Runometry Index
62/100
Provisional index · 80 % read
No. 26 of 96
Value for money: Very good
- Cushioning31 mm
- +27.4 pts
- Lightness250 g
- +26.8 pts
- Foam
- 8.0 pts
Brooks Launch 12
Black
Shoe profile
Measurements
- Weight
- 250 g
- Reference size not stated by the source
- LightLighter than 79% of them
- Heel stack
- 35 mm
- AverageTypical
- Forefoot stack
- 27 mm
- AverageTypical
Construction
- Midsole foam
- DNA FLASH v2
- Plate
- None
- Support
- Neutral
- Upper
- airy mesh (56.7% recycled)
- Outsole
- RoadTack rubber
Who and what for
- Use
- Daily training
- Category
- Daily trainers
- Versions
- Unisex
What’s new since the Brooks Launch 11
Same line, new version: here’s what moved, from the published values. Weights are only compared in the same size.
Weight
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- 250 g
- Launch 11 (2025)
- 220 g
- Change
- Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given
Drop
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- 8 mm
- Launch 11 (2025)
- 8 mm
- Change
- Unchanged
Heel stack
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- 35 mm
- Launch 11 (2025)
- 35.5 mm
- Change
- −0.5 mm
Forefoot stack
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- 27 mm
- Launch 11 (2025)
- 27.5 mm
- Change
- −0.5 mm
Midsole foam
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- DNA FLASH v2
- Launch 11 (2025)
- DNA FLASH / DNA FLASH v2
- Change
- New
Catalogue price
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- USD 120
- Launch 11 (2025)
- USD 120
- Change
- Unchanged
Runometry Index
- Launch 12 (2026) · This version
- 62/100
- Launch 11 (2025)
- 72/100
- Change
- −10 pts
| Criterion | Launch 12 (2026)This version | Launch 11 (2025) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 250 g | 220 g | Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given |
| Drop | 8 mm | 8 mm | Unchanged |
| Heel stack | 35 mm | 35.5 mm | −0.5 mm |
| Forefoot stack | 27 mm | 27.5 mm | −0.5 mm |
| Midsole foam | DNA FLASH v2 | DNA FLASH / DNA FLASH v2 | New |
| Catalogue price | USD 120 | USD 120 | Unchanged |
| Runometry Index | 62/100 | 72/100 | −10 pts |
Model history
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