This article was made in collaboration with Tempest Vertigo and AD Beyblade
Whether you’re just getting into the hobby or are a veteran blader, identifying a basic spin track could be somewhat confusing compared to its counterpart with gimmicks/abilities. Worry not! For this very reason, we made this simple guide to help you identify any basic spin track as well as one with gimmicks like GB145!
What is a Basic Spin Track?
There are 2 types of spin tracks in the Beyblade Metal Fight Series
- Spin Tracks with Abilities/Gimmick – They usually have a different shape as well as some sort of specialty like mode change, different material, free spinning parts, etc. Their names usually start with 1-2 letters like BD145. In this case, BD means Boost Disk 145
- Basic Spin Track – They usually lack any kind of gimmicks or abilities and generally only have a 2-3 digit number as their name. For example 105 or 90
How to know which spin track I have?
For basic Spin Tracks. There are 2 known methods
- Measuring their height
- Examining their “raisers”
Method 1: Measuring the height
Every wondered what numbers in a spin track’s name mean? For example
- 105 means 10.5mm
- 230 means 23.0mm
You can use the picture below as a reference on how to measure. All you need is a ruler
- Place the Spin Track on a flat surface
- Hold the ruler on its side and measure up to the end of its connector (very top)
But did you know? There is another method, which doesn’t require you to use a ruler!
Method 2: Examining the Raisers
Before we go ahead and explain what Raisers are. Please do understand it’s not an official term. Since its feature has no name associated with it. We used what we felt like the most logical choice. Raisers are basically the stair steps like pattern you see on the side of many spin track
Many bladers including me initially believed they only exist to improve aesthetics. However, in our recent observation we noticed there was a pattern. Here are 2 Types of Raisers as shown in the picture above
- Regular/Block-Type – You have probably seen these before. Found on most spin tracks and gives them their iconic shape and comes in 2 heights; 1mm (130 only) and 1.5mm
- Ring-Type – Small Ring-shaped Raiser which can be found on 100 and 135
Addtional Information
- Each track has a base of 9mm
- Each track has a connector height of 3mm
Wait! We know it sounds confusing. But worry not! We have already done the heavy-lifting and created a list with pictures, which you can memorise! We will list them in order of release to better explain how it works
105
- Has a single Block-Type raiser of 1.5 height
125
- Has 2 Block-Type raisers
145
- Has 3 Block-Type Raisers
100
- Has a single Ring-Type Raiser of 1mm Height
135
- Has 2 Block-Type Raiser
- And a single Ring-Type Raiser
- Is that reference to Ryu’s connection with Gingka and Ryuga’s past 😶
230
Our first unique track on the list. It has no Raisers but it’s pretty easy to identify
- Is tallest in terms of height by a significant margin
- has a slightly tapered cylindrical shaped body
- Has 4 vertical groves on its top half
90
- Has no raisers. Just base and connectors
85
Ironically, just as it’s opposite to 230, being the shortest. It’s also hardest to identify as it looks so similar to 90 (which by the way came after it).
- Has a U-shaped pattern on the side of it’s base
- Has an overall slimmer profile. You can notice the base appears shorter along with the connector. We will update the exact height (as we don’t have 85 in hand)
- There lower edges of the base seems more rounded (has wider angle of bevel)
130
- Has 3 Slim Block-Type Raisers of 1mm in height.
160
- Has a cylindrical body similar to a 230
- But without taper
- Has no groves
- And is significantly shorter
What about Spin Track with gimmicks?
Once again, there are 2 methods we know of!
Method 1: Google Lens
We know, the lens may or may not be the most accurate tool for this purpose. It may not tell you the exact origin of the recolor. But it still does the job of finding what it’s called. You can use the video below as a reference
Method 2: Beyblade Wiki
One of the best resources for information about Beyblade out there. You can use the Beyblade Wiki’s Metal Fight Beyblade Spin Track List to find out which spin track you got!
If you don’t want to go through every article. You can also use it’s equivalent on BeyWiki with larger images
Hope you found this helpful!
