ASICS GEL-Cumulus 25

Name: ASICS GEL-Cumulus 25
Brand: ASICS
Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9 oz · 8mm drop · 39/31mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The ASICS GEL-Cumulus 26 replaced it

How it ranks

The ASICS GEL-Cumulus 25 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 16 runner reviews and 12 other rated shoes in the GEL-Cumulus product line.

Bottom-tier

49/100

Overall

Bottom-tier 49

Cushioning

Good 87

Durability

Below average 63

Value

Bottom-tier 59

Comfort

Below average 62

Appearance

Bottom-tier 51

Confidence

How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

94/100

High 94

What runners say

“I wore a hole in the toe about a month into wearing.”

2/5 Full review 10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Nike Free Run 3.0 V4

“It's a clash of feelings that ends up making the shoe feel dull and slow.”

4/5 Full review 45 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the ASICS Novablast 3

“The shoe does not run like a typical bulky Asics sneaker that I had grown to expect from the brand.”

5/5 Full review 38 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Altra Escalante 3

“Every time I ran in the past year I've had them it's been a fight with them.”

2/5 Full review 10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Nike Free Run 3.0 V4

“My feet and legs tend to feel beaten down afterwards.”

2/5 Full review 10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Nike Free Run 3.0 V4

“It feels great, no issues at all.”

5/5 Full review 38 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Altra Escalante 3

“That first 3 months of runs were brutal.”

2/5 Full review 10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Nike Free Run 3.0 V4

Prefer this shoe over another

22% 2/9

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Reviewers rate cushioning 4.8 out of 5, its highest dimension, and several single it out for easy daily runs.

Cons

Reviewers rate durability 3.8 out of 5, its lowest dimension, and two report early wear including a hole at the toe.
Several reviewers find the ride dull, stiff or slow-feeling.
The GEL-Cumulus 24 before it scores 67 on three reviews and the 26 after it scores 63 on nine, against this version's 49.

GEL-Cumulus 25 rates 49. This shoe has high certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the ASICS GEL-Cumulus

Each dot is one version of the GEL-Cumulus, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

51 2012 51 48 2014 49 57 2016 49 47 2018 56 51 2020 68 49 2023 63 57 2025

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.

GEL-Cumulus 27

2025 · 0 reviews

57 Bottom-tier

66 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 26

2024 · 9 reviews

63 Below average

80 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 25 This shoe

2023 · 16 reviews

49 Bottom-tier

94 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 24

2022 · 3 reviews

68 Below average

52 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 22

2020 · 1 review

51 Bottom-tier

74 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 21

2019 · 14 reviews

56 Bottom-tier

90 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 20

2018 · 12 reviews

47 Bottom-tier

95 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 19

2017 · 7 reviews

49 Bottom-tier

92 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 18

2016 · 8 reviews

57 Bottom-tier

87 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 17

2015 · 6 reviews

49 Bottom-tier

87 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 16

2014 · 37 reviews

48 Bottom-tier

98 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 15

2013 · 48 reviews

51 Bottom-tier

97 Confidence
GEL-Cumulus 14

2012 · 2 reviews

51 Bottom-tier

91 Confidence

Reader Ratings

16 ratings

5/5 6

4/5 8

3/5 1

2/5 1

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 9 oz
Release: 2023 Q1
MSRP: $140
Stack Height: 39mm heel - 31mm toe
Drop Height: 8mm

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 6, 2024

training for 5K and 10K came from the ASICS GEL-Kayano 29

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 4/5

Cushiony shoes

5/5

Overall

These shoes are the most comfortable and cushioned shoes I’ve owned. I use them for my easy runs and they work very good.

Anonymous runner · Jun 14, 2024

20 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Glycerin GTS 21

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 3/5
Value: 5/5

Cumulus review

4/5

Overall

nothing crazy but a reliable trainer.

Anonymous runner · Nov 29, 2023

15 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Nike Pegasus Turbo Next Nature

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

Helped me come off a stress reaction

5/5

Overall

I had a stress reaction on my tibia and usually wear lower drop shoes, but when things weren't working for me I went to my local running shoe store and bought this shoe after asking my D1 running friends for advice. It feels great, no issues at all. I normally only buy running shoes on discount but bitting the bullet was worth it so I could stay healthy. I think that's the reason for the shoe being so under rated. The shoe does not run like a typical bulky Asics sneaker that I had grown to expect from the brand.

Hyjo3.14 · Nov 22, 2023

38 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Altra Escalante 3

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 4/5

like the novablast, but worse

4/5

Overall

The gel-cumulus 25 from asics has(in my opinion) one of the best looking designs of any trainers currently, in the "earth day" colorway, and that's about where the benefits end.

In this shoe's price range, there is the slightly older novablast 3, which has the same FFblast+ foam, but it feels so much better.

I'm not sure if the gel in the cumulus is canceling out any springiness, but it's a clash of feelings that ends up making the shoe feel dull and slow, if you are looking for an asics shoe at $160, I urge you to look elsewhere.

Anonymous runner · Jul 13, 2023

45 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the ASICS Novablast 3