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Friendship 729 · Pips · Short pips
729 105
A short-pips covering for close-to-table hitting and blocking. It flattens incoming spin and returns a fast, direct ball with a low arc.
Official specifications
Friendship covering families and commercial editions are kept separate so sponge, hardness and regional versions do not create duplicate products.
- Official covering name
- 729 105
- Series
- Pips
- Category
- Short pips
- ITTF approval code
- 27-005
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 38°
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 1.5 mm · 1.8 mm · 2.0 mm
- Verified colours
- Red · Black
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Standard sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard pimpled topsheet
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Availability
- Currently produced
- Stock
- Stock unknown
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Friendship publishes sponge hardness on Chinese degree scales without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores each value exactly as published and never converts it to Shore A, Shore C or an ESN equivalent.
Colours are only listed when an ITTF covering entry verifies them. Red and black are never assumed.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0-100 scores derived from construction, category and verified specifications. They are never official Friendship ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Pips characteristics
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is a separate value from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures own spin production.
- Disruption
- 65
- Spin reversal
- 35
- Attackability
- 86
- Chop control
- 58
Variants and configurations
6 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 76 · Spin 49 · Control 91
Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 79 · Spin 51 · Control 89
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 82 · Spin 52 · Control 86
Black · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 76 · Spin 49 · Control 91
Black · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 79 · Spin 51 · Control 89
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 38°
Speed 82 · Spin 52 · Control 86
Surface classification
Short pips
Surface classification (grippy, slightly tacky, tacky, very tacky, pips, anti) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official Friendship metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official Friendship price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer and are never converted between currencies.
Suitability
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Close to table · Hitting · Blocking
- Aliases
- 105 · Friendship 105 · Friendship 729 105
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Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
Friendship 729 publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.