Nice thread lots of good comments. My additional 2 cent. For context can’t claim a true rating. from players that I play regularly that activity keep there rating I often hear a estimated mid 1400’s. With Inconsistency being key keeping me below or out of the 1500’s. So for what it’s worth.
I tried out yrd and liked it quite a bit. ive had and used at least three different sheets. At the time I had only used Chinese rubbers on my forehand. All h3 types but neo the most, skyline tg2 neo, h3-50, Some dawie ones, skyline 360, different 999 types and sponges and h8. .
Relative opinion for sure here but I found yrd quite spiny while having plenty of speed. But then again I don’t think something like a h3 is slow either when hit properly. For my swing contact and style of play I would not mind it if yrd had a bit of a higher throw for safety sake but not a huge deal here. I Liked it’s play in the short game, not quite as much as h3 in general and for very short returns but not far off. it’s better than the tibhar ELS I’m playing now on my main blade. I feel like I can be more aggressive, with less Errant pushes with yrd. My main point I will just say it seemed very flexible. I did not feel like I needed to make any big adjustments when doing my normal swing with Chinese rubbers. And If I’m honest the reason why I changed away from Chinese is because I found myself not being able to always execute The proper mechanics something like a h3 requires to get the best results when I found myself playing much better more experienced players. When playing players around my lel it was never a problem, but when I started seeing more and more players who are just better more experienced possessing truly great ball quality, that very there spin, with good footwork etc, I had to face the facts I don’t get to train enough to get the most out of typical Chinese style rubbers. So I wanted something that could still get a decent shot over using a smaller swing if I need to. YRD fit the bill nicely here. I found it to still possessing enough of the tacky qualities while also having just enough more easily accessible speed when using a shorter swing, or bale you out if you need it. I would call it a jack of all trades doing several things good but, I think that would be underselling it a bit. There are always tradeoffs but for certain styles of play it’s a great option.
A few things I noticed and I wondered of anyone else felt this. on at least one of my sheets maybe two it felt like the tacky wore off kind of quick, well before the top sheet and sponge. Interesting to hear about water restoring the tackiness back for someone. I have had the tacky come back to h3 before after cleaning with water and resting with plastic. And if you want a bit more one of the things I like about h3’s 999 and h8 top sheets is how it responds to the olive of oil trick to restore the tacky. FYI This did not work for me at all with rising dragon. tried it on the most used sheet at a point and I mean 0 effect, except for maybe a negative one until all traces were gone. I will also confirm it’s a really durable top sheet and sponge. Looked at them the other day and they still looked good which is great considering how much I played with them.
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How is this possible ??? 
Previously I mentioned that YRD suffered a little in the chops and now it is fixed. 
I can't believe this rubber is this mediocre and this high quality !!!!!