Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 10.9 oz (men's) · 27/15mm stack · 12mm drop
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Defyance 6 replaced it
How it ranks
The Brooks Defyance 8’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with product line history also informing the score.
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
63 Low
Based on
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40% 2/5
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Defyance, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2017 · 1 review
73 Decent
53 Confidence
Defyance 8 This shoe
2014 · 2 reviews
70 Decent
63 Confidence
2014 · 7 reviews
78 Decent
74 Confidence
2014 · 1 review
72 Decent
51 Confidence
2014 · 4 reviews
81 Good
72 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Dec 11, 2015
25 mpw came from the Brooks Defyance 7
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Apr 4, 2015
35 mpw training for a marathon came from the Brooks Defyance 7
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