Asics Hyper Speed 3 'White Black Red'
Colorway: White/Black · Style code: 1011B701-100 · Release date: June 8, 2023 · Price: $1026 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Black White' (1011B701-001) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'White Sunrise Red' (1011B701-101) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Illusion Blue Glow Yellow' (1011B701-400) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Blue Expanse Illuminate Green' (1011B701-401) · Asics Hyper Speed 3 'Sunrise Red Black' (1011B701-600)
Weight is the cheapest performance there is. Removing material from a shoe costs nothing and makes it faster in the most literal way available, which is why lightweight trainers existed long before anyone thought to put a carbon plate in one. The Hyper Speed is built on that logic: a thin mesh upper, rubber only where an outsole actually wears, no plate, no premium foam, and a price that stayed at ninety dollars while the racing category around it climbed past two hundred. Shoes like this occupy the space that racing flats used to, bought for interval sessions and shorter races by people unwilling to spend a week's groceries on a shoe with a limited lifespan. White mesh with black detailing gives it the look of a track flat rather than a modern stacked racer, which is roughly accurate.