Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 International Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played October 31 - November 2, 2022 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 16-man, single-elimination event. Fedor Gorst won the event, defeating Joshua Filler in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (266 games), all streamed from the same table, were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played). The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. TPAs were not provided for Matches 3, 6, and 13 and for Alcaide in Match 5. TPAs were being shown during Match 8, but the stream went down near the end of the match, so the final TPAs were not shown. The stream was down for 5 games in Matches 8 and 9, so the stats are for 261 games instead of 266.
Mon., Oct. 31 (All matches in Round 1)
Tues., Nov. 1 (Matches 6, 7, and 8 in Round 1; Matches 9 and 10 in Round 2)
Wed., Nov. 2 (Matches 11 and 12 in Round 2, Matches 13 and 14 Semifinals, and Match 15 Finals)
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 261 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 53 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 261 games, 38% of the 141 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 171 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 53 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 5-pack (by Yapp), 1 alternate-break 4-pack (Gorst), 1 alternate-break 3-pack (Kazakis), 6 alternate-break 2-packs, and 29 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break two times (0.8% of all 261 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets (4½" corners) and Simonis 860 cloth (not new);
- Aramith Tournament balls with a red-measles cue ball;
- Accu-Rack Pro10 racking template;
- referee racks with the 1-ball on the spot (2-ball and 3-ball need not be on the back corners);
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break);
- 30-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- lag for opening break.
The event's 15 matches (266 games), all streamed from the same table, were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played). The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. TPAs were not provided for Matches 3, 6, and 13 and for Alcaide in Match 5. TPAs were being shown during Match 8, but the stream went down near the end of the match, so the final TPAs were not shown. The stream was down for 5 games in Matches 8 and 9, so the stats are for 261 games instead of 266.
Mon., Oct. 31 (All matches in Round 1)
1. Roland Garcia (.885) defeated Alex Pagulayan (.875) 11-10
2. Aloysius Yapp ( .880) d. Jeff De Luna (.810) 11-5
3. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Mika Immonen 11-6
4. Albin Ouschan (.820) d. Omar Al-Shaheen (.738) 11-8
5. Fedor Gorst (.970 -- tied for best of the event) d. David Alcaide 11-1
Tues., Nov. 1 (Matches 6, 7, and 8 in Round 1; Matches 9 and 10 in Round 2)
6. Chang Jung-Lin d. Alex Kazakis 11-9
7. Joshua Filler (.827) d. Robeto Gomez (.808) 11-9
8. Jayson Shaw d. Lee Vann Corteza 11-4
9. Yapp (.904) d. Garcia (.877) 11-9
10. Ouschan (.940) d. Chang (.898) 11-9
Wed., Nov. 2 (Matches 11 and 12 in Round 2, Matches 13 and 14 Semifinals, and Match 15 Finals)
11. Filler (.885) d. Sanchez-Ruiz (.824) 11-8
12. Gorst (.970 -- tied for best of the event) d. Shaw (.871) 11-5
13. Filler d. Yapp 11-5
14. Gorst (.934) d. Ouschan (.835) 11-6
15. Gorst (.952) d. Filler (.843) 11-7
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 67% (88 of 131)
Match losers -- 64% (83 of 130)
Total -- 66% (171 of 261)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 66% (87 of 131)
Match losers -- 42% (54 of 130)
Total -- 54% (141 of 261)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 27% (36 of 131)
Match losers -- 13% (17 of 130)
Total -- 20% (53 of 261)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 41% (36 of 88)
Match losers -- 20% (17 of 83)
Total -- 31% (53 of 171)
Here's a breakdown of the 261 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 108 (41% of the 261 games)
Breaker lost the game: 63 (24%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 18 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 29 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 39 (15%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (141 of 261) of all games,
He won 63% (108 of 171) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 37% (33 of 90) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 53 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 261 games, 38% of the 141 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 171 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 53 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 5-pack (by Yapp), 1 alternate-break 4-pack (Gorst), 1 alternate-break 3-pack (Kazakis), 6 alternate-break 2-packs, and 29 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break two times (0.8% of all 261 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
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