Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 International Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played November 23-24, 2024 at the World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort in St. Augustine, Florida. Pay-per-view streaming was provided by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 8-man, single-elimination event. Shane Van Boening won the event, defeating Lee Vann Corteza in the final match.
The commentators were Mark Wilson and Mike Sigel. The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi. The Master of Ceremonies was Derrick Keith.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The field size was reduced to just 8 players this year. The event's 7 matches (110 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.
Sat., Nov. 23 (Round 1 matches)
Sun., Nov. 24 (Matches 5 and 6 Semifinals, and Match 7 Finals)
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 110 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 28 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 110 games, 44% of the 63 games won by the breaker, and 45% of the 62 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 28 break-and-run games consisted of 2 alternate-break 4-packs (1 each by Gorst and Van Boning), 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Capito), 3 alternate-break 2-packs, and 11 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break three times (2.7% of all 112 breaks).
The commentators were Mark Wilson and Mike Sigel. The referees were Ken Shuman and Ed Liddawi. The Master of Ceremonies was Derrick Keith.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
• Diamond 10-foot table. Mark Wilson said the corner pockets were 4¼", but on-site Bob Jewett found them to be 4½";
• Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth;
• Aramith Tournament balls with a blue-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, even for 10-balls made on the break;
• 30-second shot clock (even after the break and after push outs) with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
• lag for opening break.
The field size was reduced to just 8 players this year. The event's 7 matches (110 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.
Sat., Nov. 23 (Round 1 matches)
1. Robbie Capito (.870) defeated John Morra (.736) 10-6
2. Lee Vann Corteza (.777) d. Pijus Labutis (.735) 10-9
3. Shane Van Boening (.875) d. Roberto Gomez (.844) 10-9
4. Fedor Gorst (.922) d. Aloysius Yapp (.791) 10-3
Sun., Nov. 24 (Matches 5 and 6 Semifinals, and Match 7 Finals)
5. Corteza (.969 -- best of the event) d. Gorst (.839) 10-4
6. Van Boening (.892) d. Capito (.867) 10-4
7. Van Boening (.907) d. Corteza (.824) 10-5
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 65% (36 of 55)
Match losers -- 47% (26 of 55)
Total -- 56% (62 of 110)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 71% (39 of 55)
Match losers -- 44% (24 of 55)
Total -- 57% (63 of 110)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 33% (18 of 55)
Match losers -- 18% (10 of 55)
Total -- 25% (28 of 110)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 50% (18 of 36)
Match losers -- 38% (10 of 26)
Total -- 45% (28 of 62)
Here's a breakdown of the 110 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 45 (41% of the 110 games)
Breaker lost the game: 17 (15%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 15 (14%)
Breaker lost the game: 22 (20%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (63 0f 110) of all games,
He won 73% (45 of 62) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 38% (18 of 48) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 28 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 110 games, 44% of the 63 games won by the breaker, and 45% of the 62 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 28 break-and-run games consisted of 2 alternate-break 4-packs (1 each by Gorst and Van Boning), 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Capito), 3 alternate-break 2-packs, and 11 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break three times (2.7% of all 112 breaks).
