2023 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

160X 5.0 PRO

Entrant Company

Xtep (China) Co., Ltd.

Category

Product Design - Outdoor & Exercise Equipment

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

As a pair of professional racing shoes for marathoners, 160X5.0 PRO features good comfort, excellent propulsive effect, light weight, high breathability and wonderful durability, aiming to improve the athletic performance of runners.

The product has been developed based on the requirements of many professional marathoners in shoes for races. The midsole frame is generated through a brand-new 3D printing technology, while the world-first PISA supercritical foaming technology is introduced into the midsole foam to realize the granule density as low as 0.08g/cm3 and be 36% lighter than ETPU. In this way, the midesole realizes strong cohesion to effectively avoid tearing during strenuous exercise; its resilience rate up to 85%, which increases by over 28% when compared with that of ETPU, whereby to assist marathoners in enhancing his/her performance.

The high-strength full-length carbon-fibre plate slightly upturned at the front part and the inner side of the middle part frees runners from unsteadiness on the forefoot and midfoot; the full-length design and the wide-angle curved toe cap help to release more kinetic energy, so as to save more physical strength for runners.

The upper, made of high-toughness XTEP SHEEL, increases the breathability by 3.7% in comparison with the previous generation, and greatly reduces the whole weight. Thanks to the wear-resistant outsole, the shoes can last for 2000 kilometers, which are three times higher and 60% lighter than ones with the normal rubber outsole. The midsole shortens the length of its rear part, whose combination with the bevel design applied to the heel leads to lower air resistance of runners, and thus improves their long-distance running performance.

Credits

Long Zhang
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