Runometry Index
52/100
No. 46 of 55
Value for money: Below average
- Lightness236 g
- +5.0 pts
- Cushioning33.5 mm
- +11.8 pts
- FoamPEBA
- +25.0 pts
- Road-legal≤ 40 mm
- +10.0 pts
HOKA Rocket X 2 Blue
Shoe profile
Measurements
- Weight
- 236 g
- Reference size not stated by the source
- Very heavyHeavier than 87% of them
- Heel stack
- 36 mm
- Very lowLower than 80% of them
- Forefoot stack
- 31 mm
- LowLower than 77% of them
Construction
- Midsole foam
- two-layer PEBA foam
- Foam material
- PEBA
- Outsole
- Durabrasion rubber
Who and what for
- Use
- Marathon
- Category
- Racing shoes
- Runner level
- Intermediate,Advanced
- Paces
- Race pace
- Versions
- Unisex
What’s new since the HOKA Rocket X
Same line, new version: here’s what moved, from the published values. Weights are only compared in the same size.
| Criterion | Rocket X 2 (2023)This version | Rocket X (2020) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | 236 g | 210 g | Sizes differ or aren’t stated: no gap given |
| Drop | 5 mm | 5 mm | Unchanged |
| Heel stack | 36 mm | 30 mm | +6 mm |
| Forefoot stack | 31 mm | 25 mm | +6 mm |
| Midsole foam | two-layer PEBA foam | compression molded EVA foam | New |
| Plate | Carbon | Carbon | Unchanged |
| Catalogue price | USD 250 | USD 180 | +USD 70 |
| Runometry Index | 52/100 | 34/100 | +18 pts |
Model history
2025
HOKA
Rocket X 3
- Weight 226 g
- Drop 7 mm
- 3 colours
2023 This version
HOKA
Rocket X 2
- Weight 236 g
- Drop 5 mm
- Unisex
2020
HOKA
Rocket X
- Weight 210 g
- Drop 5 mm
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