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
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a lighter / high-stack Racing
- Weight
- 201g
- Of 811 known values: 64 lower, 1 equal, 746 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 8%, including ties / average -66g
- Drop
- 5mm
- Of 815 known values: 121 lower, 98 equal, 596 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lowerLower 26.9%, including ties / average -1.8mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 39 / 34mm
- Of 694 known values: 514 lower, 33 equal, 147 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 25.9%, including ties / average +4.3mm
- Carbon plate
- Yes
- 17% of 786 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.
Related video
Shoe overview by Running Warehouse.
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Weight x stack height
registered average: 265g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
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Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 201g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 5mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 39mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
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