HOKA Rocket X 3
Racing shoe · Neutral · Road · 7.2 oz · 42/35mm stack · 7mm drop
How it ranks
The HOKA Rocket X 3’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Very good
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
19 Very low
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
Unisex Shoes Alabaster / Frost (and 3 others)
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Buy at Running Warehouse for $250
BuyCons
- It is heavier than the typical racing shoe 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 HOKA Rocket X
Each dot is one version of the Rocket X, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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Rocket X 3 This shoe
2025 · 2 reviews
92 Very good
19 Confidence
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2023 · 18 reviews
90 Very good
87 Confidence
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2020 · 4 reviews
74 Decent
78 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 7.2 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 7.9 oz · Women's 6.5 oz
- Release
- 2025 Q3
- MSRP
- $250
- Widths
- Medium
- Stack
- 42/35mm
- Drop
- 7mm
Available sizes
Men's
8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 13
7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12.5
41, 42, 42.5, 43, 44, 44.5, 45, 45.5, 46, 47.5
Women's
6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10
4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8
37.5, 38, 38.5, 39, 40, 40.5, 41, 42
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HOKA Rocket X 3 In Context
Where It Ranks
More on the HOKA Rocket X
- HOKA Rocket X 2 previous version
- HOKA Rocket X