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Is Félix Lebrun proving that penhold is still viable at the highest level?
I wanted to visualize the world ranking of the highest-ranked penholder over the years, to see whether the penhold grip has always been competitive at the highest level.
It seems that between ~2020 --> 2024, penhold started to show some weaknesses, with the best-ranked penholder
However, after Félix Lebrun’s victory at the latest Europe Smash, I’m starting to regain hope that the penhold grip can still be viable at the very highest level.
What do you think? Is Félix proving once again that penhold still has a place at the top?
u/Mattchaup — 2 days ago