Description Joola Rhyzen Fire

JOOLA Rhyzen Fire is a professional-class offensive-allround table tennis rubber with inverted pimples, designed for players seeking a balanced combination of power, spin, and control while maintaining an exceptional ball feel. ITTF approved, this rubber features a medium-hardness "Momentum" sponge (~45° on the ESN scale, calculated as Medium+ characteristic) and a grippy "Enhanced Traction" topsheet, ensuring excellent spin (116/200, ~11.2/20), balanced speed (98/200, ~10/20), and good control (80/200, ~13/20). The innovative pimples structure (height 0.9 mm, width 1.6 mm, spacing 0.6 mm) combined with "Sweetzone" technology creates a moderately low arc trajectory (6.5/10), guaranteeing consistent ball bounce, precision (8.5/10), and ease when performing topspin strokes and delicate play. Optimized for the plastic 40+ ball, Rhyzen Fire offers superb ball feel, stable control, and sufficient attacking potential, making it an ideal choice for allround-offensive players playing close to the table or from mid-distance. Thanks to its light weight (~44 g trimmed) and durability, JOOLA Rhyzen Fire is a premium choice reflecting JOOLA Professional Line technologies used in top-level professional competition.

Key Features:

• Rubber type: Inverted pimples (smooth surface)

• Rubber category: Professional

• Characteristics: Allround-offensive (AR/OF-)

• Speed: 98/200 (~10/20 on overall scale)

• Spin: 116/200 (~11.2/20 on overall scale)

• Control: 80/200 (~13/20 on overall scale)

• Precision: 8.5/10

• Trajectory: 6.5/10 (moderately low, suitable for topspin strokes and precise play)

• Sponge hardness: ~45° (medium hard+, ESN scale, calculated)

• Sponge type: Momentum

• Sponge thickness: 2.0 mm, Max

• Topsheet type: Enhanced Traction

• Pimple dimensions: Height 0.9 mm, width 1.6 mm, spacing 0.6 mm

• Colors: Red, black

• Country of origin: Germany

• Approvals: ITTF approved

• Weight: ~68 g (untrimmed, 180x170 mm), ~44 g (trimmed, Stiga standard, 157x150 mm)

• Technologies: Enhanced Traction topsheet, Momentum sponge, Sweetzone technology, optimized for 40+ ball

• Category: Allround-offensive (AR/OF-)

JOOLA Rhyzen Fire features a modern construction combining medium-hard Momentum sponge, highly grippy Enhanced Traction topsheet, and Sweetzone technology, ensuring consistent ball bounce, excellent ball feel, and balanced dynamics:

• Sponge (~45°): The medium-hard Momentum sponge (~45° ESN scale, calculated as Medium+) is designed for balanced dynamics and consistent ball bounce. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (~45°, 103/200 speed), Rhyzen Fire is slightly slower (98/200) but offers similar control level (80/200) and higher spin (116/200). Compared to JOOLA Rhyzer 43 (~43°, 120/200 speed), Rhyzen Fire is slower but provides a lower trajectory and greater precision, suitable for precise play. Compared to Butterfly Tenergy 05 (~36°), the sponge is harder, offering a shorter dwell time but more control and precision, suitable for topspin strokes and delicate play.

• Topsheet: The grippy Enhanced Traction topsheet (116/200 spin) is elastic, with short, wide pimples and smaller spacing, optimized for the plastic 40+ ball. It ensures strong ball grip, especially during topspin strokes, serves, pushes, and short play. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen ZGR (121/200 spin), Rhyzen Fire’s spin is slightly lower but maintains high grip, facilitating topspin over backspin balls and precise pushes. Compared to Donic Bluefire M2, Rhyzen Fire’s topsheet has similar grip but offers more control and consistent bounce.

• Enhanced Traction technology: The grippy topsheet increases friction and ball contact, delivering very good spin (116/200) and high precision (8.5/10). The pimples structure (0.9 mm height, 0.6 mm spacing) creates a moderately low arc trajectory (6.5/10), suitable for topspin strokes, blocks, and precise close-to-table play. The topsheet allows a strong ball grip, ensuring high spin and consistent feel.

• Momentum technology: The medium-hard sponge (~45°) provides balanced dynamics and consistent ball bounce, enhancing attacking possibilities and control. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD, Rhyzen Fire offers slightly less speed but more spin and a lower trajectory, making it suitable for players emphasizing precision and topspin strokes. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzer 48 (~48°, 124/200 speed), Rhyzen Fire is slower and more controllable, offering more forgiveness.

• Sweetzone technology: This technology ensures consistent ball bounce and excellent ball feel, reducing stroke dispersion and increasing precision (8.5/10). It is particularly effective for delicate strokes such as short pushes, serves, and blocks, as well as strong topspin shots.

• Weight and durability: JOOLA Rhyzen Fire is light (~44 g trimmed), similar to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (~44 g), and lighter than JOOLA Dynaryz AGR (~49.37 g). This lightness allows combining the rubber with heavier blades like Butterfly Viscaria without losing racket balance. The rubber is durable, maintaining its grip and elasticity even after intensive use, making it a cost-effective choice.

The rubber is available in 2.0 mm and Max thicknesses, suitable for allround-offensive play, ensuring balanced speed, spin, and control. Colors – red and black – comply with ITTF standards. It is recommended to use water-based glues such as JOOLA Lex Glue when mounting the rubber.

Technical metrics and gameplay characteristics:

• Speed (98/200, ~10/20): JOOLA Rhyzen Fire is a controlled speed rubber, suitable for topspin attacks, blocks, and short play. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (103/200), the speed is slightly lower but offers more spin and a lower trajectory. Compared to Butterfly Tenergy 05 (~13/20), the speed is much lower, but Rhyzen Fire is easier to control, especially for precise strokes and blocks.

• Spin (116/200, ~11.2/20): Thanks to the grippy Enhanced Traction topsheet, the rubber generates very good spin, especially in topspin strokes, serves, pushes, and short play. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen ZGR (121/200), spin is slightly lower but close to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (111/200). The moderately low trajectory (6.5/10) facilitates precise topspin strokes and guarantees a “kick” effect of the ball after landing.

• Control (80/200, ~13/20): The medium-hard sponge (~45°) and grippy topsheet ensure good control, especially when performing topspin strokes, blocks, pushes, and short play. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (112/200), Rhyzen Fire’s control is lower but sufficient for technical players. Compared to Donic Bluefire M2, Rhyzen Fire offers a similar control level but more spin and consistent bounce.

• Trajectory (6.5/10): Moderately low arc trajectory for topspin strokes, ideal for precise attacks, blocks, and short close-to-table play or from mid-distance. Compared to JOOLA Rhyzen CMD (7.5/10), the trajectory is lower, ensuring more pressure and precision. When blocking, the trajectory is low and stable, suitable for effective blocks against aggressive strokes.

• Precision (8.5/10): High precision, enhanced by Sweetzone technology, allows players to direct the ball to desired table spots, especially when performing topspin strokes, blocks, and pushes.

Gameplay aspects:

• Attacking (driving): 9.2/10 – JOOLA Rhyzen Fire is effective for topspin attacks, especially forehand and backhand, generating strong spin and controlled speed. Suitable for third ball attacks and counterattacks on backspin balls, especially close to the table.

• Blocking: 9.5/10 – Blocks against topspin are very stable and precise thanks to the grippy topsheet, Sweetzone technology, and medium-hard sponge, especially close to the table.

• Pushes (pushing): 9.4/10 – Long pushes generate strong backspin spin, while short pushes are very precise, ideal for short close-to-net play.

• Flick strokes: 9.3/10 – Banana flick strokes are effective due to the grippy topsheet and moderately low trajectory, facilitating topspin strokes over backspin.

• Serves and returns: 9.5/10 – Serves generate strong spin, especially backspin and side spin, ideal for short play. Passive returns (9.4/10) are stable, and active returns (9.5/10) are responsive and accurate, supporting aggressive play.

Joola Rhyzen Fire

Joola Rhyzen Fire

Joola Rhyzen Fire