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Axiom · Mid-Range Driver

Paradox

Flight Numbers

5

Speed

4

Glide

-4

Turn

0

Fade

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About the Paradox

Paradox: Axiom’s understable mid-range driver

The Axiom Paradox is about as understable as a midrange gets. Minus four turn with zero fade means this thing does not want to come back — it stands up, keeps drifting right, and finishes wherever the angle sent it.

That makes it a specialty disc more than an everyday mid. It’s a roller. It’s a turnover disc for getting around a corner when a hyzer won’t reach. It’s the disc you reach for when the gap is shaped wrong for everything else in the bag. Lower power players will get a different disc out of it entirely — at slower speeds it flies straight or flips gently and holds, which makes it a genuinely useful teaching disc for angle control. Just don’t expect it to fight wind or finish left. That is not what it’s for.

Flies like…

How much the Paradox turns and fades depends on how hard it is thrown. These three shapes are drawn from the manufacturer’s numbers, not from measured throws.

BeginnerUnder 300 ft drive
Intermediate300-400 ft drive
AdvancedOver 400 ft drive

What the numbers mean

Speed5How fast it has to be thrown
Glide4How long it stays in the air
Turn-4Right at high speed
Fade0Left as it slows down

PDGA specs

Measured by the PDGA when the Paradox was certified. Each card names discs that share the number, so you can feel it in the hand.

2021
First approvedJul 5, 2021When the PDGA first certified the mould for sanctioned play.Approved the same yearDiscmania Rainmaker·Discraft Passion·Innova Toro
Section drawing of a disc golf disc with the rim depth dimensioned
Rim depth1.3cmFrom the bottom of the rim up to where the inner rim meets the flight plate — the pocket your fingers curl into. At least 1.1 cm.Same rim depthDiscraft Buzzz·Prodigy M4·Discmania MD4·Discraft Zone·MVP Vertex
Section drawing of a disc golf disc with the rim width dimensioned
Rim width1.3cmOuter edge to inner edge of the rim (the PDGA calls it rim thickness). Wider rims generally mean faster discs. Capped at 2.6 cm.Same rim widthDiscmania MD4·Discraft Buzzz OS·MVP Vector·Discraft Buzzz SS·Discmania MD1

Available plastics

Speed · Glide · Turn · Fade

Discs with similar flight numbers

DiscraftArcherUnderstable54-41
DiscraftStratusUnderstable54-41
GatewayMysticUnderstable55-30
MVPUplinkUnderstable55-30.5
InnovaRolloUnderstable56-41
MintLobsterUnderstable55-31
Lone Star DiscLone WolfUnderstable55-31
DiscraftMeteorUnderstable55-31
Latitude 64PearlUnderstable46-40
DiscraftBuzzz SSUnderstable54-21
Same brand, same type

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