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Zargus
A highly controlled short-pips rubber with tightly packed, firm pimples and more disruption than a conventional offensive short-pips sheet.
Zargus prioritises security, placement and disruptive blocking. Its tightly packed and relatively stiff pimples reduce incoming spin and provide a more stable passive response than Hass, while still allowing flat attacking strokes.
Also written as Zargus Short Pimple · Zargus Short Pips · Sauer & Tröger Zargus
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Official Sauer & Tröger data
Competition approval is only shown once it has been checked against the current ITTF list of authorised racket coverings. A shop listing on its own is not treated as proof, and an unverified covering is never shown as illegal. No reliable official Sauer & Tröger list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
Construction characteristics
- Tightly packed pimples
- Relatively stiff pimples
- Wide pimple geometry
- Control and disruption focus
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Sauer & Tröger rating and never a conversion of the Sauer & Tröger manufacturer scale. Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is stored separately from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures the rubber's own spin production.
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
Sources: Sauer & Tröger official product data · Retailer spec listings — weight, sponge hardness and thickness · TTDNA ratings — derived by TableTennisDNA, not manufacturer data
Sources: Sauer & Tröger official product data · Retailer spec listings — weight, sponge hardness and thickness · TTDNA ratings — derived by TableTennisDNA, not manufacturer data
Strengths
- Very high control
- Strong blocking
- Low incoming-spin sensitivity
- Good disruption
- Forgiving contact
Weaknesses
- Lower maximum speed than Hass
- Moderate spin production
- Less explosive during full attack
Best for
- Control-focused short-pips players
- Close-table blockers
- Players transitioning to short pips
Not ideal for
- Maximum-speed attackers
- Spin-heavy loopers
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
3 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.
Black · Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium+
Speed 76 · Spin 55 · Control 97
Black · Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium+
Speed 80 · Spin 58 · Control 93
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium+
Speed 82 · Spin 59 · Control 91
TTDNA ratings
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
Sources: Sauer & Tröger official product data · Retailer spec listings — weight, sponge hardness and thickness · TTDNA ratings — derived by TableTennisDNA, not manufacturer data
Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
Sauer & Tröger publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
Rest of the Short Pips family
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