adidas Supernova Rise 2

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.1 oz (women's) · Men's 36/26mm · women's 34/24mm stack · 10mm drop

Variants of this shoe

Supernova Ri Edition

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Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The adidas Supernova Rise 3 replaced it

How it ranks

The adidas Supernova Rise 2 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Durability and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. Value scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating is based on 8 runner reviews and 2 other rated shoes in the Supernova Rise product line.

Decent

Overall

Decent 76

Durability

Decent 78

Comfort

Decent 76

Appearance

Decent 73

Cushioning

Decent 71

Value

Decent 70

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

73 Moderate

Moderate 73

External retailer ratings

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Based on

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Pros

One reviewer picks it over the Boston and the adizero SL for recovery runs longer than 45 minutes, saying it has cushion for sensitive joints while keeping you off your heels.
Comfort draws 4.4 out of 5, the highest mark of any dimension.

Cons

Value draws 3.5 out of 5 across eight reviewers, well below every other dimension.
One reviewer says the upper is not built for speed.
The Supernova Rise 3 after it scores 66 against its 70, so the line is not improving.

Supernova Rise 2 rates 76. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the adidas Supernova Rise

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

69 2024 76 2024 82 2025

Release year

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

Supernova Rise 3

2025 · 2 reviews

82 Good

66 Confidence
Supernova Rise 2 This shoe

2024 · 8 reviews

76 Decent

73 Confidence
Supernova Rise

2024 · 3 reviews

69 Below average

70 Confidence

Runner Ratings

8 ratings

5/5 4

4/5 2

3/5 1

2/5 0

1/5 1

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 8.1 oz (women's)
Release: 2024 Q4
Stack: Men's 36/26mm · women's 34/24mm
Drop: 10mm

Runner reviews

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Good Shoe.

4/5

Overall

Adidas has really struggled to put out a good trainer for longer, maybe slower distances. They have tried to push the Boston line into this category, but lightstrike just isn't soft enough for non tempo efforts on concrete or sidewalk. I've trained in the old solar glide 19, the boston 8, 10, and 11, solar glide 4, and adizero SL. If I had a choice of shoe for a recovery run over 45 minutes at slower than 6:30 pace, I'm picking the supernova rise. It has enough cushion for sensitive joints, but still helps you to get off your heels. The upper is not built for speed and it thus quite comfy. It probably is hot in summer but I've not run in it over 65 degrees.

butterdcorn · Mar 17, 2024

60 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the adidas adizero SL2