Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 Yalin WPA Men's 8-Ball World Championship played April 2-8, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis Missouri. Streaming was free on YouTube's Billiard TV channel. Aloysius Yapp won the event, defeating Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz in the final match.
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
This was an 89-player event (96 less 7 no-shows or forfeits), with double elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side), and then single elimination to the end. These stats are for 14 matches -- all of the matches that were streamed on feature Table 1 with commentary. These 14 matches (205 games) were 9% of the total of 158 matches played in the event (175 scheduled less 17 not played because of forfeits), including 16% (5 of 31) of the matches played in the single-elimination stage of the event. The 14 matches are as follows:
Thursday, April 2
Fri., April 3
Sat., April 4
Sun., April 5
Mon., April 6
Tues., April 7
Wed, April 8
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 205 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 52 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 205 games, 50% of the 103 games won by the breaker, and 55% of the 94 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 52 break-and-run games consisted of one 4-pack (by Bergman), no 3-packs, 8 2-packs, and 32 singles.
8-balls on the break -- 1 (0.5% of all 205 breaks). The breaker chose to spot the 8-ball and continue playing rather than re-breaking.
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Predator Apex 9-foot table with 4 1/8" corner pockets;
• Predator Simonis cloth (blue);
• Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;
• Predator Arena lights;
• referee racks using a Predator Aerorack triangle rack;
• winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
• table open after the break;
• ball in hand behind the head string after a foul on the break;
• for an 8-ball made on the break, it is breaker's choice to spot the 8-ball and continue shooting or to re-break;
• call shots;
• foul on all balls;
• 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break) with one 30-second extension allowed per player per game; and
• lag for opening break.
This was an 89-player event (96 less 7 no-shows or forfeits), with double elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side), and then single elimination to the end. These stats are for 14 matches -- all of the matches that were streamed on feature Table 1 with commentary. These 14 matches (205 games) were 9% of the total of 158 matches played in the event (175 scheduled less 17 not played because of forfeits), including 16% (5 of 31) of the matches played in the single-elimination stage of the event. The 14 matches are as follows:
Thursday, April 2
1. Skyler Woodward defeated Sean Mark Malayan 8-2
2. Roberto Gomez d. Kledio Kaçi 8-5
3. Albin Ouschan d. Christopher Tevez Ocampo 8-7
Fri., April 3
4. Justin Bergman d. Joshua Filler 8-7
5. K. Kaçi d. Shane Van Boening 8-5
Sat., April 4
6. Duong Quox Hoang d. Pijus Labutis 8-7
Sun., April 5
7. Malayan d. Filler 8-7
8. Gerson Martinez Boza d. Bergman 8-5
Mon., April 6
9. Bergman d. Wojciech Szewczyk 8-7
10. Woodward d. Bergman 10-8 [Last 32]
Tues., April 7
11. Kun Lin Wu d. Woodward 10-2 [Last 16]
12. Ouschan d. Jayson Shaw 10-9 [Quarterfinal]
Wed, April 8
13. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Ouschan 10-8 (Semifinal)
14. Aloysius Yapp d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-4 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 47% (55 of 118)
Match losers -- 45% (39 of 87)
Total -- 46% (94 of 205)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 58% (69 of 118)
Match losers -- 39% (34 of 87)
Total -- 50% (103 of 205)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 28% (33 of 118)
Match losers -- 22% (19 of 87)
Total -- 25% (52 of 205)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 60% (33 of 55)
Match losers -- 49% (19 of 39)
Total -- 55% (52 of 94)
Here's a breakdown of the 205 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 64 (31% of the 205 games)
Breaker lost the game: 30 (15%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 36 (18%)
Breaker lost the game: 62 (30%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 50% (103 of 205) of all games,
He won 68% (64 of 94) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 35% (39 of 111) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 52 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 205 games, 50% of the 103 games won by the breaker, and 55% of the 94 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 52 break-and-run games consisted of one 4-pack (by Bergman), no 3-packs, 8 2-packs, and 32 singles.
8-balls on the break -- 1 (0.5% of all 205 breaks). The breaker chose to spot the 8-ball and continue playing rather than re-breaking.
