Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 World 8-Ball Championship played November 19-22, 2022 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Streaming was free on Billiard TV, YouTube, and Facebook. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz won the event, defeating Wiktor Zielinski in the final match. The main commentators were Marcus Chamat, Tim De Ruyter, Tony Robles, Mark White, and Jim Wych. The main referees were John Leyman and Dwayne Payne.
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
This was a 127-player event, with double elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side), and then single elimination to the end. These stats are for all 16 matches streamed on feature Table 1 plus 3 matches streamed on feature Table 2 when junior tournament final matches were being shown on Table 1 on Monday. These 19 matches (244 games) were 8.2% of the total of 233 matches played in the event (237 scheduled for 127 players less 4 forfeits). They are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, Nov. 19
Sunday, Nov. 20
Monday, Nov. 21
Tuesday, Nov. 22
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 244 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 102 break-and-run games represented 42% of all 244 games, 71% of the 143 games won by the breaker, and 73% of the 140 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 102 break-and-run games consisted of 1 7-pack (by Gorst), 2 5-packs (Ko PY and Sanchez-Ruiz), 2 4-packs (Souquet and Lechner), 7 3-packs, 9 2-packs, and 38 singles.
8-balls on the break -- 5 (2.0% of all 244 breaks). In each case, the breaker chose to spot the 8-ball and continue playing rather than re-breaking.
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Predator Apex 9-foot table (4¼" corner pockets);
- Predator Arcadia cloth (blue);
- Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;
- Predator Arena lights;
- referee racks using a Predator Aerorack triangle rack;
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- table open after the break;
- ball in hand behind the head string after a foul on the break;
- for an 8-ball made on the break, it is breaker's choice to spot the 8-ball and continue shooting or to re-break;
- call shots;
- foul on all balls;
- 3-foul rule not in effect;
- 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break) with one 30-second extension allowed per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
This was a 127-player event, with double elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side), and then single elimination to the end. These stats are for all 16 matches streamed on feature Table 1 plus 3 matches streamed on feature Table 2 when junior tournament final matches were being shown on Table 1 on Monday. These 19 matches (244 games) were 8.2% of the total of 233 matches played in the event (237 scheduled for 127 players less 4 forfeits). They are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, Nov. 19
1. Shane Van Boening defeated Alan Rolon 8-3
2. Chang Jung-Lin d. Tim De Ruyter 8-6
3. Jayson Shaw d. Dimitris Loukatos 8-7
4. Joshua Filler d. Mateusz Sniegocki 8-2
Sunday, Nov. 20
5. Ko Pin Yi d. Thorsten Hohmann 8-3
6. Petri Makkonen d. Masato Yoshioka 8-6
7. Konrad Juszczyszyn d. Ralf Souquet 8-6
8. Fedor Gorst d. Aloysius Yapp 8-4
9. Wiktor Zielinski d. Rolon 8-3
10. Mickey Krause d. Naoyuki Oi 8-4
Monday, Nov. 21
11. Max Lechner d. Jonas Souto 8-1
12. Van Boening d. Wu Kun Lin 8-6
13. Gorst d. Sniegocki 8-0
14. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Gorst 10-5
15. Shaw d. Filler 10-8
Tuesday, Nov. 22
16. Shaw d. Alex Pagulayan 5-1, match conceded because of injury (Quarterfinal)
17. Sanchez-Ruiz d. He 10-7 (Semifinal)
18. Zielinski d. Shaw 10-7 (Semifinal)
19. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Zielinski 10-6 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 64% (94 of 148)
Match losers -- 48% (46 of 96)
Total -- 57% (140 of 244)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (103 of 148)
Match losers -- 42% (40 of 96)
Total -- 59% (143 of 244)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 50% (74 of 148)
Match losers -- 29% (28 of 96)
Total -- 42% (102 of 244)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 79% (74 of 94)
Match losers -- 61% (28 of 46)
Total -- 73% (102 of 140)
Here's a breakdown of the 244 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 110 (45% of the 244 games)
Breaker lost the game: 30 (12%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 15 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 31 (13%)
Breaker lost the game: 56 (23%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 59% (143 of 244) of all games,
He won 79% (110 of 140) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 32% (33 of 104) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 102 break-and-run games represented 42% of all 244 games, 71% of the 143 games won by the breaker, and 73% of the 140 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 102 break-and-run games consisted of 1 7-pack (by Gorst), 2 5-packs (Ko PY and Sanchez-Ruiz), 2 4-packs (Souquet and Lechner), 7 3-packs, 9 2-packs, and 38 singles.
8-balls on the break -- 5 (2.0% of all 244 breaks). In each case, the breaker chose to spot the 8-ball and continue playing rather than re-breaking.
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