MAGIC SPEED 5
MAGIC SPEED 5 is a carbon-equipped shoe for speed practice and racing. It uses a two-layer FF LEAP and FF BLAST PLUS midsole, a redesigned carbon plate, and an ASICSGRIP outsole, with a lower stack than the previous version for a more grounded ride.
- Intended uses:
- Race
Specs
Among 869 listed shoes, this is a lighter / high-stack Speed Trainer
- Weight
- 190g
- Of 814 known values: 32 lower, 5 equal, 777 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 4.5%, including ties / average -77g
- Drop
- 7mm
- Of 818 known values: 386 lower, 23 equal, 409 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard48.6th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +0.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 37.5 / 30.5mm
- Of 694 known values: 450 lower, 8 equal, 236 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- higherUpper 35.2%, including ties / average +2.8mm
- Carbon plate
- Yes
- 17% of 787 known models have carbon plates
- Midsole
- FF LEAP / FF BLAST PLUS
- Outsole
- ASICSGRIP
- Reference price
- $180
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Approx. 50g lighter than previous model per official ASICS pages; exact sample weight was not explicitly stated on the checked official pages.
- Plate note
- Official ASICS pages state a reconfigured carbon plate.
Related video
Shoe overview by Running Warehouse.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for ASICS MAGIC SPEED 4.
In the registered data, weight is 50g lighter at 190g, heel stack is 6mm lower at 37.5mm, and forefoot stack is 6mm lower at 30.5mm.
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 (869 shoes)
Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 266g / 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 (814 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 7mm·registered average 6.8mm (818 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 37.5mm·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.