Butterfly
Impartial XB
Short pipsOFF−ClassicITTF 14-024
Butterfly Impartial XB is a 2012 short-pips-out sheet for hitting, blocking and fast counters made in Japan. It belongs to the Impartial series, is ITTF-approved (code 14-024), and is aimed at allround-offensive (OFF−) players who want allround-offensive play that still needs a safety margin.
8.4 community score · 180 reviews · €40
About Impartial XB
Impartial XB uses classic (non-tensor) sponge with longer dwell and a more linear feel and a pips-out topsheet. Manufacturer sponge hardness is 38° (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 cream.
On the TableTennisReview 0–100 index the Combined figures are speed 82, spin 58 and control 84 (official mapping 81 / 58 / 83). That is a mid-to-high speed short pips profile for allround-offensive play that still needs a safety margin. Hardness, weight and thickness above are factory facts — not lab tests.
Community score 8.4 / 10 from 180 reviews. Indicative European street price €40. Compare Impartial XB with other Butterfly Impartial 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 51% with 180 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed82
Spin58
Control84
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 38°
- Weight
- 43 g
- Year
- 2012
- Made in
- Japan
- Series
- Impartial
- ITTF code
- 14-024
- Top sheet
- Black · Red
- Sponge
- cream
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.
- Impartial XB
- Type avg
Zoomed 40–100 scale · the inner ring is 40, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
82
-4 vs Type avg
Spin
58
0 vs Type avg
Control
84
+5 vs Type avg
