Ronnie O'Sullivan 1K Centuries - Contest!!!

AtLarge said:
Looks like last season (2017-18) was his highest ever in centuries and money! Not bad for an old guy.

And note that the count of 971 centuries they show apparently excludes any centuries that were made in 158 matches for which they do not have "frame scores" (click on "About this stat" under "Breaks").

So, if I am reading that correctly, it is highly likely that Ronnie passed the 1,000-century mark long ago!

[And, why does that "About this stat" message say 1,272 total matches, whereas the "Matches & Frames" section of the page says 1,238?]
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Stop rockin the boat...... :grin-square:
 
Wiki shows 980 centuries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_O'Sullivan.

Snookerinfo shows 978 centuries - https://snookerinfo.webs.com/100centuries

Cuetracker shows 973 centuries - https://cuetracker.net/players/ronnie-osullivan/career-total-statistics

Since Wiki shows that he had 32 centuries in this yeas, as is shown in Cuetracker, but Snookerinfo has only 30 - it means that Snookerinfo with these 2 more centuries would be at 980, just as Wiki says, so I would have to say that Cuetracker info is wrong.
 
Seems like Ronnie had an off day. Barely getting by old man Ken Doherty 6-5, and scoring 0 centuries.
 
Ronnie tot he was out but he was pulled back in
Here is the match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PYim-8quU
Still on track to win this for record 7th time

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BeiberLvr said:
Seems like Ronnie had an off day. Barely getting by old man Ken Doherty 6-5, and scoring 0 centuries.
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CueTracker says Doherty has won 9 of their career 26 meetings, but none since 2003.

Doherty is the reigning UK Seniors champion, and he's just 49 now (it's an "over 40" tour)!
 
BeiberLvr said:
I haven't looked. I'll just be going by what the commentators say when it happens and the confetti drops from the ceiling.
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Sounds like a plan.

But commentators cannot always be trusted... Ronnie's fastest 147 was announced as 5:20. Someone looked at the video carefully and there is no 5:20 time that he could find. I think there might have been a 5:07. There was some question about exactly when the break started and stopped. Maybe there was no official definition at the time.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Sounds like a plan.

But commentators cannot always be trusted... Ronnie's fastest 147 was announced as 5:20. Someone looked at the video carefully and there is no 5:20 time that he could find. I think there might have been a 5:07. There was some question about exactly when the break started and stopped. Maybe there was no official definition at the time.
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I think thats exactly the case, there was no official definition of when it started (i.e. is it when the player gets out of their seat, when they approach the table or when they physically strike the cue ball for the first time).

Some as you rightly say, therefore would argue the break itself was even quicker than the widely accepted 5:20. However arguably it doesn't matter that much as if someone else beats it, so long as they time from the same point its valid.
 
alphadog said:
Can we stop for ice cream :grin-square:
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Yes we can, alphadog - and I’m buying.

Bring a sleeping bag and provisions though - we’re gonna watch Ronnie’s top 50 centuries. And all of his 147’s. In order.



~ K.


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As we love to hear John Virgo say ...

“simply sensational!”

Go Ronnie.

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I wonder if a century would equal a run of 100 in straight pool. I'll bet somewhere in the records there is the data that would show the frequency of each in tournaments.
 
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gregcantrall said:
I wonder if a century would equal a run of 100 in straight pool. I'll bet somewhere in the records there is the data that would show the frequency of each in tournaments.
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The equivalence that is often stated is 100 at 14.1 and snooker together with 10 at carom. I think these days there are a lot more centuries at snooker than there used to be due to the better break-building techniques and more aggressive play. On the pool side it depends a lot on the equipment for tournaments. Statistics are a little hard to do because at snooker you have a chance to get multiple centuries in a single match while at pool it is harder to get multiple 100s. There are a lot more 10+ runs at 3-cushion than there used to be as well.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The equivalence that is often stated is 100 at 14.1 and snooker together with 10 at carom. I think these days there are a lot more centuries at snooker than there used to be due to the better break-building techniques and more aggressive play. On the pool side it depends a lot on the equipment for tournaments. Statistics are a little hard to do because at snooker you have a chance to get multiple centuries in a single match while at pool it is harder to get multiple 100s. There are a lot more 10+ runs at 3-cushion than there used to be as well.
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I knew Ronnie had 5 consecutive centuries and figure that could equal a 500 ball run in straight pool.
Upon further review I learned:
The record for most consecutive centuries is 6, held by Kyren Wilson and Anthony Hamilton. Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson all have 5.
 
gregcantrall said:
I knew Ronnie had 5 consecutive centuries ...
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Here is a YouTube video of "5 centuries in one match" for Ronnie but his opponent, Ali Carter, wins the third frame of the match (not shown in the video). It is five consecutive centuries in frames that he won.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiXIxSPvPQ

And, if you want to be strict, he scored points in minor breaks in at least one of those frames.
 
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