Vaporfly NEXT% 2
Vaporfly NEXT% 2 is the second generation road racing shoe in the Vaporfly series. Continuing the ZoomX foam and full-length carbon plate configuration, this model has updated the upper and outsole from its predecessor, maintaining a lightweight and propulsion structure for racing.
- Intended uses:
- Race
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a lighter / high-stack Racing
- Weight
- 195g
- Of 811 known values: 42 lower, 5 equal, 764 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 5.8%, including ties / average -72g
- 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)
- 40 / 32mm
- Of 694 known values: 569 lower, 40 equal, 85 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 18%, including ties / average +5.3mm
- Carbon plate
- Yes
- 17% of 786 known models have carbon plates
- Midsole
- ZoomX
- Outsole
- Rubber
- Reference price
- $250
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Men's US 9 sample weight from Doctors of Running specialist review; RunRepeat lab measured a nearby 196g.
- Plate note
- Full-length articulated carbon plate stated in specialist review/product coverage.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for Nike Vaporfly NEXT%.
The comparable registered values for drop and carbon status are unchanged.
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 195g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 8mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 40mm·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.