Inside of the new Rubicon, you’ll find a brand new core, the Rondure. The design intent with this core, is to allow players to have the same motion without a balance hole, as they would have had, with a balance hole. It reminds me of a Code X that doesn’t get lazy. As a brand, I think we were missing this shape. We needed that weaker asymmetrical solid. Ultimately, our strongest balls are sometimes too strong and other times our solid symmetrical pieces are not quite strong enough. In between those shapes, you will find the Rubicon. It gave me that perfect feel between the the UFO and Idol but wasn’t quite as clean as the Nuclear Cell. You literally get what you pay for here. No tricks, no gimmicks, straight up performance. For the video, the Rubicon blended the lane nicely for me. I can most definitely see myself using this on conditions that have broken down some, but not to the point where I need that symmetrical shape yet. I found success with the Code X when I was met with these conditions and I anticipate that I will find more success with the Rubicon! In terms of players who differ from my style, I think this ball will be valuable for players who don’t quite have the speed for the high performance balls. Essentially, this ball could become the ball at the top of the bag for low speed players. Rev dominant players see this ball the same way. If you really hit it hard, the strong asymmetrical balls can be too strong. The Rubicon will give you incredible performance at a lower price point. High speed players will find this ball useful on medium to heavy lane conditions. It won’t slow down like a true high performance ball, but it does give you good mid lane traction.

I compared the Rubicon to the UFO, Idol and Nuclear Cell. The UFO read the lane a few feet sooner and is stronger overall. It trips the 4 pin where the Rubicon goes flush. The idol is stronger left to right. You can see that it really bounced hard off the spot, where the Rubicon was more forward down the lane. Lastly, the Nuclear Cell was more shape overall because of its down lane motion. It is not nearly as early and smooth as the Rubicon is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rgU34eyYs0&t=121s