UK Open 2026, London, May 26-31

[SA96]

With how big Filler's gap is in Fargo (863 vs. Gorsts 850), it is statistically clear that he is the best current player in 9-ball. Anyone can come up with cherry-picked examples where someone else is better (e.g. only considering a certain tournament for the last few years), but if the definition of skill is your average performance over the long run across all 9-ball tournaments, Fargo is the most accurate measurement that we have, especially for top 100 players who have a lot of games in the system and regularly play eachother.

Fargo doesn't account for performance in big events and pressure.

If there was a Fargo system in the NFL, Josh Allen would be rated higher than Patrick Mahomes.

 

[skogstokig]

Fargo doesn't account for performance in big events and pressure.

If there was a Fargo system in the NFL, Josh Allen would be rated higher than Patrick Mahomes.

that's true, but you also can't cherrypick tournaments and years. josh has won world championships (9b, 8b, plus finalist in 10b), and won the US open too. the amount of tournaments he's won is crazy given his age and the level of competition.

it seems TPA is out of vogue these days but every year now filler plays flawless matches. his high gear is as jay says higher than the others. that's no dig on fedor because he's incredible too. we're seeing pool at a level i never thought we would see