Specter Elite
Specter Elite is Topo Athletic's first carbon-plated road racer, built for racing through the marathon. Its ultralight RevFoam ATPU midsole and ATPU sockliner work with a carbon-fiber plate and aggressive rocker geometry. A racer tongue and engineered-mesh upper reduce bulk while securing the midfoot and heel, and the roomy toe box preserves forefoot space. Rubber coverage completes the road-focused platform.
- Intended uses:
- Race, Marathon
Specs
- Weight
- 201g
- Of 944 known values: 74 lower, 1 equal, 869 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 7.9%, including ties / average -67g
- Drop
- 5mm
- Of 955 known values: 161 lower, 109 equal, 685 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lowerLower 28.3%, including ties / average -1.8mm
- Stack (heel/forefoot)
- 39 / 34mm
- Of 784 known values: 597 lower, 35 equal, 152 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 23.9%, including ties / average +4.7mm
- Carbon plate
- Yes
- 17% of 862 known models have carbon plates
- Midsole
- RevFoam ATPU
- Outsole
- Rubber
- Reference price
- $250
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Topo Athletic's US official men's product page lists 7.1 oz for men's M9; weight_g is converted and rounded to approximately 201 g for DB normalization.
- Plate note
- Topo Athletic's exact official US product page explicitly states that Specter Elite uses a carbon-fiber plate.
Prices and release dates by market
1 market is registered. Values are shown as published for each market: no currency conversion and no guessed days or months. Reference prices are not current shop prices.
| Market | Reference price | Release |
|---|---|---|
| United StatesUS | $250Shown above | 2026-08-13Shown above |
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Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 266g / 34.3mm (766 shoes)
The scatter plot includes only shoes with both weight and stack height registered.
Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 201gregistered average 268g (944 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 5mmregistered average 6.8mm (955 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 39mmregistered average 34.3mm (784 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.
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