Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2016 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event played January 27-30, 2016 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 15 streamed matches (203 games) 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. No TPA was given for 6 of these 15 matches.
Wed. Jan 27
Sat., Jan. 30
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 68% of the time (138 of 203), won 62% of the games (125 of 203), and broke and ran 33% of the games (66 of 203).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 203 games.
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 203 games, 53% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 48% of the 138 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Ko Pin-Yi), 3 three-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 by Pagulayan), 9 two-packs and 35 singles. No one broke and ran 5 or more games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop TV balls;
- Diamond wooden rack;
- rack your own and winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- all slop counts;
- 40-second shot clock (one automatic extension per player per rack
The 15 streamed matches (203 games) 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. No TPA was given for 6 of these 15 matches.
Wed. Jan 27
Alex Pagulayan defeated John Brumback 9-5
Earl Strickland d. Brandon Shaffer 9-0
Thurs. Jan 28Efren Reyes d. Dee Adkins 9-5
Fri., Jan. 29Dennis Orcollo d. Omar AlShaheen 9-1
Reyes (.894) d. Justin Bergman (.819) 9-6
Ko Pin-Yi (.931) d. Cheng Yu-Hsuan (.933) 9-5
Scott Frost d. Strickland 9-8
Shane Van Boening (.923) d. Erik Hjorleifson (.571) 9-0
Sat., Jan. 30
Van Boening (.931) d. Reyes (.906) 9-6
Orcollo (.964) d. Ko Ping-Chung (.806) 9-4
Pagulayan d. Jason Klatt 9-5
Van Boening (.926) d. Jeffrey Ignacio (.867) 9-4
Pagulayan (.893) d. Van Boening (.854) 9-8
Van Boening (.932) d. Orcollo (.913) 9-7
Van Boening (.898) d. Pagulayan (.811) 9-4
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 68% of the time (138 of 203), won 62% of the games (125 of 203), and broke and ran 33% of the games (66 of 203).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 203 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 100 (49% of the 203 games)
Breaker lost the game: 38 (19%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 15 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 20 (10%)
Breaker lost the game: 25 (12%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (125) of all 203 games,
He won 72% (100 of 138) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 25% (5 of 20) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 44% (20 of 45) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 38% (25 of 65) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 203 games, 53% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 48% of the 138 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Ko Pin-Yi), 3 three-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 by Pagulayan), 9 two-packs and 35 singles. No one broke and ran 5 or more games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).
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