ADIZERO RC 5
ADIZERO RC 5 is a low-profile speed trainer built for speedwork, tempo runs and race day. LIGHTSTRIKE cushioning pairs with resin TORSIONRODS that add stiffness and improve force transfer. A textile upper and rubber outsole suit intervals, track sessions and short road races. Its RC 6 successor later reduced weight by about 26%.
- Intended uses:
- Intervals, Tempo, Race
Specs
Among 869 listed shoes, this is a lighter / lower-stack Speed Trainer
- Weight
- 200g
- Of 814 known values: 54 lower, 10 equal, 750 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 7.9%, including ties / average -67g
- Drop
- 10mm
- Of 818 known values: 668 lower, 110 equal, 40 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 18.3%, including ties / average +3.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 27 / 17mm
- Of 694 known values: 68 lower, 5 equal, 621 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lowerLower 10.5%, including ties / average -7.7mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 787 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- LIGHTSTRIKE
- Outsole
- Rubber
- Reference price
- $100
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- The exact adidas Brazil HQ3680 product details state 200 g for one shoe in size 40.
- Plate note
- The official adidas Japan RC 5 block identifies resin bars for rebound and stability, while the exact US and Brazil pages name the structure TORSIONRODS. Because the official material is explicitly resin, the model is classified as not carbon-plated.
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Weight x stack height
registered average: 266g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
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Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 200g·registered average 267g (814 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 10mm·registered average 6.8mm (818 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 27mm·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.