TableTennisDNA
Butterfly

Butterfly · ALL

Andrzej Grubba

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
ALL
Price
Not published
Weight
85 g
Thickness
5.7 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
159 × 151 mm
Handle types
FL · AN · ST
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Partially resolved

Blade construction

Estimated

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core · 5.7 mm total

One blade, drawn as technical linework at real shakehand proportions. The laminated edge along the crown and right rim exposes every ply boundary in the stack. Edge depth is illustrative because physical veneer thickness is not published.

Exploded view of Andrzej Grubba with 5 plies: Limba · Limba · Ayous · Limba · Limba.
HANDLE · NATURAL BLOND WOOD · BLUE AND WHITE STRIPES

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Limba

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Limba

  3. 3 · Core

    Ayous

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Limba

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Limba

  • Limba

    Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 2, 4 and 5

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Ayous

    Core · layer 3

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  2. 02
    LimbaMedial ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  3. 03
    Ayous — coreCore

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  4. 04
    LimbaMedial ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  5. 05
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Partially resolved · 5 of 5 plies with published material

About this blade

Butterfly Andrzej Grubba is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 5.7 mm thick, around 85 g. Butterfly positions it for all play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed46
Control73
Spin Potential63
Feel78
Flex·60
Dwell Time68
Catapult41
Stability35
Precision57
Forgiveness52
Power38
Short Game65
Blocking58
Looping61
Countering51
Flat Hitting48
Flicking64
Chopping65
Lobbing66
Touch68

Construction

Stiffness·40
Vibration·86
Sweet Spot24
Ball Hold59
Head Heaviness·42
Balance80
Weight·50
Weight Consistency70
Thickness·28
Overall Thickness·28
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·55
Surface Finish62

Material properties

Carbon Feel·12
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel40
Inner Feel78
Wood Feeling90
Crispness39
Softness·51
Elasticity52
Rebound Speed44
Energy Return34
Damping84

Playing profile

Offensive Rating49
Defensive Rating65
Allround Rating88
Beginner Friendliness66
Advanced Potential49
Technique Requirement·39
Spin Sensitivity·69
Passive Stability73
Active Stability29

A TTDNA blade rating measures how much of the named characteristic a blade has. For descriptive rows — flex, stiffness, vibration, head heaviness, weight, thickness, carbon feel, softness, technique requirement, spin sensitivity — a higher number means more, not better.

TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology