Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2015 World Cup of Pool played this week at York Hall in London, England, with free live streaming on ESPN3 (and others).
The conditions for this event included: Diamond 9-foot table, Simonis 860 blue cloth, wooden triangle rack, Super Aramith Pro balls with the measles cue ball, referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot, winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string, jump cues allowed, 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break) with one extension per team per game, and WPA rules (all slop counts).
The 9 matches (117 games) that I watched were as follows. This sample is 29% of the total number of matches (31) and 32% of the total number of games (364) played in the event.
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 66% of the time (77 of 117), won 52% of the games (61 of 117), and broke and ran 16% of the games (19 of 117).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 117 games.
Break-and-run games: The 19 break-and-run games represented 16% of all 117 games, 31% of the 61 games won by the breaker, and 25% of the 77 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, no foul). The 19 break-and-run games were all singles, i.e., no team in these 9 matches broke and ran 2 or more games in a row.
9-balls on the break: None.
The conditions for this event included: Diamond 9-foot table, Simonis 860 blue cloth, wooden triangle rack, Super Aramith Pro balls with the measles cue ball, referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot, winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string, jump cues allowed, 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break) with one extension per team per game, and WPA rules (all slop counts).
The 9 matches (117 games) that I watched were as follows. This sample is 29% of the total number of matches (31) and 32% of the total number of games (364) played in the event.
Wed., Sept. 23
Qatar (Hussain, Majid) defeated USA (Van Boening, Dechaine) 7-5
Thurs., Sept. 24
England B (Peach, Gray) d. Sweden (Chamat, Sparrenlöv-Fischer) 7-4
Japan (Oi, Kobayashi) d. Holland (Feijen, Van Den Berg) 7-6
England A (Appleton, Boyes) d. Korea (J-Y Hwa, R-S Wu) 7-0
Sat., Sept. 26
England A d. Romania (Melkonyan, Ladanyi) 9-3
England B d. Finland (Immonen, Makkonen) 9-4
Sun, Sept. 27
Chinese Taipei (P-Y Ko, Y-L Chang) d. England A 9-6 (semifinal)
England B d. Japan 9-7 (semifinal)
Chinese Taipei d. England B 10-8 (finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 66% of the time (77 of 117), won 52% of the games (61 of 117), and broke and ran 16% of the games (19 of 117).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 117 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 46 (39% of the 117 games)
Breaker lost the game: 31 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 13 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 19 (16%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% (61) of all 117 games,
He won 60% (46 of 77) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 25% (2 of 8) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 41% (13 of 32) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 38% (15 of 40) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 19 break-and-run games represented 16% of all 117 games, 31% of the 61 games won by the breaker, and 25% of the 77 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, no foul). The 19 break-and-run games were all singles, i.e., no team in these 9 matches broke and ran 2 or more games in a row.
9-balls on the break: None.
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