Here are some results from the Shane Van Boening vs. Fedor Gorst 10-ball match played at Railyard Billiards & Sports Pub in Louisville, KY on June 13-15, 2025. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by Xpool. Gorst won the match 120 - 78.
The main commentators were Scott Frost and Jason Sword, with occasional assistance from Lonnie Fox-Raymond and Steven Wyatt.
This match was a race to 120 game wins played over 3 days. Here are the scores at the end of each day, with Van Boening's score first:
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
■ Van Boenng broke 78 times -- successful 56 times (resulting in 34 game wins and 22 losses), 8 fouls (all losses), and 14 dry (4 wins, 10 losses).
■ Gorst broke 120 times -- successful 101 times (resulting in 73 game wins and 28 losses), 6 fouls (2 wins, 4 losses), and 13 dry (5 wins, 8 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Breaker won game:
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Fouls and foul rates: [Note: "games at the table" means total games less opponent's B&R games.]
Missed shots (est.):
Run-outs from first shot after break:
Run-outs from first shot after Van Boening's break:
Run-outs from first shot after Gorst's break:
Balls Pocketed:
Average number of balls made on the break:
Break-and-run packages:
Games with 1 or more safeties (est.):
Number of innings:
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e. winning streaks. Counts are given for Van Boening first, then Gorst, then the total.
Biggest leads each day by each player:
Lead changes (SVB's score given first) and tied scores:
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- 21½ hours, for an average of 6.5 minutes per game. This includes racking and a 8 brief timeouts. The balls were polished during most of the timeouts.
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Request -- The stream was also down after Van Boening's successful break in Game 7. Later commentary seemed to indicate that it was a B&R game, so I counted it as such. If anyone knows for sure that it was not, please let me know.
The main commentators were Scott Frost and Jason Sword, with occasional assistance from Lonnie Fox-Raymond and Steven Wyatt.
This match was a race to 120 game wins played over 3 days. Here are the scores at the end of each day, with Van Boening's score first:
Day 1 -- 22 - 40
Day 2 -- 28 - 40 (2-day total 50 - 80)
Day 3 -- 28 - 40
Total -- 78 - 120
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
• 9-foot Diamond table with 4¼" corner pockets;
• Simonis Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament balls with a red-spots cue ball;
• FG x Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• rack your own, with the location of the balls (other than the 1-ball and 10-ball) determined by a computerized random-rack generator;
• winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
• call shots;
• early 10-balls are spotted immediately;
• 3-foul rule in effect (no violations);
• jump cues allowed; and
• no shot clock.
■ Van Boenng broke 78 times -- successful 56 times (resulting in 34 game wins and 22 losses), 8 fouls (all losses), and 14 dry (4 wins, 10 losses).
■ Gorst broke 120 times -- successful 101 times (resulting in 73 game wins and 28 losses), 6 fouls (2 wins, 4 losses), and 13 dry (5 wins, 8 losses).
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Van Boening -- 72% (56 of 78)
Gorst -- 84% (101 of 120)
Total -- 79% (157 of 198)
Breaker won game:
Van Boening -- 49% (38 of 78)
Gorst -- 67% (80 of 120)
Total -- 60% (118 of 198)
Break-and-run games -- on all breaks:
Van Boening -- 27% (21 of 78)
Gorst -- 39% (47 of 120)
Total -- 34% (68 of 198)
Break-and-run games -- on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Van Boening -- 38% (21 of 56)
Gorst -- 47% (47 of 101)
Total -- 43% (68 of 157)
Fouls and foul rates: [Note: "games at the table" means total games less opponent's B&R games.]
Van Boening -- 19 fouls (including 8 on the break) in 151 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 7.9 games at the table)
Gorst -- 18 fouls (including 6 on the break) in 177 games at the table (a rate of 1 foul for every 9.8 games at the table)
Total -- 37 fouls in 198 games (1 per 5.4 games)
Note: Excludes fouls, if any, in Games 8 and 9 while the stream was down.
Missed shots (est.):
Van Boening -- 47 misses in 151 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 3.2 games at the table)
Gorst -- 47 misses in 177 games at the table (a rate of 1 for every 3.8 games at the table)
Total -- 94 misses in 198 games (1 per 2.1 games)
Note: Excludes misses, if any, in Games 8 and 9 while the stream was down.
Run-outs from first shot after break:
By Van Boening after his own successful break -- 21 of 56 (38%)
By Van Boening after Gorst's failed break -- 6 of 19 (32%)
By Van Boening, total -- 27 of 75 (36%)
By Gorst after his own successful break -- 47 of 101 (47%)
By Gorst after Van Boening's failed break -- 13 of 22 (59%)
By Gorst, total -- 60 of 123 (49%)
Total for Van Boening and Gorst -- 87 of 198 (44%)
Run-outs from first shot after Van Boening's break:
By Van Boening -- 21 of 56 (38%)
By Gorst -- 13 of 22 (59%)
Total -- 34 of 78 (44%)
Run-outs from first shot after Gorst's break:
By Gorst -- 47 of 101 (47%)
By Van Boening -- 6 of 19 (32%)
Total -- 53 of 120 (44%)
Balls Pocketed:
Van Boening -- 95 on the break, 689 not on the break, 784 in total
Gorst -- 186 on the break, 990 not on the break, 1,176 in total
[Includes balls pocketed on breaking fouls (9 by Van Boening and 8 by Gorst) and on fouls after the break and balls not called after the break (9 by Van Boening and 6 by Gorst).]
Note: Excludes all 20 balls pocketed in Games 8 and 9 even though the stream was down for just part of those games. Van Boening pocketed 8 balls in those two games (Gorst none) before the stream went down.
Average number of balls made on the break:
Van Boening -- 1.3 on all breaks, 1.6 on successful breaks
Gorst -- 1.6 on all breaks, 1.8 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.5 on all breaks, 1.7 on successful breaks
Note: These averages do not exclude the breaks for Games 8 and 9, as the breaks were shown before the stream went down.
Break-and-run packages:
Van Boening's 21 B&R games consisted of one 6-pack (on Day 2), four 2-packs, and 7 singles.
Gorst's 47 B&R games consisted of one 6-pack (on Day 2), two 4-packs, three 3-packs, four 2-packs, and 16 singles.
Games with 1 or more safeties (est.):
35% of all games and 54% of games that were not B&Rs
Number of innings:
55% (108 of 196) of the games ended in one inning -- 68 games on the breaker's first inning (B&R games) and 40 games on the non-breaker's first inning
27% (52 of 196) of the games ended in the second inning.
18% (36 of 196) of the games went beyond the non-breaker's second visit to the table, with the two longest games both ending on the non-breaker's 7th visit.
Note: Excludes Games 8 and 9 (stream down for part of each game).
Distribution of consecutive game wins, i.e. winning streaks. Counts are given for Van Boening first, then Gorst, then the total.
1 game -- 23 times, 14 times, 37 times
2 games -- 10, 10, 20
3 games -- 4, 2, 6
4 games -- 0, 7, 7
5 games -- 0, 4, 4
6 games -- 1, 0, 1
7 games -- 1, 2, 3
8 games -- 0, 1, 1
10 games -- 1, 1, 2 (Van Boening's first 10 wins on Day 1 and Gorst's wins 70 through 79 at the tail end of Day 2)
Biggest leads each day by each player:
Day 1 -- Van Boening led by 6 at 10-4; Gorst led by 19 at 20-39
Day 2 -- Van Boening never led; Gorst led by 30 at 49-79 and at 50-80
Day 3 -- Van Boening never led; Gorst led by 42 at the end, 78-120
Lead changes (SVB's score given first) and tied scores:
Day 1 -- 2 lead changes (at 5-4 and at 12-13); score tied twice (at 4 and 12 games each)
Days 2 and 3 -- no lead changes; no tied scores
10-balls on the break -- None.
Match length -- 21½ hours, for an average of 6.5 minutes per game. This includes racking and a 8 brief timeouts. The balls were polished during most of the timeouts.
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Request -- The stream was also down after Van Boening's successful break in Game 7. Later commentary seemed to indicate that it was a B&R game, so I counted it as such. If anyone knows for sure that it was not, please let me know.
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