Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 Vice City Classic played July 29 - August 2, 2026 at Classic Billiards in Lauderhill, FL. This was a ranking event for the World Nineball Tour. Free streaming was provided by the Billiard Sports Network on YouTube. This was a 106-player 9-Ball event, with double elimination down to 32 players (16 from the winners' side and 16 from the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Kledio Kaçi won the tournament, defeating Mickey Krause in the final match.
The commentators were Scott Frost and Frank Maialetti.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
These stats are for all 7 matches (134 games) played on the feature table ("Aramith Arena") in Stage 2, the single-elimination stage with the last 32 players. These matches were all races to 11 except for the final to 13. These 7 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, August 1
Sunday, August 2
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 134 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 34 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 134 games, 45% of the 76 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 113 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 34 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Kaçi in his Semifinal match), two 3-packs (one each by Filler and Styer), two 2-packs (one each by Krause and Kaçi), and 19 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 34 break-and-run games included 1 game-winning 9-ball on the break (0.7% of all 134 breaks).
The commentators were Scott Frost and Frank Maialetti.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with corner pockets slightly under 4" (said Scott Frost);
• Blue cloth (brand not mentioned);
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• 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;
• 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 7 matches (134 games) played on the feature table ("Aramith Arena") in Stage 2, the single-elimination stage with the last 32 players. These matches were all races to 11 except for the final to 13. These 7 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, August 1
1. Duong Quoc Hoang defeated Joshua Filler 11-10 (Last 32)
2. Tyler Styer d. Justin Bergman 11-7 (Last 32)
3. Aloysius Yapp d. Mario He 11-9 (Last 16)
4. Kledio Kaçi d. Carlo Biado 11-9 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, August 2
5. Mickey Krause d. Yapp 11-5 (Semifinal)
6. K. Kaçi d. Marco Teutscher 11-8 (Semifinal)
7. K. Kaçi d. Krause 13-7 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 88% (68 of 77)
Match losers -- 79% (45 of 57)
Total -- 84% (113 of 134)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 64% (49 of 77)
Match losers -- 47% (27 of 57)
Total -- 57% (76 of 134)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 27% (21 of 77)
Match losers -- 23% (13 of 57)
Total -- 25% (34 of 134)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 31% (21 of 68)
Match losers -- 29% (13 of 45)
Total -- 30% (34 of 113)
Here's a breakdown of the 134 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 68 (51% of the 134 games)
Breaker lost the game: 45 (34%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 5 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 8 (6%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (6%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (76 of 134) of all games,
He won 60% (68 of 113) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 38% (8 of 21) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 34 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 134 games, 45% of the 76 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 113 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 34 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Kaçi in his Semifinal match), two 3-packs (one each by Filler and Styer), two 2-packs (one each by Krause and Kaçi), and 19 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 34 break-and-run games included 1 game-winning 9-ball on the break (0.7% of all 134 breaks).
