cueball2010 said:

Mezz is the only one with a $1000 break cue.

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You can have those too.
Get any butt with the desired weight and fit it with a carbon break shaft and you’ll be good to go.
You can end up at around $400 for a good quality break cue.
You could end up at a $1000 or more but it will be a nice cue and not heavily branded decal cue.

I am just curious, what percentage of cosmo is acceptable?

I have broken at least 40 racks in the last week, those and my opponents so let’s call it 60 racks. There may have been 2 or 3 that would provide for a straight forward run out.

I am not rated yet (thanks to iusedtoberich for the fargo lesson) but my preliminary fargo is currently 440 with 132 robustness, and I am happy when I pot a ball on the break. I have my own table and play every day. So must be a matter of expectations, I don’t have any. I am no where near good enough to blame my equipment.

I wish you luck and I hope you conquer your white whale.

DrCue'sProtege said:

I had new SuperSpeed cushions installed a few years ago.

It has Simonis 860.

The are Belgium Aramith balls. The Crown set.

Rails are tight. They don't die off the cushions.

It has Brazilian slate. Which has always been a concern of mine as I was hoping for Italian.

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Might try a serious soap and warm water washing of the balls followed by a thorough rinse. All by hand. In a serious effort to find a mechanical issue the balls and rack are suspect. Might try rotating balls swapping the extra six balls for first the one through six then the four through nine.
With everything right even a medium speed break and a square hit on the head ball should be plenty to spread the balls. It shouldn't take much to spread a nine ball rack.

Hu