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Yinhe Galaxy · Mercury · Inverted
Mercury II
A low-cost tacky all-round offensive rubber with good control and enough grip for developing loop technique.
Official Yinhe specifications
Official Yinhe data: sponge type, hardness grades, published thicknesses, colours, product codes and ITTF approval status, taken from Yinhe's own catalogue and current approval information.
- Brand
- Yinhe Galaxy · China
- Series
- Mercury
- Category
- Inverted
- Surface
- Tacky
- Product code
- 9021
- Sponge
- Soft or medium sponge
- Hardness options
- Soft · Medium
- Hardness scale
- Named Yinhe hardness grade
- Published thicknesses
- Total rubber thickness below 3.9 mm
- Colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- High-value elastic rubber compound
- Competition status
- ITTF approved
- Ball type
- Standard 40+
- Last verified
- 2 August 2026
Yinhe lists hardness either as a Chinese sponge degree or as a named grade. Both are shown exactly as published and are never relabelled Shore A, Shore C or ESN. No reliable official Yinhe list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA ratings
Confidence: Medium
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Yinhe rating and never a conversion of Yinhe's own speed or spin scale.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
4 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 · Total rubber thickness below 3.9 mm
Mercury II Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 7.2 · Spin 7.7 · Control 9.3
Red · Total rubber thickness below 3.9 mm
Mercury II Medium · Sponged · Medium
Speed 7.2 · Spin 7.7 · Control 9.3
Black · Total rubber thickness below 3.9 mm
Mercury II Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 7.2 · Spin 7.7 · Control 9.3
Black · Total rubber thickness below 3.9 mm
Mercury II Medium · Sponged · Medium
Speed 7.2 · Spin 7.7 · Control 9.3
Assessment
Mercury II is one of Yinhe's best-known budget rubbers. Its tacky surface, manageable sponge and predictable response make it suitable for developing players who want to learn spin-based technique without using an overly fast setup.
Strengths
- Excellent value
- High control
- Useful tack for serve and opening practice
- Suitable for forehand or backhand
- Good development rubber
Weaknesses
- Limited top-end speed
- Lower spin ceiling than premium Yinhe rubbers
- Less energetic away from the table
Best for
- Beginners learning spin
- Controlled all-round players
- Budget custom rackets
Not ideal for
- High-level power loopers
- Players wanting strong tensor catapult
Player fit
- Skill levels
- Beginner · Intermediate
- Play styles
- ALL+ · OFF-
- Recommended side
- Forehand · Backhand
- Aliases
- Mercury 2 · Mecury II · Galaxy Mercury II · Yinhe Mercury 2
Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
Yinhe Galaxy publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.