At A$299.95 the authorised Australian price on the Feidian Elite 6 beats every grey-channel figure I could source, so there is no case for the A$320 parallel import. The A$150 Elite 4 clearance is real but exists only in US 8.0 D and 9.0 D — if you are not one of those two sizes, it is not a decision you get to make. I could not establish any verifiable AliExpress price for the Elite 6, so no landed import cost appears here.
The authorised Australian stockist is cheaper than the parallel importer. Running Warehouse Australia lists the Li-Ning Feidian Elite 6 at A$299.95, while grey-channel retailer ProjectCN wants A$320.00 for a White/Blue pair and A$379.99 for Red/White — up to A$80 more for stock it openly says is “not sold through official retail channels”.
That is the finding. The second one is the generational clearance: the outgoing Feidian Elite 4 is A$150.00 at the same retailer, struck from A$299.95 and tagged -49%. A A$149.95 gap between two generations on one shop’s shelves — but only if you take a US 8.0 D or 9.0 D.
This is a pricing story, not a review. I have not run in, worn or weighed any of these shoes, and nothing below should be read as a performance judgement.
The prices, checked today
- Elite 6 — Running Warehouse AU
- A$299.95
- Elite 6 — ProjectCN (grey channel)
- A$320.00–A$379.99
- Elite 4 — Running Warehouse AU clearance
- A$150.00
Prices checked 16 September 2026. Both retailers state free Australian shipping over A$150, so these are landed figures for a single-pair order.
The wider picture across the two retailers:
| Shoe | Retailer | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feidian Elite 6 | Running Warehouse AU | A$299.95 | Five men’s colourways; Cotton Candy, Cyberpunk and Pink flagged “New” |
| Feidian Elite 6 White/Blue | ProjectCN | A$320.00 | Marked “Sale” from a A$456.00 in-house reference price |
| Feidian Elite 6 Red/White | ProjectCN | A$379.99 | Same A$456.00 reference |
| Feidian Elite 4 | Running Warehouse AU | A$150.00 | Struck from A$299.95, -49%; “Size 8.0 D, 9.0 D only” |
| Feidian Challenger 6 | ProjectCN | A$139.99 | From a A$249.99 reference price |
| Feidian Challenger 4 | Running Warehouse AU | A$85.00 | Struck from A$199.95, -57%; size 8.0 D only |
Sources: Running Warehouse AU Li-Ning brand page, Running Warehouse AU Feidian Elite category page, ProjectCN Li-Ning collection. All checked 16 September 2026.
One figure I am deliberately leaving out of that table as a single number: the Challenger 6 at Running Warehouse. Its brand page and its “Best for Uptempo Runs” page both show A$219.96, while its own Men’s Feidian Challenger category page shows the Dragon Sparrow at A$199.95. Two of the retailer’s pages disagree, the .96 ending matches a pattern of promo-adjusted prices sitewide, and I will not print one as the shelf price when I cannot reconcile it. Open the product page yourself before you commit.
The price rise that isn’t
The usual story with a new carbon racer is that the new generation costs more. Not here. The Elite 4’s struck-through reference price on that clearance listing is A$299.95 — the exact figure the Elite 6 is selling for today. On this retailer’s evidence, the Elite line’s Australian shelf price has moved A$0.00, or 0%, between generations.
The tier below tells the same story: the Challenger 4’s struck-through reference is A$199.95, and one of the two Challenger 6 figures is also A$199.95.
So the interesting number is not inflation. It is the depth of the run-out.
The A$150 Elite 4 is a two-size offer
Running Warehouse’s own note against both the Pink and the Orange/Black Elite 4 reads “Size 8.0 D, 9.0 D only”. Two sizes, one width, no wide option. For most readers this is not a purchase decision at all — it is a coincidence you either fit or you don’t.
It also sits precisely on the retailer’s stated A$150.00 free-shipping threshold, which is why I have treated A$150 as landed rather than adding freight. I have not put a pair through checkout to confirm that, so take it as the site’s stated policy.
And these clearance lines move. Cached views of the neighbouring Challenger 4 showed it at A$139.96, A$99.95 and A$85.00 with different size lists attached. Whatever is on the page when you read this may not be what was there a week earlier.
The comparison that complicates the Elite 4 at A$150: ProjectCN’s current-generation Challenger 6 is A$139.99. That is a current-season, carbon-plated shoe for A$10 less than a two-generation-old flagship — though a T700 plate rather than the Elite’s T1000, on the retailers’ own descriptions.
What the A$320 grey import actually buys you
ProjectCN is upfront about what it is. Its product pages state the Li-Ning stock is “sourced directly from Chinese distributors” and “not sold through official retail channels”. Availability is per-size: “Mixed availability — selected sizes ship within 24 hours, others ship in 4–6 weeks (pre-order)”. I could not read which individual sizes fall into the 24-hour bucket, so do not assume yours does. Returns are within 14 days of arrival.
Against that: A$320.00 versus A$299.95 for the same model from an authorised stockist. The parallel import is A$20.05 dearer, may be a month and a half away, and carries a different warranty and returns path. The only thing it offers is a colourway Running Warehouse does not stock.
Ignore the A$456.00 “regular price” ProjectCN displays. That is the retailer’s own reference figure, not an Australian RRP from Li-Ning, and the authorised price sits A$156 below it.
Can you import it cheaper? I couldn’t prove it
I tried and failed, and that is worth saying plainly rather than filling the gap with a guess.
Every AliExpress item page I reached for the Elite 6 returned a not-found state. The only AliExpress-hosted price figure I found sat in an article the page itself labels as third-party or AI-generated, which is not a source. The AliExpress deals I could verify on OzBargain are for the Challenger, not the Elite — including a 19 August 2026 listing at US$81.93 delivered, which was the poster’s own conversion to roughly A$116.85 and required coupon code AUNS11 with the post itself talking about stacking coupons. That is not a price a reader can simply walk up and pay.
The nearest official-channel figure I could find is Li-Ning’s Malaysian store, which lists the Unisex Fei Dian 6.0 Elite at US$204.96. At the roughly 1.40 mid-market rate showing on xe.com that is about A$287 before tax, and around A$316 with 10% GST — but I could not establish any shipping cost to Australia, so that is not a landed price and I am not presenting it as one. For what it is worth, GST on marketplace imports under A$1,000 is normally collected at checkout, per third-party guidance rather than the ATO directly.
On the evidence I have: importing the Elite 6 does not undercut A$299.95 domestically. If someone finds a live, coupon-free Li-Ning official store listing that does, I will publish the landed sum.
The specs, and whose they are
Nobody agrees on the numbers, so here is who claims what.
ProjectCN’s Elite 6 page lists a 33–39 mm stack, 6 mm drop, 195 g at US 9, dual-layer PEBA (Super Boom Capsule over Super Boom) and a full-length T1000 carbon plate. Running Warehouse’s product copy describes the T1000 plate, an upgraded SUPER BOOM midsole plus capsule, a woven SUPER BOOM mesh upper and CGU rubber outsole, with no weight or stack figure visible. Both are retailer marketing claims.
Supwell puts the release at 1 February 2026 and weighed 219 g in a men’s US 10.5 on its own scales, with a 41 mm heel / 35 mm forefoot stack and 6 mm drop. That is 24 g heavier and 2 mm taller than the retailer figure, on a larger size. RTINGS has a lab review describing it as a carbon-plated road racer suited to marathon racing; its page dated to late May 2026.
I have measured none of this. Treat the retailer numbers as claims and the independent ones as someone else’s scales.
One thing worth stating for this site’s readers: a 6 mm-drop carbon marathon racer is not a Hyrox shoe. If that is what you are shopping for, the sled wall and the burpee broad jumps want something entirely different — I covered that ground in the Nike Metcon 9 review.
Before you buy
Every Running Warehouse and ProjectCN figure here was read through search-index snapshots of those retailers’ own pages rather than a direct page load, and no cache dates were exposed. The Challenger 6 price is internally inconsistent across two of the retailer’s own pages. Clearance prices and size lists on the 4-series shifted between snapshots.
So: open the product page, check the price and the size grid on the day, and do not pay A$320 for a shoe that is A$299.95 from an authorised stockist.