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Friendship 729 · Focus · Inverted
729 Focus III
The current Focus sheet: a slightly tacky training covering with a high arc and strong control. It is a common first Chinese-style rubber for developing players.
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 Focus III
- Series
- Focus
- Category
- Inverted
- ITTF approval code
- No numeric code listed
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 40°
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 1.8 mm · 2.0 mm · 2.1 mm · MAX
- Verified colours
- Red · Black
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Standard sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard inverted 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
Variants and configurations
16 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 · 1.8 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Red · 2.0 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Red · 2.1 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 92
Red · MAX
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 82 · Spin 90 · Control 89
Black · 1.8 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Black · 2.0 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Black · 2.1 mm
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 92
Black · MAX
Focus III · Sponged · 40°
Speed 82 · Spin 90 · Control 89
Red · 1.8 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Red · 2.0 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Red · 2.1 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 92
Red · MAX
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 82 · Spin 90 · Control 89
Black · 1.8 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Black · 2.0 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 76 · Spin 87 · Control 94
Black · 2.1 mm
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 92
Black · MAX
Focus III Snipe · Sponged · 40°
Speed 82 · Spin 90 · Control 89
Commercial editions
Editions are sold under this approved covering family and never form a separate ITTF identity.
- Focus III
- Standard · Focus spongeThe reference build of Focus III.
- Focus III Snipe
- Special · Snipe spongeSnipe build of Focus III with a firmer sponge. It stays inside the Focus III covering family.
Surface classification
Slightly tacky
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
- Beginner · Intermediate
- Play styles
- Allround · Controlled offense
- Aliases
- Focus 3 · Focus III · Focus 3 Snipe · Friendship 729 Focus III
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
Friendship 729 publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.