VICTAS（ヴィクタス）

Explanation

It’s been a long time since the release, but I would like to review VICTAS’s Triple Double Extra. At the time of its release, it became a hot topic that Koki Niwa used it for the back side! Due to the integration of TSP and VICTAS, TSP’s Triple rubber was released again in December 2020 under the VICTAS brand. Butterfly released the super popular Dignics 09C in April 2020, so I think that each company was conscious of releasing adhesive rubber. This VICTAS Triple series is made in China, which is famous for its adhesive rubber. It will be a tension type rubber. Moreover, the sponge is a blue sponge, and it is clearly a rubber that is conscious of the leopard NEO3 blue sponge.

It’s been a long time since the release, but I would like to review VICTAS’s Triple Double Extra. At the time of its release, it became a hot topic that Koki Niwa used it for the back side! Due to the integration of TSP and VICTAS, TSP’s Triple rubber was released again in December 2020 under the VICTAS brand. Butterfly released the super popular Dignics 09C in April 2020, so I think that each company was conscious of releasing adhesive rubber. This VICTAS Triple series is made in China, which is famous for its adhesive rubber. It will be a tension type rubber. Moreover, the sponge is a blue sponge, and it is clearly a rubber that is conscious of the Hurricane NEO3 blue sponge.

It was popular at the time of its release, but Niwa didn’t show much results after changing the equipment, and at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, he returned to V>15 Extra and participated in the war, so the impression that the popularity has declined slightly after that. is. On the other hand, Kobe TC coach Kazuya Yoshida, who participated in the All Japan Championship as a table tennis YouTuber, uses Triple Double Extra on the back side, which is reviewed on this page. It seems that the 2-ton push, which is also mentioned in the technical video, has become even sharper by using the triple-double extra, and the back volley in Chiquita and the rally and the triple-double extra’s features are used to score. It’s explained in game videos.

2-ton push: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJPQOxcog4

This rubber was well received by the people around me, and some players used it on both sides immediately after its release. It was used because the sheet is soft, so the ball is held well and the Chiquita is stable. I also felt that the rubber is characterized by the softness of the sheet in spite of the hardness of the sponge, and it is a rubber that does not feel that peculiar. I will introduce a review that I bought myself this time and put it on the outer ALC and tried it!

Performance value

Let’s compare the published performance values.

VICTAS’s performance chart was a little confusing, but from the 2022 pamphlet, a chart centered on speed and seat strength (spin) has been published. When creating such a diagram, the rubber in the upper right will be the rubber with the highest performance. In the figure, V>15 Stiff and V>11 Extra look like high performance rubbers. I would like to do an actual trial comparison in the future. Of course, V>20 Double Extra and V>22 Double Extra, which are hot topics in 2022, have high performance values. On the other hand, Triple Double Extra reviewed on this page has a fairly low speed performance due to its strong adhesion, and the sheet is soft, so the spin (sheet strength) performance is not that high. .

It should be noted that Triple Double Extra has the highest arc height of 9.4 among VICTAS rubbers! Since VICTAS rubber has many straight rubbers, triple double extra can be said to be a rubber characterized by the strength of the arc line among them. Next is a comparison of values measured with a hardness tester.

The weight is the same as V>15 Extra, and the hardness is the same as V>15 Extra and Ventus Extra. Comparing sponge hardness in the VICTAS catalog, V>15 Extra has a hardness of 47.5° according to German standards, and Triple Double Extra has a hardness of 57.5°, which is V>15 Extra suggests that the seat is hard, while triple double extra suggests that the seat is soft. Even though the sponge is hard, the triple double extra rubber seems to have the same hardness as high-end rubber.

If you check the difference between the hardness on the seat side and the hardness on the sponge side, you can clearly see that the triple double extra seat is very soft. I think that this difference in hardness between the sheet side and the sponge side plays a role in creating a strong arc line.

Triple Double Extra application and weight

Triple Double Extra
　Tacky rubber
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0/MAX mm
・Sponge stiffness: 57.5°
・Arc height: 9.4
・Speed: 6.2
・Drive accuracy: 7.3
・Sheet strength: 8.0
・Backlash: 5.8
・5,200 yen + tax
・67 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)

At 50g, it’s a bit heavy. Recently, heavier rubbers have appeared, so I can’t call it the heaviest, but I think it’s a heavy rubber.

Three features of Triple Double Extra

Easy to handle for strong adhesive rubber made in China!

I felt that the rubber made in China, in short, was much easier to handle than the Hurricane rubber. Instead of trying to drive, I drew an arc even if I hit it, so even if I didn’t intend to hit the drive, I felt like I could draw an arc and enter the opponent’s court. Also, if you spin it as much as you want, it feels like a strong drive rotation like an adhesive rubber, but if you hit it like you hit it, you can hit a drive with speed and weight. Only when trying to make a strong habit, it is necessary to strongly bite into the hard sponge of 57.5 °, and in my case I felt it was a little difficult unless it was fore. Although the sinking and peculiarities of the arc line are superior to the leopard, it is an adhesive rubber that can achieve both rotation amount and speed, and I think it will be popular like the recently popular German-made adhesive tension rubber.

Push is cut well, and chiquita is stable!

It was very good to use it in the back, and it was easy to draw out the high rotation performance of Lin Gaoyuan ALC. I can’t go as far as a cut man, but I think I can dare to hit the opponent’s long serve and aim for a mistake. Also, since the arc is very high, it was very easy to lift the opponent’s serve and backhand drive or chiquita. This ease of use was reminiscent of the Moon Blue Sponge of the Galaxy. Dare to show the hardness comparison with Moon Blue Sponge here.

Moon Blue Sponge has a slightly harder seat, and the sponge is softer. However, I personally felt that both rubbers have similar shot feeling. The feel at impact was quite similar, so if you want a feel at impact, Moon Blue Sponge may be cheaper and better. However, I felt that the speed was higher with Triple Double Extra than with Moon Blue Sponge.

Rubber swinging forward

I think that the adhesive rubber itself is a rubber that comes out good by opening the surface and swinging, but this Triple Double Extra was the same. If you try to hit with just the sheet too much, the sheet will be soft, so it will be difficult to get a good taste. Rather, I think that you can hit a pretty good drive by opening the face and swinging forward, hitting the sponge while hitting it and giving it a lot of rotation. I think that it will be difficult to get the taste of this rubber if you hit it with a sheet. I think the way to bring out the taste of the Triple Double Extra is to drive with the sides open as if you were digging into a hard sponge.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any particular discomfort. I think that Omega VII China Ying has more momentum.

Drive balls and rallies
After all, I thought that Omega VII China Ying, which has a harder hardness, would be easier to put out. Also, the sheet was too soft, and when I tried to spin with just a thin sheet, I slipped well. I personally feel it takes some getting used to.

Drive with open face
When I open the arc and hit it, I hit the sponge with all my might, but at this time I felt that the sponge was harder than I imagined. I felt a gap because the seat was soft.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It’s not bad, but the seat is a little soft, so I felt that it was hard to apply a lot of rotation. V>15 Extra may be higher only in the amount of rotation.

Speed drivae against back spin
It was very easy to hit because it was easy to make arcs. Even if the hit point was dropped a little, I felt that I could easily enter the opponent’s court by firmly attracting the ball and hitting it with all my might. This sounds good. It was very good because the speed came out reasonably well.

Curve / shoot drive
I don’t recommend curve drive. I think that the shoot drive is good because it opens the side.

Block
I felt that the seat was more cushioned than I thought, so it didn’t bounce. Because it is an adhesive rubber, it is said that blocking is difficult, but I did not feel that it was easy to do.

Counter drive
I hit with a sheet, so it was difficult.

Stop & push
It stopped well, cut well and was my favorite rubber.

Serve
I can cut it. However, since the seat is soft, it was necessary to make it bite with all one’s might.

バックハンド系

Light hit
It was a rubber that can be used even in the back. The seat was soft, so it was better than I thought.

Drive balls and rallies
Since the seat is soft, it was easy to give a sense of stability anyway. Personally, I felt that I wanted to use it for the backhand. However, in my case, it was difficult to make a habit that I could put out in the foreground because of the lack of impact in the back.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
The sheet is soft, so it was easy to just put it in.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easier than I thought. However, if the impact is not strong, it will not be stable.

Block
There were more network mistakes than I expected. I think that it is good to settle down as much as it does not bounce.

Counter drive
It was difficult with my own hands.

Stop & push
Like the fore, it stopped well and cut well.

Chiquita
Easy to do! It was great!

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions only)

Max Spin
　Dignics 09C ＞ Triple Double Extra ≧ Rakza Z

Speed
　Rakza Z Extra Hard ＞ Triple Double Extra ＞ Hurricane

Explanation

V> 15 Extra in VICTAS

As a high-end manufacturer of TSP, VICTAS is a manufacturer with a strong presence in Japan, next to Butterfly with its stylish apparel and unified rubber and racket design! It will be a trial hit of V> 15 Extra of the flagship rubber of VICTAS.
As of 2020, I have briefly listed the top players who have contracted with VICTAS and are using V> 15 Extra.

・KoKi Niwa (Japan)
・Kenji Matsudaira (Japan)
・Ryotaro Ogata (Japan)
・Jang Woo Jin (Korea)
・Liam Pitchford (UK)
・Benedikt Duda (Germany)

In the April 2020 world ranking, you can see that it is used by the world’s top players, including Koki Niwa, who is ranked second in the Japanese. VICTAS contract players basically use V> 15 Extra or completely different rubber (for example, Korean Jang Woo Jin player has a lot of Chinese table tennis elements, Double Happiness Shanghai on the racket and fore side, We use Hurricane Long V (Inner Arylate Carbon (Inner ALC)) and Hurricane NEO III (blue sponge) made by DHS. In other words, it is no exaggeration to say that the rubber that top players want to use in VICTAS products is almost V> 15 Extra! I think it’s easy to understand that there aren’t many types of Tenergy alone like Butterfly.

Published performance value of V> 15 Extra

V> 15 Extra is said to be “a gear that emphasizes the power to produce a decisive hit, a gear that overwrites the opponent’s ball with intense rotation and speed and returns it. A gear that emphasizes the power to punch out the opponent”. VICTAS’s rubber performance table is easy to see, but on the other hand, there is no performance value called spin, and it is items such as arc line height, drive accuracy, seat strength, repulsion. Let’s take a closer look.

Arc line height: Angle change of incoming reflection with respect to the rotated ball
Speed: Speed change rate before and after collision with the rotated ball
Drive accuracy: Operability when driving the drive by yourself
Control: Accuracy of returning the ball to the specified location for the rotated ball
Seat strength: Difficult to slip against rotated balls
Repulsion: The height at which the ball bounces when dropped from a certain height
(Sprinkle potato starch on the rubber surface to eliminate the effect of adhesive)

You should find such an explanation when you look for VICTAS information. I found it difficult to imagine even after reading the above, but I think it is very easy to imagine the repulsion. It’s a little disappointing that there is no information that leads to rotation even if you look at these performance values, but this seems to be the strategy that VICTAS chose. In addition, TSP has posted spin and speed performance like a butterfly.

Depending on the way of thinking, the items that can be considered to be connected to rotation are the numerical values of the height of the arc line and the strength of the seat. Certainly, V> 15 Extra has a fairly high arc height and seat strength. I think that the item of sheet strength is a little worrisome, but I think that the slip resistance is evaluated, but the spin tension is V> 15 rather than the adhesive rubber VJC> 07 Sticky Extra and VS> 402 Double Extra. Extra is more expensive, isn’t it? If it is not slippery, I feel that the adhesive rubber is overwhelmingly less slippery, but I feel that it reflects the strength of the sheet tension and the thickness of the sheet.

When I read the explanation of other VICTAS rubber, I was worried about the V> 01 series, but I felt that the rotation performance may be low in terms of performance value (I do not understand because I have not tried it). Even considering various situations, I imagine that you can get a complete picture of VICTAS rubber by trying out V> 15 Extra, the rubber used most by contract players.

V> 15 Extra rubberized and weight

As usual, I pasted V> 15 Extra on Zhang Jike ZLC made by Butterfly.

V＞15Extra
    High Energy Tension
・Sponge thickness: 2.0 mm, MAX
・Arc height: 6.7
・Speed: 8.4
・Drive accuracy: 7.1
・Seat strength: 9.2
・Repulsion: 8.8
・Sponge stiffness：47.5±3°
・6,000 yen + tax
・71 g (before cut)　→　50 g (after cut)

I was surprised that it was heavier than I imagined. You may have applied a little too much solvent. But it is also one of the features that it is heavy.

Three features of V> 15 Extra

The counter performance is amazing!

The first thing I felt when using this rubber was the high counter performance due to the strength and hardness of the seat! Since the seat is very hard and strong, I felt that it was a rubber that was not easily affected by the rotation of the opponent’s ball and was very easy to counter. It may be no exaggeration to say that it is the rubber that supports the counter drive of Koki Niwa, who is called the rising counter! The counter was easy to do, whether you were aiming for a drive or a bit of a meet. I think it is ants to change to this rubber for counter performance!

The drive when you let it bite in is amazing!

The hardness of the sponge is 47.5 ± 3 °, but it is a rubber that is as hard and heavy as 50 °. Therefore, the amount of rotation of the drive when it bites into the entire rubber firmly, and above all, the drive that accelerates like a spring had a stronger impact than it looks! When I tried to rotate this rubber with the sheet, it did not rotate so much, I felt that it would be difficult to rotate unless I firmly bite into the entire rubber once and then rotate it by the friction of the sheet from there. However, as I got used to it, it was such a characteristic rubber that I became addicted to a ball with a strong rotation that I could not hit unless V> 15 Extra.
I don’t think it is suitable for loop drive because it is difficult to rotate unless it bites into it. Even if you drop the hitting point, you need to catch it as if it hits the ball and let it bite into the rubber before applying rotation. Therefore, I think it takes a lot of practice and getting used to hitting a low, short, shallow loop drive that catches the ball with just the seat. Rather, I think that it is better to think of it as hitting a place with a high hitting point, and then add rotation from there and bring it to speed drive or power drive. It’s a very quirky rubber, but I think it’s also an interesting rubber.

Chiquita is easy to do!

As with all German rubber, Chiquita was pretty easy to do. It bounces quite a bit, and this V> 15 Extra has a part that is quite insensitive to the rotation of the opponent, so I felt like I could enter even if I went to flick it. Maybe you can use it for Chiquita! It was a rubber that surprised me because Chiquita was so easy to do. I think this is because the seat is strong and not easily affected by rotation.

Each technics review

Fore hand

Light hit
Although it was heavy, it digged in quite a bit. The hardness of the sponge is 47.5 °, so it is natural, but the bite is quite good. If it’s the fore, I personally like the sponge even if it’s a little harder.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I could only use it twice in practice, so I could hardly hit a good drive. I think I could say that I didn’t know how to hit the drive that was in this rubber. The impression I felt was that the trajectory was shallower than usual and the ball was not stretched. I guess I haven’t been able to bite into it.

Drive with open face
The drive that bites in is quite good. It’s a rubber that you can’t easily understand unless you get used to this feeling. However, I didn’t have enough skill and often played it, so I didn’t feel stable.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
This was pretty difficult. It lifts up, but when I try to hit it with just the sheet, it’s quite easy to become a baseball ball. I felt that it was difficult to touch because it was better to hit it firmly even with a loop drive.

Speed drive against back spin
It is easy to do speed drive of the system that makes you bite. There were times when I ended up hitting a little meat. I don’t have enough technical skills.

Curve / shoot drive
It seemed like I could make a curve, but shooting is difficult unless I get used to it.

Block
The block that just hits is softer than I expected, so I felt it was affected by the rotation. But it was pretty easy to smash. The seat is strong and won’t lose, so it’s better to take a little rotation by taking it firmly on the ball for a more stable impression.

Counter drive
I think it is the true value of this rubber. It’s pretty easy to do. I felt that the counter performance was higher than Tenergy. Actually, those who use V> 15 Extra have the impression that the counter is good, but I felt that this rubber also played a role.

Stop
It was a rubber with a good bite, so it was easy to fly. If you hit it with a sheet, it will stop.

Push
It’s hard to cut. If you let it bite in, you will be over because you are the outer ZLC. It may be better to push it slightly without being conscious of rotation.

Fore flick
Since the seat is hard, it was easy to do because it was not easily affected by rotation.

Serve
At first, it didn’t take a turn, so I wondered what to do. Even if you serve, it will not rotate at all unless you bite it firmly. I think that it is easier to rotate if you let it bite in like a bump.

Back hand

Light hit
There is momentum, so it was quite easy to put in.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I could only hit it closer to meat than to drive. There was no sense of stability.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I have a habit of driving while pushing, so I was able to hit a good drive several times. Rather than a loop drive, it felt like a drive with a large amount of rotation that dropped the hitting point, but I felt that I was able to hit a drive with sharp growth and a feeling of intimidation.

Speed drive against back spin
Speed drive was difficult. It has become a meat hit. It would be nice if we could speed up while rubbing it up like a loop drive, but this is also lacking in technical skills.

Block
It was a pretty good feeling. It was especially easy to take a German rubber drive or speed drive. I’m glad that it repels firmly, or that there is a part that is not easily affected by rotation.

Counter drive
It was easy to do even in the back. Rather, the faster ball bites into the rubber, so I felt that it was easier to spin by taking advantage of the bite into the sponge. I think it’s a good idea to hit it with a bit of meat and counter it with the image of spinning from there. I felt like I could enter even if I became a meat, and it was a very good feeling.

Stop
Since the sponge is soft, I had the impression that it would float when the sponge bites into it.

Push
Like the stop, I felt that the ball was floating.

Chiquita
It was very easy to do. It was easy to flick, but it wasn’t easily affected by the rotation, so it was easy to drop it where I wanted. However, it wasn’t very powerful.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Dignics 05 > Tenergy 05 > V>15 Extra > Tenergy 80

Speed
　Dignics 05 > V>15 Extra > Tenergy 05

Drive power
　Hurricane NEO III（DHS） > V>15 Extra ≧ Tenergy 05 Hard