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He uses standard inverted rubber. I believe its a typical ESN rubber but I didn't check which one. He is basically traditional penhold player. He has a rubber glued on the backside, but he wouldn't dare risk using it in game and I have never (literally zero) seen him use his reverse side in a...

haha. Well there is a spectrum. He is definitely more of a wall than me. But I would be more wall-ish than a lot of players.

I was thinking there are a couple other techniques I could try. 1. I could try looping my BH against his low-dead block ball to try to open up new angles. I didn't have the courage to try this, but I think it would result in more errors for myself, but also for him. 2. I am generally...

Well he doesn't have the techniques that you would typically identify as being a good player. he really can't loop much from either wing. He never moves from his position close to the table. But he just has remarkably good hand-feeling and never misses a push or a block. That's why I called him...

Do you know if there has been any Chinese literature or authoritative commentary on why H3 has been the choice for CNT for ages? Is it because the spin is objectively better than others? Is it because the rubber allows the most booster?

yes, I am generally forced into BH-BH rallies where he just is willing to go 30 or 40 hits and doesn't get bored or impatient. Usually against other players I find that there are high BH balls that are open to a strong BH drive. but against this guy, there is no margin for attack as the ball is...

That's not quite the same as my guy. My guy stands very close to the table and blocks every ball very low and to the backhand, so there is no opening to attack.

I bet the external layer black carbon blade is the fastest. I mean where the carbon is literally the outside layer of the blade...

In theory I get the variation, but my backhand probably isn't that advanced. I just drive it forward with decent speed and normal amount of spin. If I tried to do more spin and less spin and more arc and less arc and whatever, I think it will cause me to create more unforced errors for...

How do you play against a player who doesn't appear to have strong loops, but just blocks every shot back very consistently and very low? When I play him, our BH-BH rallies often can go 20 hits or more and he gives no openings to finish the point. Every shot goes to your BH corner, is very low...

A friend of mine was using Apollo 5 on forehand and Big Dipper on backhand on a HL5 blade (similar to fang bo carbon). His setup was overall very good, fast, powerful, and decent spin.

Ive only used moon speed. But anyway, moon is more of a backhand rubber i think. The sponge is medium hardness, and its softer than all the other you listed. So it's not really comparable to the other rubbers, which are hard, forehand rubbers. Never tried skyline, but its probably not fast...

Big Dipper and Apollo 5 are hybrid rubbers with good speed, power, and spin. They are mostly similar to each other, with Apollo 5 being slightly tackier. H3 is much slower and less bouncy, but tackier and spinnier than the Yinhe rubbers. Sanwei Target National is closer to H3 than to Yinhe...

Rakza Z and Dragon Grip are both quite high up on the list. Since they are both ESN rubbers, I would have expected them to be closer to other hybrid ESN rubbers like C53 and Bluegrip. Can anybody confirm whether they are in the right spot or should be lower on the list?

I think Rozena is really oddly underrated and overlooked. I think its a really good rubber and really cheap

What is GD? I've tried many Chinese attempts at making bouncy rubbers, but I don't think I would call any of them truly catapult rubbers like true ESN tensors. Which rubbers are you referring to?

When I do a search for Haifu Seamoon, I see some bottles say 2014 on them. Some say 2022 on them. And some don't have a year written on the bottle. Do these years mean anything? Are they all the same booster?

Oh that's so interesting that Daiki and Sumitomo make rubbers for all these companies. Ive only tried victas 07 and hammond z2 from daiki. But from what ive seen, their rubbers are just as good as esn. Why arent they more popular? Ive never tried anything from sumitomo, but the mizuno q...

Who makes these rubbers? Do they also make for other tt brands?

Well im specifically asking about tensor type rubbers, meaning those bouncy catapult rubbers. But for tacky rubbers, i agree with you