Here are some break statistics from the 2016 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 22-25, 2016 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 16-man, single-elimination event.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (273 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream:
Fri., Jan. 22 (Round 1)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 60% of the time (163 of 273), won 50% of the games (136 of 273), and broke and ran 20% of the games (54 of 273).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 273 games.
Break-and-run games -- The 54 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 273 games, 40% of the 136 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 163 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 54 break-and-run games consisted of 3 three-packs (Cheng, Bustamante, and Shaw), 5 two-packs (Biado, Orcollo, Shaw twice, and Van Boening ), and 35 singles. No one broke and ran 4 or more games in a row.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break just 3 times (1.1% of the 273 breaks), but it was spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets and Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop TV balls;
- Accu-Rack Dedicated 10 racking template;
- rack your own (2-ball and 3-ball on the back corners) and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break); and
- 40-second shot clock (one automatic extension per player per rack unless at hill/hill, then two extensions per player).
The event's 15 matches (273 games), all of which were streamed from the same table, were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream:
Fri., Jan. 22 (Round 1)
L. V. Corteza (.836) defeated R. Chinakhov (.842) 11-10
D. Orcollo (.848) d. C. Biado (.807) 11-10
A. Pagulayan (.851) d. Y-H Cheng (.862) 11-10
E. Reyes (.855) d. D. Appleton (.798) 11-9
Sat., Jan.23 (Round 1, continued)S. Van Boening (.843) d. N. Feijen (.738) 11-5
F. Bustamante (.917) d. P-Y Ko (.877) 11-8
J. Shaw (.906) d. J. Morra (.892) 11-7
S. Woodward (.816) d. J. Bergman (.736) 11-5
Sun., Jan. 24 (Round 2)Shaw (.925) d. Woodward (.815) 11-4
Orcollo (.896) d. Corteza (.832) 11-7
Reyes (.896) d. Bustamante (.865) 11-7
Van Boening (.933 - best of the event) d. Paulayan (.765) 11-4
Mon., Jan. 25 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)Shaw (.882) d. Reyes (.872) 11-8
Van Boening (.880) d. Orcollo (.850) 11-9
Shaw (.893) d. Van Boening (.776) 11-5
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 60% of the time (163 of 273), won 50% of the games (136 of 273), and broke and ran 20% of the games (54 of 273).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 273 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 96 (35% of the 273 games)
Breaker lost the game: 67 (25%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 6 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 17 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 34 (12%)
Breaker lost the game: 53 (19%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 50% (136) of all 273 games,
He won 59% (96 of 163) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 26% (6 of 23) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 39% (34 of 87) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 36% (40 of 110) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 54 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 273 games, 40% of the 136 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 163 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 54 break-and-run games consisted of 3 three-packs (Cheng, Bustamante, and Shaw), 5 two-packs (Biado, Orcollo, Shaw twice, and Van Boening ), and 35 singles. No one broke and ran 4 or more games in a row.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break just 3 times (1.1% of the 273 breaks), but it was spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
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