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Cornilleau · Pilot · Inverted
Pilot Fast
The fastest and most direct Pilot rubber, combining strong catapult with a firmer and more precise offensive response.
Official Cornilleau specifications
Official Cornilleau data: sponge hardness, sponge colour, published thicknesses, colours, technologies and country of manufacture, taken from Cornilleau's current product pages and rubber catalogue.
- Brand
- Cornilleau · France
- Family
- Pilot
- Category
- Inverted
- Surface
- Grippy, non-tacky
- Sponge
- In-Tens² · Orange sponge
- Sponge hardness
- 40°
- Hardness scale
- Sponge degree as published by Cornilleau
- Published thicknesses
- 2.0 mm · Max
- Colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- Grip Extend · Fast Concept · In-Tens²
- Manufactured in
- Germany
- Playing strategy
- OFF+
- Competition status
- Approval not currently verified
- Ball type
- Standard 40+
- Last verified
- 2 August 2026
Sponge degrees are shown as published by Cornilleau and are never relabelled Shore A, Shore C or ESN. Max is Cornilleau's label for maximum legal sponge thickness. It is not OX, it is not a sponge-free sheet, and no invented millimetre value is stored for it. No reliable official Cornilleau list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA ratings
Confidence: High
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Cornilleau rating and never a conversion of Cornilleau's own scale.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Response and behaviour
Variants and configurations
4 variantsColour and thickness are variants of one model, never separate products. Max is Cornilleau's maximum legal sponge thickness — it is not OX and never a sponge-free sheet.
Red · 2.0 mm
Pilot Fast 2.0 mm · Sponged · 40°
Speed 9.1 · Spin 8.1 · Control 7.5
Black · 2.0 mm
Pilot Fast 2.0 mm · Sponged · 40°
Speed 9.1 · Spin 8.1 · Control 7.5
Red · Max
Pilot Fast Max · Sponged · 40°
Speed 9.3 · Spin 8.2 · Control 7.3
Black · Max
Pilot Fast Max · Sponged · 40°
Speed 9.3 · Spin 8.2 · Control 7.3
Technologies
- Grip Extend · Topsheet
- An elastic high-grip topsheet concept intended to increase mechanical grip and spin generation.
- Fast Concept · Pimple Geometry
- A pimple geometry designed to maximise speed and offensive power.
- In-Tens² · Sponge
- A highly elastic sponge concept designed for strong energy transfer, feedback and catapult.
Assessment
Pilot Fast uses a 40° In-Tens² sponge and the Fast topsheet geometry to maximise speed and energy transfer. It is designed for aggressive topspin, counterattack and fast pressure from close and middle distance.
Strengths
- High speed
- Strong catapult
- Good counterattack performance
- More precise than softer Pilot variants
- Effective on both wings
Weaknesses
- More demanding in short play
- High incoming-spin sensitivity
- Less forgiving than Sound Power and Pulse
Best for
- Aggressive two-wing players
- Fast backhand or forehand
- Counterattack and counterlooping
Not ideal for
- Beginners
- Control-first all-round players
Player fit
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Fast offensive · Direct topspin · Counterattack
- Recommended side
- Forehand · Backhand
- Aliases
- Cornilleau Pilot Fast
Known users
No public report for this exact sheet. Shown: contracted Cornilleau athletes — model use not confirmed.