Here are some break results for the 2025 Reyes Cup played October 16-19 at Ninoy Aquino National Stadium in Manila, Philippines. This event was 9-Ball racing to 11 match wins, with each match being a race to 5 games. The format was three team matches (everyone plays one game, then repeat until one side wins 5 games), up to 6 doubles matches (6 were played), and up to 12 singles matches (5 were played). Team Asia won the Cup 11-3, with the match scores on the 4 days as follows (Team Asia's score first):
• Players for Team Asia -- Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Duong Quoc Hoang, Albert James Manas, and Aloysius Yapp
• Players for Team Rest of the World -- Fedor Gorst, Moritz Neuhausen, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, Jayson Shaw, and Skyler Woodward
• Team Captains -- Francisco Bustamante (Asia) and Jeremy Jones (Rest of the World)
• Commentators (2 per match) -- Karl Boyes, Scott Frost, and Michael McMullan
• Referees -- Marcel Eckardt (6 matches), Ben Taylor-Fuente (6 matches), and one whose name I do not know (2 matches, both on Day 3)
• Announcer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
• Master of Ceremonies -- Carlo Pamintuan
The conditions for this event included the following:
The 14 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets. Team Rest of the World is abbreviated ROW.
Thurs. Oct. 16, 2025
Fri. Oct. 17
Sat. Oct. 18
Sun. Oct. 19
Overall results
Here's a further breakdown of the 103 games played in the Cup.
Balls Pocketed:
Average number of balls made on the break:
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
9-Balls on the break -- The 17 break-and-run games included one 9-ball on the break (1.0% of all breaks).
Day 1 -- 4 - 0
Day 2 -- 3 - 0 (2-day total 7 - 0)
Day 3 -- 2 - 1 (3-day total 9 - 1)
Day 4 -- 2 - 2
Total -- 11 - 3
• Players for Team Asia -- Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Duong Quoc Hoang, Albert James Manas, and Aloysius Yapp
• Players for Team Rest of the World -- Fedor Gorst, Moritz Neuhausen, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, Jayson Shaw, and Skyler Woodward
• Team Captains -- Francisco Bustamante (Asia) and Jeremy Jones (Rest of the World)
• Commentators (2 per match) -- Karl Boyes, Scott Frost, and Michael McMullan
• Referees -- Marcel Eckardt (6 matches), Ben Taylor-Fuente (6 matches), and one whose name I do not know (2 matches, both on Day 3)
• Announcer/Interviewer -- Abigail Davies
• Master of Ceremonies -- Carlo Pamintuan
The conditions for this event included the following:
• Rasson OX II 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the back location;
• alternate breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to each side of the long string;
• no illegal break rule, but the referee is to enforce a forceful-break rule;
• 30-sec. shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per side per game;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect (no violations);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
The 14 matches were as follows, in the order they were played. Match winners are bolded; total Cup scores are after each match in brackets. Team Rest of the World is abbreviated ROW.
Thurs. Oct. 16, 2025
1. Teams -- Asia ... 5-1 ... ROW [1-0]
2. Doubles -- Manas/Yapp ... 5-2 ... Sanchez-Ruiz/Shaw [2-0]
3. Singles -- Biado ... 5-3 ... Neuhausen [3-0]
4. Doubles -- Chua/Duong ... 5-4 ... Gorst/Woodward [4-0]
Fri. Oct. 17
5. Teams -- Asia ... 5-4 ... ROW [5-0]
6. Singles -- Manas ... 5-4 ... Gorst [6-0]
7. Doubles -- Chua/Manas ... 5-2 ... Gorst/Shaw [7-0]
Sat. Oct. 18
8. Teams -- Asia ... 4-5 ... ROW [7-1]
9. Singles -- Duong ... 5-1 ... Woodward [8-1]
10. Doubles -- Biado/Yapp ... 5-0 ... Neuhausen/Sanchez-Ruiz [9-1]
Sun. Oct. 19
11. Singles -- Yapp ... 5-1 ... Shaw [10-1]
12. Doubles -- Duong/Yapp ... 2-5 ... Shaw/Woodward [10-2]
13. Singles -- Chua ... 3-5 ... Sanchez-Ruiz [10-3]
14. Doubles -- Biado/Manas ... 5-2 ... Gorst/Neuhausen [11-3]
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team Asia -- 73% (37 of 51)
Team ROW -- 75% (39 of 52)
Total -- 74% (76 of 103)
Breaker's side won the game:
Team Asia -- 59% (30 of 51)
Team ROW -- 37% (19 of 52)
Total -- 48% (49 of 103)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Team Asia -- 24% (12 of 51)
Team ROW -- 10% (5 of 52)
Total -- 17% (17 of 103)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Team Asia -- 32% (12 of 37)
Team ROW -- 13% (5 of 39)
Total -- 22% (17 of 76)
Here's a further breakdown of the 103 games played in the Cup.
Team Asia broke 51 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 25 (49% of the 51 games)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 12 (24%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 5 (10%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 9 (18%)
Team ROW broke 52 times, with the following results:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 16 (31% of the 52 games)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 23 (44%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 3 (6%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 10 (19%)
Totals for both teams on all 103 breaks:
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and won the game -- 41 (40%)
Made at least one ball (and did not foul) and lost the game -- 35 (34%)
Broke dry or fouled but won the game -- 8 (8%)
Broke dry or fouled and lost the game -- 19 (18%)
Therefore, whereas Team Asia won 59% (30 of 51) of the games on their own break,
They won 68% (25 of 37) of the games in which their break was successful.
They won 36% (5 of 14) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
And whereas Team ROW won 37% (19 of 52) of the games on their own break,
They won 41% (16 of 39) of the games in which the break was successful.
They won 23% (3 of 13) of the games in which their break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Balls Pocketed:
Team Asia -- 45 on the break, 435 not on the break, 480 in total (includes 2 balls made on breaking fouls and 2 balls made other fouls)
Team ROW -- 60 on the break, 349 not on the break, 409 in total (includes 2 balls made on breaking fouls and 1 ball made on another foul)
Average number of balls made on the break:
Team Asia -- 0.9 on all breaks, 1.2 on successful breaks
Team ROW -- 1.2 on all breaks, 1.5 on successful breaks
Total -- 1.0 on all breaks, 1.3 on successful breaks
Alternate-break packages (break-and-run games on a player's or team's own successive breaks)
Team Asia's 12 B&R games consisted of three 2-packs (one by Manas and Biado in the Day 1 Teams match, one by Manas against Gorst, and one by Yapp against Shaw) and 6 singles.
Team ROW's 5 B&R games consisted of one 2-pack (by Gorst against Manas) and 3 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 17 break-and-run games included one 9-ball on the break (1.0% of all breaks).
