SPINLORD · Minotaur · Medium pips
Minotaur
Minotaur is a fast medium-pips rubber in SpinLord's current range, made in China. SpinLord publishes it as Tempo 9, Effect 9.5, Control 7 on its own product scale, which TTDNA stores unchanged. Currently selectable sponge thicknesses are OX, 1.5 mm, 2.0 mm. It is available in OX. The sponge colour is off-white (cream). SpinLord describes the catapult effect as medium. Stated weight: below average. Stated durability: good.
Also listed as: SpinLord Minotaur
Official specifications
Official SpinLord data: category, currently selectable colours and sponge thicknesses, sponge colour, catapult, weight, durability and country of manufacture, taken from current SpinLord product information.
SpinLord does not print a sponge-hardness degree for these coverings, so TTDNA shows its own editorial hardness band instead of an invented degree value.
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 approval is never inherited from another model in the same family.
No reliable official SpinLord list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
Playing details
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official SpinLord rating and never a conversion of the SpinLord manufacturer scale.
Strengths
- Mixes pips-out disturbance with attacking pace
- Effective chop-blocking
- Works close to the table
Weaknesses
- Demands accurate contact
- Less forgiving than long pips in defence
Best for
- Aggressive pips-out blockers
- Players mixing attack and disturbance
Not ideal for
- Players wanting maximum reversal
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 · OX
Standard · No sponge (OX) · Topsheet only
Speed 56 · Spin 40 · Control 69
Black · Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium-hard (TTDNA band)
Speed 64 · Spin 45 · Control 64
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium-hard (TTDNA band)
Speed 70 · Spin 49 · Control 58
TTDNA ratings
Known users
All-round players who want pips that mix blocking and hitting with some spin of their own.
SpinLord publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
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