Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event played January 24-27 at Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. Joshua Filler won the event, defeating Pijus Labutis in the final match.
This event apparently had approximately 500 players. I was unable to count the number this year because the Completed Matches list for 9-Ball was not posted on line. The event operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 9.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
The 16 matches (229 games) streamed by Accu-Stats 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 given for some of the matches.
Fri., Jan. 26
Sat., Jan. 27 (extending through the night until about 11:00 am Sunday morning)
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 229 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 58 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 229 games, 45% of the 129 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 133 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 58 break-and-run games consisted of 1 4-pack (by Filler), 3 3-packs (Roberts, Fortunski, and Shaw), 5 2-packs and 35 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 58 break-and-run games included 9 9-balls on the break (3.9% of the 229 breaks).
This event apparently had approximately 500 players. I was unable to count the number this year because the Completed Matches list for 9-Ball was not posted on line. The event operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 9.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" corner pockets and blue Simonis 860 or 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with an Aramith "Diamond" cue ball with blue spots;
- Accu-Rack racking template;
- rack your own, with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball not in the back location;
- winner breaks (he actually had the choice) from the break box -- one diamond to each side of the long string;
- no 3-point illegal-break rule;
- jump cues not allowed and jumping with break cues not allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- a 30-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- all slop counts.
The 16 matches (229 games) streamed by Accu-Stats 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 given for some of the matches.
Fri., Jan. 26
1. Joshua Filler (.949) defeated Shannon Murphy (.308) 9-0
2. Josh Roberts (.897) d. Derek Pogirski (.566) 9-2
3. Billy Thorpe (.890) d. Robb Saez (.855) 9-7
Sat., Jan. 27 (extending through the night until about 11:00 am Sunday morning)
4. Mieszko Fortunski d. Shane Van Boening 9-3
5. Jayson Shaw (.843) d. Billy Thorpe (.890) 9-8
6. Roland Garcia (.889) d. Roberto Gomez (.835) 9-8
7. Fortunski (.896) d. Thorsten Hohmann (.796) 9-6
8. Shaw (.949) d. Lee Vann Corteza (.849) 9-5
9. Garcia (.930) d. Naoyuki Oi (.877) 9-6
10. Pijus Labutis (.899) d. Bill Ussery (.750) 9-4
11. Filler d. Alex Pagulayan 9-6
12. Shaw d. Vitaliy Patsura 9-6
13. Labutis d. Gorst 9-6
14. Filler (.975 -- best of these 16 matches) d. John Morra (.925) 9-5
15. Filler (.931) d. Labutis (.852) 9-5 (Semifinal)
16. Filler (.909) d. Labutis (.889) (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 61% (86 of 140)
Match losers -- 53% (47 of 89)
Total -- 58% (133 of 229)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 66% (92 of 140)
Match losers -- 42% (37 of 89)
Total -- 56% (129 of 229)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 32% (45 of 140)
Match losers -- 15% (13 of 89)
Total -- 25% (58 of 229)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 52% (45 of 86)
Match losers -- 28% (13 of 47)
Total -- 44% (58 of 133)
Here's a breakdown of the 229 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 100 (44% of the 229 games)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (14%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 18 (8%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 25 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 49 (21%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 56% (129 of 229) of all games,
He won 75% (100 of 133) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 30% (29 of 96) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 58 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 229 games, 45% of the 129 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 133 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 58 break-and-run games consisted of 1 4-pack (by Filler), 3 3-packs (Roberts, Fortunski, and Shaw), 5 2-packs and 35 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 58 break-and-run games included 9 9-balls on the break (3.9% of the 229 breaks).
