Our verdict

If you want to ace your next cross-country competition with utmost speed, we believe that it's hard to find a better option than the sandals nike Zoom Rival Waffle 5. It's loaded with so much grip, bolting through unfriendly terrains with sheer confidence is a piece of cake. Even more, it helped us up the speed! With its highly responsive platform, bolting through the race is an easy feat.

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  • Supportive fit
  • Comfortable sole
  • Breathable
  • Durable

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Audience verdict

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The Zoom Rival Waffle 5 is a cross-country shoe that's perfect for athletes who want to set PBs or win the race. It's a great value shoe that can go fast and go the distance. 

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There's not much change made to the fifth version of the sandals nike Zoom Rival Waffle. But here are a few notable ones:

A more secure lockdown

Instead of using traditional laces, the Zoom Rival Waffle 5 features thin laces that are way better at keeping the foot in place. Even more, they do a better job of staying tied through the run. 

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Amped-up durability

Sporting a new overlay design, the shoe also dons an enhanced level of reinforcement. This upgrade hits two birds with one stone — better fit and strength. 

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The Zoom Rival Waffle 5 from Nike is an update to the sandals nike Zoom Rival Waffle 2019. Like its precursor, it's light and traction-ready that grips all types of cross-country surfaces.

We were astonished by how much it helped us manoeuvre the dirt courses.

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We also appreciated the shoe's highly responsive platform and how it kept pushing us forward. It shaved 3 minutes off our finishing time!

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Light and speedy

The Rival Waffle 5 weighs 4.6 oz (130 g) which is 10% lighter than the average 5.1 oz (144 g). This contributes greatly to the shoe's capacity to speed up.

We felt as if there were no shoes on our feet! It just turned out to feel much lighter than we expected.

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As expected from this kind of footwear, this cross-country shoe from sandals nike runs pretty tight in the toebox, especially when worn straight from the box. It is unlikely to break in and fit a wide-footed runner. Even for average-sized feet, going half-size up might be necessary, in addition to a break-in period.

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Flashy colours, stylish design

The shoe's visual appeal is quite nice too! We love all of the colourful options available for the RIval Waffle 5.

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