 5mm lower at 35mm, and forefoot stack is 3mm lower at 29mm.
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.
Compare within the database
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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 190g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 6mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 35mm·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.