Dr. Neubauer
Viper Soft
Long pipsDEFClassicITTF 26-019OX version
ITTF-approved long-pips from Dr. Neubauer (26-019). Sponge rated around 32°. Official colours and factory specs, plus a normalised community score. OX (no sponge) is ITTF-legal.
8.5 community score · 191 reviews · €38
About Viper Soft
Dr. Neubauer Viper Soft is a 2018 long-pips-out sheet for chopping, reversal and disruption made in Germany. It belongs to the Viper series, is ITTF-approved (code 26-019), and is aimed at defensive (DEF) players who want defensive chopping, fishing and disruption.
Viper Soft uses classic (non-tensor) sponge with longer dwell and a more linear feel and a pips-out topsheet. Manufacturer sponge hardness is 32° (Classic); a cut sheet is about 38 g. Factory sponge thicknesses: OX, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.8. An OX (no-sponge) version is also listed. Sold with topsheet in Black and Red; sponge in red.
On the TableTennisReview 0–100 index the Combined figures are speed 54, spin 50 and control 86 (official mapping 54 / 49 / 85). That is a control-first long pips profile for defensive chopping, fishing and disruption. Hardness, weight and thickness above are factory facts — not lab tests.
Community score 8.5 / 10 from 191 reviews. Indicative European street price €38. Compare Viper Soft with other Dr. Neubauer Viper and long pips rubbers on the same scale, or open the catalogue filters for DEF long pips sheets.
Playing specs
Blend of official and community. Community weight 51% with 191 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed54
Spin50
Control86
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 32°
- Weight
- 38 g
- Year
- 2018
- Made in
- Germany
- Series
- Viper
- ITTF code
- 26-019
- Top sheet
- Black · Red
- Sponge
- red
- OX version
- Yes
Factory thicknesses
Factory options: OX, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.8. OX means no sponge. Combined figures describe this SKU; an OX sibling with its own product page is a different sheet.
- OX
- 0.5
- 1.0
- 1.5
- 1.8
- OX
- No sponge. On long pips this usually means more reversal and a deader return; on antispin it is a very dead ball. It is a different SKU from the sponged sheet when the shop lists both.
- 0.5
- A very thin sponge under pips or anti. Slightly more speed than OX, still disruption-first.
- 1.0
- Thin sponge under pips or anti — the German-shop step above OX.
- 1.5
- Thicker pips/anti sponge. More speed, less pure disruption. Not an inverted MAX.
- 1.8
- Short-pips attacking sponge, or a thick anti. Not the same job as inverted 1.8.
Vs type average
Combined index against other long pips rubbers. Toggle Official / Community in the spec card — the chart stays on Combined so filters stay comparable.
- Viper Soft
- Type avg
Zoomed 40–100 scale · the inner ring is 40, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
54
+2 vs Type avg
Spin
50
-7 vs Type avg
Control
86
0 vs Type avg
