Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 Florida Open Pool Championship played August 4-9, 2026 at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on wnttv.com. This was a 238-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 128 players (64 from the winners' side and 64 from the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Shane Van Boening won the tournament, defeating Alex Kazakis in the final match.
The commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost. The announcer/interviewer was Jack Mitchell.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
These stats are for all 13 matches (214 games) played on feature Table 1 beginning with the Stage 2, single-elimination round of the last 64 players. These matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, August 7
Saturday, August 8
Sunday, August 9
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
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 214 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 70 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 214 games, 53% of the 131 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 187 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 70 break-and-run games consisted of three 3-packs (two by Van Boening and one by Atencio), twelve 2-packs (2 by Manas, 2 by Kazakis, 2 by Van Boening, and 1 each by Sanchez-Ruiz, Souquet, Bergman, Atencio, Filler, and Kaçi), and 37 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 70 break-and-run games included 6 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.8% of all 214 breaks).
The commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost. The announcer/interviewer was Jack Mitchell.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• CPBA Royal Apex Series grey cloth;
• Dynaspheres Titan Series balls with a black-rotor-shaped-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;
• winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to either side of the long string;
• no illegal-break rule, but referees are to enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• a 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• 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.
These stats are for all 13 matches (214 games) played on feature Table 1 beginning with the Stage 2, single-elimination round of the last 64 players. These matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, August 7
1. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Gerson Martinez Boza 10-6 (Last 64)
2. Shane Van Boening d. Ralf Souquet 10-5 (Last 64)
3. Jesus Atencio d. Justin Bergman 10-9 (Last 64)
4. AJ Manas d. Jayson Shaw 10-3 (Last 32)
5. Van Boening d. Albin Ouschan 10-6 (Last 32)
6. Atencio d. Marco Teutscher 10-7 (Last 32)
Saturday, August 8
7. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Manas 10-9 (Last 16)
8. Van Boening d. Joshua Filler 10-7 (Last 16)
9. Atencio d. Albert Januarta 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
10. Van Boening d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, August 9
11. Alex Kazakis d. Atencio 11-3 (Semifinal)
12. Van Boening d. Eklent Kaçi 11-6 (Semifinal)
13. Van Boening d. Kazakis 13-5 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 89% (116 of 130)
Match losers -- 85% (71 of 84)
Total -- 87% (187 of 214)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (91 of 130)
Match losers -- 48% (40 of 84)
Total -- 61% (131 of 214)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 36% (47 of 130)
Match losers -- 27% (23 of 84)
Total -- 33% (70 of 214)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 41% (47 of 116)
Match losers -- 32% (23 of 71)
Total -- 37% (70 of 187)
Here's a breakdown of the 214 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 125 (58% of the 214 games)
Breaker lost the game: 62 (29%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 15 (7%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 61% (131 of 214) of all games,
He won 67% (125 of 187) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 22% (6 of 27) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 70 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 214 games, 53% of the 131 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 187 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 70 break-and-run games consisted of three 3-packs (two by Van Boening and one by Atencio), twelve 2-packs (2 by Manas, 2 by Kazakis, 2 by Van Boening, and 1 each by Sanchez-Ruiz, Souquet, Bergman, Atencio, Filler, and Kaçi), and 37 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 70 break-and-run games included 6 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.8% of all 214 breaks).