Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 International Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played October 30 - November 1, 2023 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. Shane Van Boening won the event, defeating Joshua Filler in the final match.
The commentators were Mark Wilson, Mike Sigel, and Kim Davenport. The match announcers and referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (232 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, 7, and 12.
Mon., Oct. 30 (All matches in Round 1)
Tues., Oct. 31 (Matches 6, 7, and 8 in Round 1; Matches 9 and 10 in Round 2)
Wed., Nov. 1 (Matches 11 and 12 in Round 2, Matches 13 and 14 Semifinals, and Match 15 Finals)
Overall results
Breaker won the game:
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Here's a breakdown of the 232 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 35 break-and-run games represented 15% of all 232 games, 33% of the 107 games won by the breaker, and 36% of the 96 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 35 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Garcia), 4 alternate-break 2-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 each by Shaw and Yapp), and 24 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break once (0.4% of all 232 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
The commentators were Mark Wilson, Mike Sigel, and Kim Davenport. The match announcers and referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with 4 1/4" corner pockets and new Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with a red-dots 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 (even after the break) with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- lag for opening break.
The event's 15 matches (232 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, 7, and 12.
Mon., Oct. 30 (All matches in Round 1)
1. Chang Jung-Lin (.884) defeated Alex Kazakis (.763) 10-3
2. Jayson Shaw (.889) d. John Morra (.853) 10-6
3. Aloysius Yapp d. Roberto Gomez 10-8
4. Shane Van Boening (.884) d. Mika Immonen (.714) 10-4
5. Roland Garcia (.835) d. Naoyuki Oi (.811) 10-9
Tues., Oct. 31 (Matches 6, 7, and 8 in Round 1; Matches 9 and 10 in Round 2)
6. Joshua Filler (.926) d. Alex Pagulayan (.774) 10-4
7. Konrad Juszczyszyn d. Mario He 10-4
8. Fedor Gorst (.883) d. Lee Vann Corteza (.803) 10-6
9. Van Boening (.927) d. Garcia (.889) 10-9
10. Chang (.882) d. Shaw (.852) 10-4
Wed., Nov. 1 (Matches 11 and 12 in Round 2, Matches 13 and 14 Semifinals, and Match 15 Finals)
11. Yapp (.830) d. Gorst (.824) 10-8
12. Filler d. Juszczyszyn 10-3
13. Van Boening (.978 -- best of the event) d. Yapp (.750) 10-1
14. Filler (.957) d. Chang (.889) 10-6
15. Van Boening (.907) d. Filler (.881) 10-7
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 49% (56 of 115)
Match losers -- 34% (40 of 117)
Total -- 41% (96 of 232)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 61% (70 of 115)
Match losers -- 32% (37 of 117)
Total -- 46% (107 of 232)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 20% (23 of 115)
Match losers -- 10% (12 of 117)
Total -- 15% (35 of 232)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 41% (23 of 56)
Match losers -- 30% (12 of 40)
Total -- 36% (35 of 96)
Here's a breakdown of the 232 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 64 (28% of the 232 games)
Breaker lost the game: 32 (14%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 6 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 11 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 37 (16%)
Breaker lost the game: 82 (35%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 46% (107 of 232) of all games,
He won 67% (64 of 96) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 32% (43 of 136) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 35 break-and-run games represented 15% of all 232 games, 33% of the 107 games won by the breaker, and 36% of the 96 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 35 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Garcia), 4 alternate-break 2-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 each by Shaw and Yapp), and 24 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break once (0.4% of all 232 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
