ASICS Superblast 3: Good tier, Consider, medium confidence — synthesized from 63 reviews across 18 creators, freshest review Oct 9, 2026.
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The ASICS Superblast 3 is one of the best max-cushion super trainers available, earning praise from most reviewers for its soft, bouncy, lightweight, and stable ride. It's a top pick for long runs, easy miles, and moderate paces. However, it does not please everyone: several experienced Superblast fans find this version too soft and mushy for their taste, especially at speed or on very long runs, and the $200+ price is a common pain point. If you loved the firmer, snappier feel of the Superblast 2, or if you dislike very soft shoes, try before you buy.
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The Superblast 3 is a max-cushion daily trainer that doubles as a versatile long-run companion. Thanks to its lively FF Leap (ATPU) top foam, it feels soft and bouncy at easy paces yet still responsive enough for marathon-effort miles and steady/tempo work. Reviewers consistently praise it as a do-it-all shoe for runners who want one pair to cover everything from recovery jogs to long runs with fast finishes. It shines brightest for midfoot/forefoot strikers on road; heel strikers may notice some instability. Best for neutral runners, accommodates wider feet, and works for any distance from 5K through the marathon.
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“I think maybe the Superblast 3 has been the other option, especially if you want a more a softer option than the Megablast”
“we didn't know uh two things really about what was coming out in 2026. what foam was being in the Nova Blast 6 and what secondary foam was in the Super Blast 3.”
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“$150 Supertrainer Li-Ning Red Hare 9 Ultra vs Asics Superblast 3”
“Superb Blast 3 is mushier. It's wider. It's bigger. It's softer.”
“His favorite is the Super Blast 3”
“We got these really dirty 6 Superblast 3s or something. Bought them in Tokyo.”
“4:28 ASICS SUPERBLAST 3”
“if you run in it like every day, a daily trainer every day, it would feel a lot better than if you bounce around from I mean, you go from a Super Blast 3 to this, you're going to tell the difference.”
“ASICS Superblast 3, aka the Blizzy Trace. I think I've mentioned this about five or six times already in this video. It is the top dog for me right now in the max cushion category. Why? Lightweight,”
“The Superb Blast 3 is pretty soft”
“they've continued it with the Superblast 3 as well”
“Next up you have the Superblast 3 and this is going to be kind of one of your super trainer options from ASICS. This shoe is unique in the blast lineup in the sense that it actually doesn't use FF Turbo Squared, but instead actually uses FF Leap up top, which is another version of their ATTPU foam that is incredibly soft and bouncy.”
“Next up, the Superblast 3. Now, this shoe split opinion. Some people have found this too soft. Some people have absolutely loved it. For me, I love it, but I've also found it too soft for long runs. ... the Superblast 2 was my sort of go-to shoe. I absolutely loved that for marathon training, I took that extremely long. I did all my big long big long marathon miles in it, but version 3, unfortunately, is just that fraction too soft for me. I get a little bit unstable in the end of those long runs ... It's an expensive daily trainer cuz this thing's 200 pounds, but if you've got 200 pounds, you are going to get arguably the best daily trainer that's out there. ... this shoe features the again ATTPU foam, the Flight Foam Leap that you get in the Ray on the top. And then we've got the Flight Foam Blast Plus on the bottom. So, a dual foam setup again. And there's no plate in the shoe.”
“where the Super Blast 3 is more much more performance oriented which really justifies that really lightweight for that shoe”
“even though there's going to be a Super Blast 3, I like this better than the Super Blast 2”
“I'm curious to see now how AS6 pivots out of there and what they'll have to offer in their Super Blast 3 and Magic Speed 5.”
“I think we will really understand this whole family of shoes when they come out with the Super Blast 3. I don't know anything really about that shoe coming in the spring.”
“I kind of prefer this setup over the Superblast 3s”
“Superblast 3 is still in my mind the best super trainer on the market in terms of pure versatility”
“11:27 vs superblast 3”
“It's actually the same textile that's on the Superblast 3”
“Super Blast 3, I found it most comfortable when I've gone out just run long”
“I just don't think that the Super Blast 3 setup is that great at all. Um, I just don't think it's like really good in one category or like it's not the all-around midsole setup that I would want, especially for the premium price you're paying at $210”
“1:59 Superblast 3”
“I found the super blast too much of a contrast between the very soft, energetic top foam and the lower firm layer”
“with the Super Blast 3, it got the new Flight Foam Leap foam and it made it feel a little bit too soft for some”
“The shoe is weighing 240 grams in that UK 9 and 1/2, and for reference, that weighs a less than the Mega Blast and it's a little bit more than my Super Blast 3s.”
“I think the Super Blast 3 might feel a little bit too soft now, where if you really like the Super Blast 2, you might be a little concerned or a little bit confused.”
“From its beginnings, the Superb Blast has always been one of my favorite shoes, and the Superb Blast 3 continues in that tradition. I can use this shoe as a very comfortable modern max cushion shoe.”
“Definitely the bounciest Super Blast right out of the box thanks to that flight foam leap in there.”
“it's not a good super blast, it's a good max cushion shoe... Soft, it's light, smooth, it's comfortable. It's a bit of a case of what's not to like, really.”
“So, here's how the 3 is different from the 2. The midsole is the biggest change... This time they went a step further with the 3 and they added FF Leap foam... the Superblast 3 is its own kind of Frankenstein monster. It contains some of the very best, fastest foam in the world, but at the same time has a silhouette of a daily trainer.”
“I just wish that ASICS either went like firm and responsive, or they went like super soft. And I feel like the Superblast 3 is in this like weird in between where it's like sometimes soft, it's sometimes firm, it's sometimes not super responsive”
“today we are doing a review of the ASICS Superblast 3. I just ran 21 mi in this shoe yesterday and I've definitely got some thoughts about it.”
“I do want to compare the Superblast 3s with a whole bunch of different shoes”
“It's designed to exist in this category of everything shoes alongside a few crowd favorites like the Asics Megablast or the recent Superblast 3 or even the Brooks Glycerin Max.”
“[00:02] things like the Asics Mega Blast and Super Blast 3”
“a whole ounce lighter and with more surface area underfoot is the Super Blast 3 from ASICS. I mean, these two feel quite different on foot. Really, the Blaster isn't quite so bouncy. There's more squash to it than the Adidas shoe.”
“It's almost similar to the Super Blast 3 where the FF leap is so soft, but it's also so bouncy and fun that I don't mind. And then the geometry is kind of annoying, but the FF leap is so good.”
“Final one is the Superblast 3. Now, these are not super similar in terms of the overall feel.”
“as we look ahead till next March when the Superb Blast 3 will be coming out, the Superb Blast 3 is actually moving to FF Leap Foam with a thin layer of FF Blast Max below that. And that's going to make that shoe much bouncier, much more dynamic.”
“The first one will be the Superb Blast 3, which we've seen a lot now in leaks and we've got confirmation that it will be FF Leap primarily and there is a secondary foam in that shoe, but we don't know what that secondary foam is.”
“this Super Blast 3 is going to be a much bouncier, more performanceoriented shoe”
“right up with things like the Superblast 3, the ASICS Hyperspeed”
“that's where we're going to see the Super Blast 3, which right now is supposed to come out sometime towards the middle to late March of next year of 2026”
“if you're thinking about the Nova Blast 6 versus the Super Blast 3”
“Except in the Super Blast 3 because it's so soft. But even in that, I can get the choppiness with the jogging, but the leap is just good enough where it doesn't bother me.”
“yeah, maybe I like it a little bit more than the Super Blast 3.”
“But would you choose this? Would you choose this over the Super Blaster or Mega Blast? Cuz you're one of the few people who doesn't like either of those shoes. Okay, there you go. >> I would. Yes.”
“looking at the Superblast 3, we already know that's going to be FF Leap foam primarily, but we don't necessarily know what the secondary foam in the Superblast is”
“Other shoes like the Super Blast 3, I do not feel that way. I feel like that takes a while to really pick up the pace”
“For me, I'm still going with version 3. It just it feels like a solid upgrade to me. I am someone who prefers a softer shoe, so I'm gravitate towards this version.”
“I really like it. It's definitely uh an update to the shoe. ... I think it's an improvement.”
“It's a little bit like a souped-up Novablast. It's really good at easy runs. This foam is really comfortable for you.”
“Superass 3 though is a fantastic shoe and I think for some people I think this is the right shoe to get because if you are more likely to be doing loads of mileage and most of it is easy and you're doing longer sessions, you just want pure comfort, you like softness, you like bounce like I do, that's probably the preferred option.”
“Super Blast 3 is a shoe that is quite different from Super Blast 2. So it has this combination of FF Leap and FF Blast Plus in it”
“if you like a little softer cruiser, I think go Superblast 3”
“If I had to choose only one of these two shoes to add to my rotation, I would go with the Superblast 3. The reason being, it's a durable shoe that lasts a long time, and I care about those things more than speed in a shoe that's not a super shoe.”
“If you love the Super Blast 3, the UFO, the Vomero Plus, and you would like to translate that experience into race day, that is not this guy.”
“And that is the ASICS Superblast 3... Getting this shoe is sort of a continuation of my running journey, and all told I couldn't be happier with the changes that they made. Instead of the previous foam, they have now used uh FF or flight foam leap, which is the same foam that you're going to see in their elite race day shoe, the Metaspeed Ray.”
“Another shoe I'm super happy that I picked up for I think it was about 170 odd earth credits, is the ASICS Superblast 3. I'm finding the upper a real improvement over the previous version, but also the Megablast as well.”
“ASICS Superblast 3”
“bouncier Mega Blast and Super Blast 3 that just feel a bit wider and a bit bigger, a bit heftier on the feet”
“the Super Blast 3, which we've talked about a lot. It's a much lighter shoe, but it can kind of do similar things”
“the Super Blast 3 is the most emblematic of the shoes I hated at the beginning of the year”
“you don't really like the Superblast 3, this could be a shoe to get around”
“I think they've made the changes for the Super Blast 3. But if you're not a fan of this, this might be up your street in terms of giving you that resilience, that density, that pop that doesn't go away.”
“I won't compare it with a Super Blast 3 cuz I don't think the Super Blast 3 is particularly good versatile performance trainer.”
“It's similar to like the Super Blast two, not the three as much”
“which is a third of the price of a Superblast 3, which is pretty much the shoe that I think this competes against at the moment in terms of the Western market”
“I love the V1. I love the V2. Best of all time goat shoes for me, but that added softness here in the V3, it just makes it into to of a different shoe, slightly a use case now, not in the same caliber as the previous versions.”
“I want to get the Superblast in, the Superblast 3. They are doing my size. I found a couple on small discounts, I refuse to pay full price, but now I can get a decent-ish discount.”
“Like Superblast 3. Not for long runs. But like Superblast 3... Even like Super Blast 3 is is a dual foam setup.”
“But based on this heel, I'm going to go with Superblast 3.”
“if anyone's running like the Super Blast 3, which I thought was terrible, and I'm an idiot”
“the other long run shoe that I also really love is the ASICS Superblast 3. This shoe has similar qualities to the Rad UFO. Now, I wouldn't say it's a wow factor, but it feels really nice underfoot.”
“This compares very nicely to a Superblast 3, pretty much the same price.”
“Very different than something like the Superblast 3, which is really soft and bouncy.”
“If I could only pick one, I would have to go for the one with more range, Superblast 3, but it really depends on the type of training I am doing.”
“everything from like a Superblast 3 to Hyperboost Edge”
“10:53 vs ASICS Superblast 3”
“I bought so many of the shoes that I own off the Subbo app that someone ran two runs in the Super Blast 3”
“the Nike Vomero Plus, the Superblast 3, and also we'll have a chat about the Evo SL”
“The Super Blast 3 is going to be great for anyone that just wants that super comfortable, lightweight, long run marathon training and racing shoe if you're not concerned about those legal stack heights.”
“Blizzy trace is my undeniable shoe of the year.”
“Similar options out there, things like the Asics Superblast 3, the Vomero Plus, and even the Vomero Premium.”
“next on the list here, moving up, a little more exciting, a little speedier, we have the ASICS Superblast 3”
“It is the ASICS Superblast 3. Now, this is the pick if you want something super soft, bouncy, and comfortable that can still pick up the pace.”
“The AS6 Super Blast 3, the other super trainer from Asex.”
“ASICS Super Blast 3 versus Puma Magnax 2”
“The Super Blast 3, although is pretty darn good.”
“the king of versatility, boom, this is the Superblast on the third iteration, the Superblast 3. Some will argue it should be number one”
“Then we have the ASICS Superblast 3, which I will admit I haven't been the biggest fan of so far. Felt like it's been a bit soft, bit mushy, little bit lazy in comparison to other Superblast.”
“Squishy compliant, soft, but still very, very light. This shoe feels much more like a serious all-rounder compared to the Super Blast 3, which now feels like a comfort monster for long, steady, easy runs”
“I think this is superior to the Superblast 3 for speed, but I do think that's a similar thing that you get from the Superblast 3. Neither of these though these shoes I would think are particularly fast and responsive”
“I'd say that it's probably quite similar in a way to the Super Blast 3. Not a massive fan of Super Blast 3.”
“I did a video describing the difference between the ASICS Superblast 3, the ASICS Megablast, and the Nike Vomero Plus.”
“I don't think it's as good as the Superblast 3”
“the Megablast 3 2, not 3 cuz of the Superblast 3”
“or like the Superblast 3 is too soft, this is not a bad shout”
“I love how this shoe has so much cushion but is lightweight and stable... The Super Blast 3 is most definitely a foam driven shoe. The Blast geometry is really nothing special, and that is the one area where AS6 seriously can improve with these blasted shoes.”
“the Super Blast 3 coming in at 226 g or 8 oz”
“Super Blast 3, aka Blizzy Trace. This one came into the rotation way earlier this year.”
“I described the Superblast 3 as almost mushy. And that's kind of the unfortunate side effect about how ASICS tuned the Superblast 3.”
“Asics Superblast 3, I think, is similar in terms of the runs it does really well in and to the Mount to Coast C1. Like, it is a really good long run shoe and a like a souped-up daily trainer that's not necessarily perfect for faster runs, but the Superblast is softer, bouncier. I think it has more of a memorable ride than the Mount to Coast C1”
“people keep asking me for information about the Super Blast. I did stumble upon some images of the Super Blast 3.”
“Moving down the Super Blast version 3, your premium max stack daily shoe, very soft, perfect for those long runs”
“Super Blast 3 is a lot softer, it doesn't have a plate, so I don't necessarily think it's a fair comparison.”
“For 207, you're looking at Superblast 3.”
“I would personally take these over the AS6 Super Blast 3s”
“in the spring, I will be back probably to do a versus video between the Nike Vero Plus and the AS6 Superb Blast 3 because there's been some big foam changes coming to the Superb Blast next year”
“and then maybe next year the Super Blast 3 when that comes out cuz I do think this shoe is going to compare much more favorably with those two shoes”
“ASICS Superblast 3. Also super trainer. Uh we're looking at 46.5 in the heel, 38.5 in the forefoot, 8 mm drop platform, 8.4 oz.”
“I feel like that is the best shoe of the shoes that we've talked about today. And that's the one that I personally would pick.”
“If you think the Superblast 3 is too soft”
“It's not really competing with its own line, the Puma Magmax Nitro 2s. Like those have a lot more cushion, uh, the Super Blast 3es”
“I'm as guilty as anybody if I'm in the Superblast 3 or the Vomero plus.”
“if I were buying things like the Super Blast 3 for $215”
“the shoe I'd liken it most to probably is like the Super Blast 3, uh which I do like. Um, but uh I just found that she I think that she's very expensive for what it does.”
“I did say in the first video that it was quite similar to the Super Blaster 3. I do think that is the case. I think the foam does feel very similar to the Zublast 3, but that foam has got more resilience than this shoe. So, I'd definitely be happy to use a Super Blaster 3 for a 32K run, per se.”
“So, you're thinking Superblast 3 kind of a Merrell Plus sort of territory.”
“I did get some early wear on the Superblast 3. That is not happening here on this kind of forefoot pod in the center section here. Nowhere. I don't know what the difference is, but that isn't happening to the Novablast 6. It's quite noticeable even after a few runs in the Superblast 3”
“first one up Super Blast 3 ... This is a little foot fatiguing. Anyway, medium long runs for sure. ... I'm very much still enjoying that shoe.”
“the Superblast 3 that I've gotten in a 10 and 1/2, it's pretty much the same weight I think as the Superblast 3”
“think about Mega Blast, Super Blast 3, Vomero Plus, Rad UFO, any shoe, Alphal is a classic example. any shoe that we call bouncy, what people mean is that the foam compresses, it squishes down, and then it releases.”
“I just saw a bunch like four videos drop on the Super Blast 3, which looks like it's slightly softer, but more of the same support.”
“I think like Superblast 3 is going to be a little bit more geared towards that.”
“a little bit similar to what ASICS does with the Superblast 3”
“I wish it was a little bit lighter, um a little bit closer to things like the Superblast or the Megablast, which I do think have better qualities or um in terms of delivering that faster feel from a bigger shoe. I think they do a better job.”
“The first shoe I'm going to compare it to is the Superblast 3 from ASICS.”
“these sort of shoes seem to have been like, sort of, I don't know, uh, taken over by those max stack big shoes that we get now, like your Superblast 3s”
“this is not a Superblast 3”
“It complements the Superblast 3 really well, where the Superblast 3 went softer, and then you have kind of more of your protective long run shoe with a little bit more snap.”
“So right here I have the Superblast 3 and what I want to highlight is the use of a dual density mid-sole.”
“I've gone down a half size. So, I've done that recently with the Superblast 3”
“The ASICS Superblast 3 is your go-to for everything”
“It has been superseded by the V3, but I just feel this is perhaps a slightly better shoe all round.”
“between $200 and $225, these are the two best shoes you can buy, the Asics Superblast 3 and the Asics Megablast.”
“Here it is, the Superblast 3 from ASICS... I would say that the Superblast is almost considered as the goat of running shoes, the greatest of all time... I just found that the new version is a little bit softer... the Superblast 3 now for me feels more like a soft, bouncy, easy day shoe that can also do long runs... an incredible package of a shoe. It's super super lightweight, which you wouldn't expect looking at it.”
“The Superblast [06:22] 3 is still to me the standard when it [06:25] comes to super trainers or specifically [06:28] those like non-plated super trainers”
“Shoes like the ASICS Superblast 3 and the Megablast may offer a slightly livelier ride, but they'll cost you considerably more for it.”
“They could have made the Super Blaster 3 and stuck with that”
“I love the Superblast 3... This shoe is exciting. It makes me hate my other shoes.”
“Something like the Dynafit Shanyans or the Superblast 3 or the Ride UFO or the Leaning Red Hair Altra is going to be more comfortable for jogging along”
“We have the ASICS [music] Superblast 3. >> [music] >> I've been a big Superblast fan since the 2.”
“I think I'd go Superblast 3. I think more people I can see it on the feet of more people working for more people. The other two I Superblast 3's got a more broader appeal.”
“Also think the Super Blast 3”
“Super Blast 3, I took that out for uh so I did the 10 miles with 8x400”
“internet you are wrong about the A6 Super Blast 3”
“What I really like about the Superblast version 3 that FF Blast foam, Asics's top-tier racing foam, gives a really nice soft bouncy ride. It's definitely a lot poppier, a little bit more responsive as well than the outgoing version 2.”
“the shoe that started this Max Cushion Long Run Super Trainer craze a few years ago, AS6 Super Blast 3. Kind of controversial. Yeah, polarizing shoe. There's a lot of uh a lot of negativity surrounding the show... I love it. I love the soft feel. I love the bounce. It's also fast is what I took the day before my marathon to do strides and I was flying sub410 pace strides in the super blast.”
“If you watch the daily trainers video I put up recently, I had the Superblast 3 on the list as my pick, one of my top shoes of the year.”
“Megablast slash Superblast 3 if you prefer something softer”
“Second shoe we have here is the Asics Superblast 3. This one is another one of those shoes that I just find myself lacing up all the time.”
“Super Blast 3. This is the only one out of these four that I've brought out that has the real deal race foam”
“After some longer term testing on the ASICS SUPERBLAST 3, is it really worth the upgrade over the previous version?”
“In my review for the Superblast 3, I called the Superblast 3 really a Nimbus Pro. That's kind of why I think these two shoes work really well together.”
“the ASICS Superblast 3 in stable really centers and guides your form forward. It's capturing your foot, centering it”
“Super Blast 3, for example, very soft and bouncy”
“This is like the Super Blast 3. If I thought Campbell's chunky soup was gourmet, this is like the A6 Mega Blast.”
“The Superblast 3 is probably the best example of that. I prefer a shoe where, you know, I want a little bit of compliance, but I don't want to feel like I'm getting stuck in the softness of the midsole”
“number one spot on the list though goes to ASICS this year... we're going to go with the ASICS Superblast 3. Now, this shoe is an absolute beast if you're looking for a max cushion pair of sneakers.”
“The MagMax 2 becomes honestly closer to the Structure Plus than it is to something like the Super Blast 3”
“I think the Superblast line still sets the standard for what a super trainer should be, which is a nice geometry, a super responsive foam and actually fairly lightweight”
“the Super Blast 3”
“I do have the Nova Blast 5 and the Super Blast 3 in there right now”
“So, let's take a look at some alternatives that are out there across the market to see where the 220 of the Tracksmith Elliot Rider stacks up. And the first shoe that I want to talk about uses a very similar approach, but kind of gets to a very different place than the Elliot Rider. And the first shoe I want to talk about is from AS6. This is a Super Blast 3.”
“the AS6 Super Blast 3, that's what I use for a lot of my recovery recovery runs”
“The uh ASICS Superblast 3 is number four on my list ... the three has totally changed that ... This foam is crazy soft ... it makes it soft enough that I feel like I can, you know, pronate over the my foot and get off of it, and then it's got a ton of bounce in it, too ... It's ridiculously light. It's like, what? It's in the low eights. It's like 8.3 or something.”
“That needs to be like the Super Blast, the Super Blast 3, a slightly softer daily trainer with a really responsive upto-date new foam in it that's a lot lighter than what we're getting with the Vimeo Plus.”
“It feels softer, perhaps a little bit less energetic than the previous version of the shoe, especially if you compare up against the Megablast.”
“then we have the Superblast 4:11, and then we have the Novablast at 4:10”
“The Superb Blast 3 is 210”
“Super Blast 3. Super light, super soft yet bouncy trampoline pad here.”
“More towards that £200 mark, again. Now, this is a shoe that we've done a lot of videos on, so I'm not going to get into my feedback on the Superblast 3. But, what I can say is a softer shoe that's not going to work in those long, long miles that I'll be doing. But, it is a shoe that I'm happy to take out and do like 12, 15 miles in. I think it's a shoe that will work for a lot of you guys if you like a soft shoe.”
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B
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3.06 points from the next rung up.
CONSIDER
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MED0.726
A weighted mix of how the evidence stacks up:
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ASICS Superblast 3