Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2018 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event played January 24-27, 2018 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 11 streamed matches (163 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 one of the matches. [Note: These stats exclude 6 games in the Shaw/Pagulayan match, as my internet service was down during those games.]
Wed. Jan 24
Thurs. Jan 25
Fri., Jan. 26
Sat., Jan. 27
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 73% of the time (115 of 157), won 62% of the games (98 of 157), and broke and ran 37% of the games (58 of 157).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 157 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (98 of 157) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 58 break-and-run games represented 37% of all 157 games, 59% of the 98 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 115 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 58 break-and-run games consisted of 2 five-packs (by De Luna and Morra), 1 four-pack (Filler), 4 three-packs, 6 two-packs and 20 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 58 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.9% of all breaks).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop TV balls with a measles cue ball;
- Diamond CR1 triangle 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 11 streamed matches (163 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 one of the matches. [Note: These stats exclude 6 games in the Shaw/Pagulayan match, as my internet service was down during those games.]
Wed. Jan 24
Mika Immonen (.922) defeated Scott Frost (.865) 9-7
Thurs. Jan 25
Chris Melling (.869) d. Chip Compton (.536) 9-2
Fri., Jan. 26
Jeffrey De Luna (.986 - best of the event) d. Shannon Murphy (.833) 9-2
Justin Bergman (.899) d. Tony Chohan (.846) 9-6
Justin Bergman (.899) d. Tony Chohan (.846) 9-6
Sat., Jan. 27
Dennis Orcollo (.913) d. Shane Van Boening (.864) 9-8
Jayson Shaw (.825) d. Alex Pagulayan (.868) 9-8
Chris Melling d. John Morra 9-7
Joshua Filler (.889) d. Josh Roberts (.829) 9-4
Orcollo (.922) d. Ruslan Chinakhov (.871) 9-7
Morra (.880) d. Van Boening (.871) 9-5 (Semifinal)
Melling (.864) d. Morra (.848) 9-8 (Finals)
Jayson Shaw (.825) d. Alex Pagulayan (.868) 9-8
Chris Melling d. John Morra 9-7
Joshua Filler (.889) d. Josh Roberts (.829) 9-4
Orcollo (.922) d. Ruslan Chinakhov (.871) 9-7
Morra (.880) d. Van Boening (.871) 9-5 (Semifinal)
Melling (.864) d. Morra (.848) 9-8 (Finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 73% of the time (115 of 157), won 62% of the games (98 of 157), and broke and ran 37% of the games (58 of 157).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 157 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 80 (51% of the 157 games)
Breaker lost the game: 35 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 17 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 18 (11%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (98 of 157) of all games,
He won 70% (80 of 115) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 14% (1 of 7) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 49% (17 of 35) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 43% (18 of 42) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 58 break-and-run games represented 37% of all 157 games, 59% of the 98 games won by the breaker, and 50% of the 115 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 58 break-and-run games consisted of 2 five-packs (by De Luna and Morra), 1 four-pack (Filler), 4 three-packs, 6 two-packs and 20 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 58 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.9% of all breaks).
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