The Deviate Nitro Elite 4 is PUMA's race-day flagship, running upgraded NITROFOAM ELITE around a reengineered carbon PWRPLATE that the brand says came out 12 percent lighter — the plate stabilising the midsole while it returns the energy, in PUMA's own wording.
It suits you for goal-pace racing from 5K to the marathon, and it arrived as PUMA's most-reviewed racer launch of 2026 for a reason: the Elite line has been the value play among super shoes, and at $250 it still undercuts most flagships.
It is not documented in numbers — the product page prints no weight and no stack, only the 8 mm drop — and it shares the range with the Fast-R 3, which remains the maximal, more extreme option above it.