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Diadora Nucleo

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.6 oz · 39/34mm stack · 5mm drop

Variants of this shoe

  • Equipe Nucleo Edition

Some shoes have multiple versions of what is essentially the same shoe, with variations in style or materials. We try to group these together. Retailers sometimes list a version number wrong, and our system can treat those mislabeled names as variants.

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The Diadora Nucleo’s rating is an early estimate. We haven’t collected runner reviews of this shoe yet, with brand history and external ratings also informing the score.

Diadora Nucleo

of 5

Current estimate: Decent

73
Overall
73
Confidence

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 is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

12 Very low

12

External retailer ratings

We break apart ratings from mass-market retailers and specialty running shops since they serve different audiences.

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Based on

The bars show roughly how much each source contributes to this shoe’s rating. Their influence depends on how many reviews we’ve collected, how many earlier versions are in the product line, and the external ratings available.

  1. Brand rating
  2. External ratings
  3. Our ratings

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No one has reviewed it here yet, so we can't tell you how it runs. Its rating comes from how the rest of its product line has been rated and from outside retailer ratings.

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Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Diadora Nucleo

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

Rating

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.
  • Nucleo 2

    2025 · 1 review

    72 Decent

    9 Confidence

  • Nucleo This shoe

    2025 · 0 reviews

    73 Decent

    12 Confidence

Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight
8.6 oz
Men's / women's
Men's 9.7 oz · Women's 7.4 oz
Release
2025
MSRP
$165
Stack
39/34mm
Drop
5mm

Compared to other shoes

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Shoe properties
Type
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
8.6 oz Lightest
9.6 oz (men's)
9.9 oz
Stack
39/34mm
35/30mm
40/35mm
Drop
5mm
5mm
4mm
Release
2025
2025 Q3 Newest
2022 Q3
MSRP
$165
$160
$165
Best price
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$81 Lowest price
$95
Ratings
Overall
73 Decent
72 Decent
99 Exceptional Best overall
Comfort
73 Decent
71 Decent
99 Exceptional Best comfort
Cushioning
68 Below average
65 Below average
99 Exceptional Best cushioning
Durability
71 Decent
69 Below average
97 Exceptional Best durability
Appearance
73 Decent
72 Decent
75 Decent Best appearance
Value
73 Decent
69 Below average
77 Decent Best value rating
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