The engine's answer
Best running watch for 5k and 10k on road running, under €1000
Coros
Pace 3
85% match
Thirty-nine grams, thirty-eight hours, and almost nothing to argue with.
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Why it wins here
The Pace 3 wins this question with a 85% match against all 40 shoes in the catalogue. It costs €NaN, weighs NaN g and stands on a NaN mm heel stack with a NaN mm drop; its cushioning scores NaN/100, its grip NaN/100 and its energy return NaN/100. The tightest constraint is the €1000 ceiling: only 0 of the 40 shoes come in under it, and 0 clear both the price and the terrain filter. Its biggest edge over that field is on budget — €NaN, right at the €1000 ceiling — 0 of 40 shoes qualify. The nearest runner-up, the Forerunner 55, finished 1 point behind.
The dimensions where it beats the rest of the field by the most, for this question specifically — with the numbers behind each one.
- Terrain
- Event
- Budget€NaN, right at the €1000 ceiling — 0 of 40 shoes qualify
What's good
- Among the lightest watches here, and the lightest with multiband
- Multiband GPS and a barometer at an entry price
- Track mode, triathlon mode, full training load
What to watch
- No contactless payments
- Ecosystem is smaller than Garmin’s
What the runners-up gave up
The next three in the ranking, and the measure each one lost on against the Pace 3.
- Forerunner 5584%The honest floor: everything a new runner needs and nothing else.Forerunner 55 (84%) finished 1 point behind on the overall score. Amazon ↗ Wiggle ↗ Alltricks ↗ REI ↗
- Pace 483%The Pace 3 with an AMOLED screen and, somehow, more battery.Pace 4 (83%) finished 2 points behind on the overall score. Amazon ↗ Wiggle ↗ Alltricks ↗ REI ↗
- Forerunner 16581%The AMOLED entry point, and the one most runners should look at first.Forerunner 165 (81%) finished 4 points behind on the overall score. Amazon ↗ Wiggle ↗ Alltricks ↗ REI ↗
Questions this answer raises
- Is the Pace 3 within a €1000 budget?
- Yes. At €NaN it sits exactly at the ceiling, and 0 of the 40 shoes in the catalogue come in at €1000 or less.
- Does the Pace 3 suit road running?
- It is a — shoe with grip — and stability —. for 5k and 10k the ranking also weighed .
- How much shoe is under foot in the Pace 3?
- A NaN mm heel stack with a NaN mm drop, a cushioning score of NaN/100 and — — at NaN g on the scale.
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