Victas
Spectol S1
Short pipsOFFClassicITTF 117-032
The classic Victas/TSP short pip — hit and block, still the Japanese short-pip reference in European shops.
8.7 community score · 280 reviews · €36
About Spectol S1
Spectol S1 (Combined speed 88, spin 55, control 82, 35°) is a short-pips-out sheet. It does not loop like inverted. S3 is the newer step; S2 and Red are other family members.
TSP heritage lives on Spectol and Curl, not on V>15 Extra. Hexer Pips is the German short-pip alternative.
Buy S1 as a combination backhand when you already want that hitting game. Do not buy it as a “faster inverted”.
Playing specs
Blend of official and community. Community weight 54% with 280 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed88
Spin55
Control82
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 35°
- Weight
- 42 g
- Year
- 2012
- Made in
- Japan
- Series
- Spectol
- ITTF code
- 117-032
- Top sheet
- Black · Blue · Red
- Sponge
- yellow
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.
- Spectol S1
- Type avg
Zoomed 40–100 scale · the inner ring is 40, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
88
+2 vs Type avg
Spin
55
-3 vs Type avg
Control
82
+3 vs Type avg
