Head to head

Tennis Only P6 17 (1.23) vs Weiss Cannon Blue Rock N Power

Blue Rock N Power leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is stiffness, where P6 17 (1.23) is 5 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Tennis Only

P6 17 (1.23)

Polyester · 17 ga

Weiss Cannon

Blue Rock N Power

Polyester

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
21785th pct
22490th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2740th pct
2740th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
8850th pct
8953rd pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
9.099th pct
11.1100th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.59795th pct
0.65499th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.0662nd pct
0.0590th pct

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.

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 P6 17 (1.23) at 52 lb

String Blue Rock N Power at 50.4 lb 22.9 kg

Coming from Blue Rock N Power at 52 lb

String P6 17 (1.23) at 53.6 lb 24.3 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.

P6 17 (1.23) mains / Blue Rock N Power crosses

Stiffness88th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss40th pct · 1 measured
Energy return53rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential99th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite96th pct · 1 measured
String friction1st pct · 1 measured

Blue Rock N Power mains / P6 17 (1.23) crosses

Stiffness89th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss40th pct · 1 measured
Energy return53rd pct · 1 measured
Spin potential100th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite99th pct · 1 measured
String friction1st pct · 1 measured

Open this in the hybrid builder

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.

P6 17 (1.23)

~28 hours of play

Blue Rock N Power

~28 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Tennis Only P6 17 (1.23) Polyester17find21727889.00.5970.066
Weiss Cannon Blue Rock N Power Polyesterfind224278911.10.6540.059

Add a third string P6 17 (1.23) in full Blue Rock N Power in full