Head to head
Gamma RZR Rx 17 vs Topspin Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)
They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is string friction, where Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) is 24 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.
Measured, side by side
Bars are percentile against all 791 strings, and the marked side is the one that measures better, which is not always the one you want. A firmer bed is worse for your elbow and better for your control, and no measurement knows which of those you came for.
Which one wins, by problem
Each string's standing on the site's rankings, out of every measured string in the database. This is where a comparison stops being arithmetic and starts being a decision.
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RZR Rx 17344th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)302nd
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RZR Rx 17336th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)356th
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RZR Rx 17447th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)430th
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RZR Rx 17329th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)363rd
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RZR Rx 17363rd
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)440th
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RZR Rx 17155th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)361st
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RZR Rx 17324th
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)353rd
Swapping between them: what tension?
Bed stiffness is published at one reference tension, so the only honest conversion is to scale it. These are starting points from 52 lb, not prescriptions. The calculator takes your own tension.
Coming from RZR Rx 17 at 52 lb
String Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) at 52.2 lb 23.7 kg
Coming from Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) at 52 lb
String RZR Rx 17 at 51.8 lb 23.5 kg
Hybrid: what if you used both?
Estimated, not measured. No hybrid combination has been tested as a bed. These figures are the two strings' own lab measurements weighted by how much of the bed each one actually is. Treat them as a guide to which way a pairing moves, never as lab data.
RZR Rx 17 mains / Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) crosses
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) mains / RZR Rx 17 crosses
Which goes dead first?
Estimated from tension loss, which is the only thing the database measures about ageing. This is when the bed stops playing the way you strung it, not when the string breaks.
RZR Rx 17
~27 hours of play
Cyber Blue 17L (1.20)
~23 hours of play
Both strings in full
| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma RZR Rx 17 Polyester | 17 | find | 185 | 29 | 88 | 4.8 | 0.448 | 0.094 |
| Topspin Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) Polyester | 17L | find | 185 | 34 | 87 | 5.1 | 0.425 | 0.083 |
Add a third string RZR Rx 17 in full Cyber Blue 17L (1.20) in full