Break Stats -- Accu-Stats 2015 "Make It Happen" 10-Ball Invitational, Dec. 2015
Here are some stats from the Accu-Stats "Make It Happen" 10-Ball Invitational played December 17-21, 2015 at Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
This was a 6-player event, with 15 round-robin matches (races to 13) followed by a playoff match between the 2 players with the best records. The tie-breaker for getting into the finals for players with the same records in matches was the number of games won. The six players were: Shane Van Boening, Jayson Shaw, Thorsten Hohmann, Earl Strickland, Yu Hsuan "Kevin" Cheng, and Darren Appleton.
The conditions for this event included:
The 16 matches were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played). The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
Thurs., Dec. 17
Fri., Dec 18
Sat., Dec. 19
Sun., Dec. 20
Records in round-robin play (5 matches per player).
Playoff match -- Van Boening defeated Shaw 13-10. So, including the playoff match, their records were both 4-2 in matches. In games, Van Boening was 73-53 (58%) and Shaw was 67-50 (57%).
Overall results for all 16 matches -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 76% of the time (244 of 321), won 61% of the games (197 of 321), and broke and ran 33% of the games (105 of 321).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 321 games.
Break-and-run games: The 105 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 321 games, 53% of the 197 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 244 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 105 break-and-run games (including 10-balls on the break) consisted of one 6-pack (by Van Boening), two 4-packs (both by Van Boening), six 3-packs (three by Shaw, two by Van Boening, and one by Appleton), thirteen 2-packs, and 47 singles.
10-balls on the break:
The 105 break-and-run games included 6 10-balls on the break (1.9% of the 321 breaks).
Here are some stats from the Accu-Stats "Make It Happen" 10-Ball Invitational played December 17-21, 2015 at Sandcastle Billiards in Edison, NJ with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
This was a 6-player event, with 15 round-robin matches (races to 13) followed by a playoff match between the 2 players with the best records. The tie-breaker for getting into the finals for players with the same records in matches was the number of games won. The six players were: Shane Van Boening, Jayson Shaw, Thorsten Hohmann, Earl Strickland, Yu Hsuan "Kevin" Cheng, and Darren Appleton.
The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with the measles cue ball;
- Accu-Rack Dedicated 10 racking template;
- 40-second shot clock with one automatic 40-second extension per rack;
- rack your own and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- call shots, except slop counts (including the 10-ball) on the break, on kick shots, and for other pocketed balls when a called ball is legally pocketed.
- jump cues not allowed
- lag for opening break.
The 16 matches were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played). The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
Thurs., Dec. 17
Shaw (.925) defeated Strickland (.770) 13-3, Van Boening (.928) d. Cheng (.859) 13-6,
Hohmann (.902) d. Appleton (.832) 13-11, and Van Boening (.937) d. Strickland (.855) 13-6.
Fri., Dec 18
Cheng (.909) d. Hohmann (.909) 13-11, Shaw (.875) d. Appleton (.915) 13-11,
Hohmann (.881) d. Van Boening (.856) 13-9, and Strickland (.882) d. Cheng (.829) 13-7.
Sat., Dec. 19
Cheng (.940) d. Appleton (.856) 13-6, Shaw (.933) d. Hohmann (.856) 13-7,
Strickland (.975) d. Appleton (.649) 13-1, and Van Boening (.943) d. Shaw (.846) 13-5.
Sun., Dec. 20
Hohmann (.972) d. Strickland (.852) 13-5, Appleton (.948) d. Van Boening (.908) 13-12,
Shaw (.970) d. Cheng (.857) 13-3, and Van Boening (.918) d. Shaw (.875) 13-10.
Records in round-robin play (5 matches per player).
Shaw -- 4-1 in matches [57-37 in games (winning percentage in games of 61%)]
Van Boening -- 3-2 [60-43 (58%)]
Hohmann -- 3-2 [57-51 (53%)]
Strickland -- 2-3 [40-47 (46%)]
Cheng -- 2-3 [42-56 (43%)]
Appleton -- 1-4 [42-64 (40%)]
Playoff match -- Van Boening defeated Shaw 13-10. So, including the playoff match, their records were both 4-2 in matches. In games, Van Boening was 73-53 (58%) and Shaw was 67-50 (57%).
Overall results for all 16 matches -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 76% of the time (244 of 321), won 61% of the games (197 of 321), and broke and ran 33% of the games (105 of 321).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 321 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 170 (53% of the 321 games)
Breaker lost the game: 74 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 19 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 23 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 31 (10%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 61% (197 of 321) of all games,
He won 70% (170 of 244) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 17% (4 of 23) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 43% (23 of 54) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 35% (27 of 77) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 105 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 321 games, 53% of the 197 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 244 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 105 break-and-run games (including 10-balls on the break) consisted of one 6-pack (by Van Boening), two 4-packs (both by Van Boening), six 3-packs (three by Shaw, two by Van Boening, and one by Appleton), thirteen 2-packs, and 47 singles.
10-balls on the break:
The 105 break-and-run games included 6 10-balls on the break (1.9% of the 321 breaks).
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