Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2015 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event, streamed by Accu-Stats from the Derby City Classic at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana.
The conditions for this event included: Diamond 9-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets, Simonis cloth, Diamond wooden rack, Cyclop TV balls with a measles cue ball, winner breaks, rack your own, break from anywhere behind the line, no jump cues allowed, all slop counts, and a 40-second shot clock (one extension per player per rack unless at hill/hill, then two extensions per player).
The 11 streamed matches (156 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats (no TPA was given for two of the matches):
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 65% of the time (102 of 156), won 57% of the games (89 of 156), and broke and ran 29% of the games (46 of 156).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 156 games.
Break-and-run games: The 46 break-and-run games represented 29% of all 156 games, 52% of the 89 games won by the breaker, and 45% of the 102 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 46 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Kiamco), 2 three-packs (both by Pagulayan), 7 two-packs and 22 singles. No one broke and ran 5 or more games in a row. These 46 games included 8 9-balls on the break that counted as wins (5.1% of all breaks) and 3 that did not count (breaker fouled).
The conditions for this event included: Diamond 9-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets, Simonis cloth, Diamond wooden rack, Cyclop TV balls with a measles cue ball, winner breaks, rack your own, break from anywhere behind the line, no jump cues allowed, all slop counts, and a 40-second shot clock (one extension per player per rack unless at hill/hill, then two extensions per player).
The 11 streamed matches (156 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats (no TPA was given for two of the matches):
Thurs., Jan. 29
F. Bustamante (.838) defeated J. Klatt (.800) 9-8
Fri., Jan. 30
J. Pinegar (.955) d. J. Shaw (.000) 9-0
D. Orcollo (.880) d. S. Daulton (.831) 9-7
W. Kiamco (.914) d. C. Biado (.724) 9-3
A. Pagulayan (.986) d. S. Van Boening (.640) 9-1
S. Woodward d. J. Calderon 9-7
Sat., Jan. 31
D. Orcollo (.807) d. S. Frost (.789) 9-6
A. Pagulayan d. D. Orcollo 9-8
W. Kiamco (.887) d. J. Sossei (.792) 9-6
A. Pagulayan (.961) d. W. Kiamco (.833) 9-4
W. Kiamco (.894) d. A. Pagulayan (.864) 9-7
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 65% of the time (102 of 156), won 57% of the games (89 of 156), and broke and ran 29% of the games (46 of 156).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 156 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 69 (44% of the 156 games)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (21%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 18 (12%)
Breaker lost the game: 26 (17%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (89) of all 156 games,
He won 68% (69 of 102) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 20% (2 of 10) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 41% (18 of 44) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 37% (20 of 54) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 46 break-and-run games represented 29% of all 156 games, 52% of the 89 games won by the breaker, and 45% of the 102 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 46 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Kiamco), 2 three-packs (both by Pagulayan), 7 two-packs and 22 singles. No one broke and ran 5 or more games in a row. These 46 games included 8 9-balls on the break that counted as wins (5.1% of all breaks) and 3 that did not count (breaker fouled).
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