Butterfly
Challenger Attack
Short pipsOFFClassicITTF
Butterfly Challenger Attack is a 2001 short-pips-out sheet for hitting, blocking and fast counters made in Japan. It belongs to the Challenger series, is ITTF-approved, and is aimed at offensive (OFF) players who want offensive close-to-table and mid-distance topspin.
8.1 community score · 150 reviews · €34
About Challenger Attack
Challenger Attack uses classic (non-tensor) sponge with longer dwell and a more linear feel and a pips-out topsheet. Manufacturer sponge hardness is 40° (Classic); a cut sheet is about 43 g. Factory sponge thicknesses: 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, MAX. Sold with topsheet in Black and Red; sponge in salmon.
On the TableTennisReview 0–100 index the Combined figures are speed 86, spin 60 and control 78 (official mapping 86 / 60 / 78). That is a mid-to-high speed short pips profile for offensive close-to-table and mid-distance topspin. Hardness, weight and thickness above are factory facts — not lab tests.
Community score 8.1 / 10 from 150 reviews. Indicative European street price €34. Compare Challenger Attack with other Butterfly Challenger and short pips rubbers on the same scale, or open the catalogue filters for OFF short pips sheets.
Playing specs
Blend of official and community. Community weight 50% with 150 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed86
Spin60
Control78
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 40°
- Weight
- 43 g
- Year
- 2001
- Made in
- Japan
- Series
- Challenger
- Top sheet
- Black · Red
- Sponge
- salmon
Factory thicknesses
Factory sponge thicknesses: 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, MAX. On pips and anti, thickness changes reversal and speed more than a one-point Combined gap.
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 2.0
- 2.1
- MAX
- 1.8
- Short-pips attacking sponge, or a thick anti. Not the same job as inverted 1.8.
- 1.9
- Short-pips mid-thick sponge. Blocks and hits; still not an inverted loop sheet.
- 2.0
- Thick short-pips sponge. More speed on a hit, less of the classic short-pip deadness.
- 2.1
- The thick short-pips option when the sheet is sold that way. Still a pips-out job.
- MAX
- Thickest short-pips sponge the factory lists. Catapult of a tensor, geometry of pips — not inverted MAX.
Vs type average
Combined index against other short pips rubbers. Toggle Official / Community in the spec card — the chart stays on Combined so filters stay comparable.
- Challenger Attack
- Type avg
Zoomed 40–100 scale · the inner ring is 40, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
86
0 vs Type avg
Spin
60
+2 vs Type avg
Control
78
-1 vs Type avg
