# New Balance TWO WXY V3

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/new-balance-two-wxy-v3
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/basketball-shoes
- Placement: #7 of 13 in Basketball Shoes, C tier
- Brand: New Balance
- LP on this board: 416
- Last researched: 2026-08-20T06:21:56.526Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
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## Verdict

Stability and outsole longevity keep it ahead of many competitors.

## For

- Excellent stability
- Long-lasting outsole
- Sturdy upper
- Reinforced outsole
- No grip loss

## Evidence

Consolidated from 8 cited sources across 5 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WearTesters | weartesters.com | - | https://weartesters.com/new-balance-two-wxy-v4/ | fetched and confirmed |
| WearTesters | WearTesters | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpI5horRkx4 | fetched and confirmed |
| WearTesters | WearTesters | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_p80etxkG0 | fetched and confirmed |
| Foot Doctor Zach | Foot Doctor Zach | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYxrnGPcDQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Richee Kicks | Richee Kicks | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHhi-93Pp0 | fetched and confirmed |
| The Sole Drop | The Sole Drop | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6l5qNM3JQE | fetched and confirmed |
| Tommy Liu | Tommy Liu | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11fajJcVpI | fetched and confirmed |
| The Sole Drop | The Sole Drop | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWaC77-lANI | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Li-Ning Gamma 2 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/li-ning-gamma-2 |
| 3 | New Balance BB V3 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/new-balance-bb-v3 |
| 4 | Way of Wade 12 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/way-of-wade-12 |
| 5 | G.T. Cut 4 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/g-t-cut-4 |
| 6 | Serious Player Only Player 1.5 | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/serious-player-only-player-1-5 |
| 8 | Kobe 11 Elite Protro | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/kobe-11-elite-protro |
| 9 | LeBron 23 (budget variant) | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/lebron-23-budget-variant |
| 10 | Nike Ja 3 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/nike-ja-3 |
| 11 | Nike Basketball (generic line) | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/nike-basketball-generic-line |
| 12 | Kobe 11 Protro | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/kobe-11-protro |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/basketball-shoes.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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