Here are some stats from the Alex Pagulayan vs. Francisco Bustamante One-Pocket race to 10 played May 4, 2020 at Ray Hansen's home in Texas. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV.
This was Day 4 of a best-3-out-of-5 Champions Challenge All-Around match, with a different discipline played each day for up to 5 days. Remote commentary (by phone) was provided on Day 4 by Jeremy Jones. Ray Hansen also commentated, from a room in his home separate from the pool room. Pagulayan won the set 10-7.
The match is now tied with 2 wins for each player. Scores for each Day/Discipline (Pagulayan's score first):
Conditions -- The conditions for this set included:
■ Games won by breaker
■ Breaks by side of table (viewing from head to foot)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
■ Scratches on the break -- One (a win), by Bustamante.
■ Balls made on the break -- None.
■ Games in which the player had the lead at some point
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Pagulayan first, then Bustamante, then the total.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games. Counts are given for Pagulayan first, then Bustamante, then the total.
■ Distribution of lengths of games
■ Match length (including racking and timeouts) -- 4 hours, 22 minutes
■ Average minutes per game -- 15.4 (approx. 14.3 not counting the 2 timeouts)
This was Day 4 of a best-3-out-of-5 Champions Challenge All-Around match, with a different discipline played each day for up to 5 days. Remote commentary (by phone) was provided on Day 4 by Jeremy Jones. Ray Hansen also commentated, from a room in his home separate from the pool room. Pagulayan won the set 10-7.
The match is now tied with 2 wins for each player. Scores for each Day/Discipline (Pagulayan's score first):
- Day 1 -- 12 - 15, 15-Ball Filipino Rotation (stats here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=511474)
Day 2 -- 16 - 13, 9-Ball Banks (stats here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=511534)
Day 3 -- 12 - 25, 8-Ball (stats here: https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=511573)
Day 4 -- 10 - 7, One-Pocket
Conditions -- The conditions for this set included:
- - Diamond 9-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets and blue Simonis HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- re-break if a ball is made on the break (did not occur);
- 3-foul rule in effect (did not occur);
- no shot clock; and
- lag for opening break (won by Pagulayan)
■ Games won by breaker
- Pagulayan -- 6 of 9 (67%)
Bustamante -- 4 of 8 (50%)
Total -- 10 of 17 (59%)
■ Breaks by side of table (viewing from head to foot)
- Pagulayan -- Broke from his right 3 times (1 win, 2 losses) and from his left 6 times (5 wins, 1 loss)
Bustamante -- Broke from his right all 8 times (4 wins, 4 losses)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
- Pagulayan -- 8 of 12 (67%)
Bustamante -- 3 of 5 (60%)
Total -- 11 of 17 (65%)
■ Scratches on the break -- One (a win), by Bustamante.
■ Balls made on the break -- None.
■ Games in which the player had the lead at some point
- Pagulayan -- 14 games, his 10 wins plus 4 games he lost.
Bustamante -- 9 games, his 7 wins plus 2 games he lost.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Pagulayan first, then Bustamante, then the total.
- 1 ball -- 11 times, 9 times, 20 times
2 balls -- 4, 1, 5
3 balls -- 7, 3, 10
4 balls -- 3, 2, 5
5 balls -- 3, 1, 4
6 balls -- 0, 1, 1
7 balls -- 3, 1, 4
8 balls -- 2, 3, 5
9 balls -- 0, 1, 1
Plus balls pocketed by opponent -- 3, 3, 6
Minus fouls -- 11, 10, 21
TOTAL ball count -- 96, 72, 168
Average game score -- 8 - 1.6 for games won by Pagulayan, 8 - 2.3 for games won by Bustamante, 8 - 1.9 in total.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games. Counts are given for Pagulayan first, then Bustamante, then the total.
- 1 ball -- 4 times, 0 times, 4 times (24% of the 17 games)
2 balls -- 0, 0, 0
3 balls -- 2, 0, 2
4 balls -- 0, 1, 1
5 balls -- 1, 1, 2
6 balls -- 0, 0, 0
7 balls -- 1, 1, 2
8+ balls -- 2, 4, 6 (35%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 5.1 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 5 balls
■ Distribution of lengths of games
- Under 10 minutes -- 7 games (41%)
10 - 19 min. -- 5
20 - 29 min. -- 4
35 min. -- 1
Total -- 17
■ Match length (including racking and timeouts) -- 4 hours, 22 minutes
■ Average minutes per game -- 15.4 (approx. 14.3 not counting the 2 timeouts)
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