Stats -- Bergman vs. Bustamante One-Pocket Race to 8, February 2020

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Here are some results from the Justin Bergman vs. Francisco Bustamante One-Pocket race to 8 games played at Racks on the Rocks in West Peoria, IL on Saturday, February 22, 2020. PoolActionTV provided pay-per-view streaming.

This was the second set of a best-two-out-of-three-sets all-around challenge match with 8-Ball on Day 1, One-Pocket on Day 2, and 10-Ball on Day 3. The commentators on Day 2 were Larry Schwartz, Ray Hansen, and Nick Varner.

Conditions -- The conditions for this match included:
  • - Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut pockets;
    - Simonis blue 860 cloth;
    - Aramith balls with a measles cue ball;
    - Rack your own with a triangle rack;
    - Alternate break; and
    - Re-break if you make a ball on the break in your own pocket (did not occur).

Set score -- Bustamante won 8-2.

Games won by breaker
- Bergman -- 0 of 5
- Bustamante -- 3 of 5
- Total -- 3 of 10 (30%)

Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him)
- Bergman -- 1 of 3
- Bustamante -- 6 of 7
- Total -- 7 of 10 (70%)

Scratches on the break -- 0

Balls made on the break -- 0

Games in which the player had the lead at some point
- Bergman -- 4 games. He won 2 of the 4. His latest leads in the other 2 games were 5-1 and 2-1.
- Bustamante -- 9 games. He won 8 of the 9. His latest lead in the other game was 2-0.

Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls. Counts are given for Bergman first, then Bustamante, then the total.
  • 1 ball -- 7 times, 7 times, 14 times
    2 balls -- 4, 3, 7
    3 balls -- 4, 2, 6
    4 balls -- 1, 0, 1
    5 balls -- 1, 1, 2
    6 balls -- 0, 3, 3
    7 balls -- 0, 2, 2
    8 balls -- 0, 1, 1
    Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 2, 3, 5
    Minus fouls -- 2, 2, 4
    TOTAL ball count -- 36, 65, 101
    Average game score -- 8 - 2.1

Distribution of run-outs to win the games. Counts are given for Bergman first, then Bustamante, then the total.
  • 1 ball -- 1 time, 2 times, 3 times (30%)
    2 balls -- 0, 2, 2
    3 balls -- 1, 1, 2
    4 balls -- 0, 0, 0
    5 balls -- 0, 1, 1
    6 balls -- 0, 0, 0
    7 balls -- 0, 1, 1
    8 balls -- 0, 1, 1 (10%)
    Average (mean) "out" run -- 3.3 balls
    Average (median) "out" run -- 2.5 balls

Distribution of lengths of games
  • Under 10 minutes -- 2 games
    10-19 minutes -- 2
    20-29 minutes -- 5
    30+ minutes --1
    Total -- 10

Set length (including racking and one timeout of about 6 minutes) -- 3 hours, 29 minutes

Average minutes per game -- 21
 
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