Altra Paradigm 8
Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 9.8 oz · Men's 32/32mm · women's 30/30mm stack · zero-drop
How it ranks
The Altra Paradigm 8’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 1 runner review so far, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Below average
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.
Confidence
77 Moderate
External retailer ratings
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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.
- Product line track record
- External ratings
- Our ratings
Where to buy
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BuyCons
- It costs much more than the typical daily trainer for sale.
- It is heavier than the typical daily trainer for sale.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Altra Paradigm
Each dot is one version of the Paradigm, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2019 · 4 reviews
66 Below average
73 Confidence
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2016 · 1 review
64 Below average
49 Confidence
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Paradigm 8 This shoe
2025 · 1 review
69 Below average
77 Confidence
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2023 · 6 reviews
70 Decent
79 Confidence
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2021 · 2 reviews
76 Decent
63 Confidence
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2018 · 4 reviews
69 Below average
65 Confidence
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2017 · 3 reviews
68 Below average
72 Confidence
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2017 · 1 review
68 Below average
67 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 9.8 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 10.9 oz · Women's 8.6 oz
- Release
- 2025 Q3
- MSRP
- $170
- Widths
- Medium, Wide
- Stack
- Men's 32/32mm · women's 30/30mm
- Drop
- 0mm
Available sizes
Men's
8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12
7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5
41, 42, 42.5, 43, 44, 44.5, 45, 45.5, 46
Women's
6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10
4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8
37, 37.5, 38, 38.5, 39, 40, 40.5, 41, 42
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Altra Paradigm 8 In Context
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