Here are some break statistics from the 2022 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 21-24, 2022 at the Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats. This was an invitational 16-man, single-elimination event won by Joshua Filler. The primary commentators were Mark Wilson and Jeremy Jones.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (265 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.
Fri., Jan. 21 (Round 1)
Sat., Jan. 22 (Round 1, continued)
Sun., Jan. 23 (Round 2)
Mon., Jan. 24 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 265 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (143 of 265) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 73 break-and-run games represented 28% of all 265 games, 51% of the 143 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 186 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 73 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Shaw), 14 alternate-break 2-packs, and 42 singles.
10-balls on the break -- No 10-balls were made on the break.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with standard pro-cut pockets (4½" corners) and Simonis 860 or 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with Diamond cue balls (without spots on Day 1, with blue spots on Days 2-4);
- Accu-Rack Pro10 racking template;
- rack your own (1-ball on the spot, 2-ball and 3-ball need not be on the back corners) and alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- jump cues not allowed and jumping with break cues not allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- all slop counts (except spot any 10-ball made on the break);
- 40-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- lag for opening break.
The event's 15 matches (265 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.
Fri., Jan. 21 (Round 1)
Fedor Gorst (.949 -- best of the event) d. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (.853) 11-6
Darren Appleton (.877) d. Roland Garcia (.814) 11-7
Jayson Shaw (.946) d. Omar Al-Shaheen (.843) 11-4
Shane Van Boening (.895) d. Lee Vann Corteza (.771) 11-5
Sat., Jan. 22 (Round 1, continued)
Roberto Gomez (.869) d. John Morra (.778) 11-7
Joshua Filler (.943) d. Alex Kazakis (.909) 11-6
Mika Immonen (.865) d. Max Eberle (.891) 11-9
David Alcaide (.924) d. Alex Pagulayan (.891) 11-9
Sun., Jan. 23 (Round 2)
Gorst (.945) d. Appleton (.789) 11-4
Shaw (.885) d. Van Boening (.890) 11-8
Filler (.853) d. Gomez (.750) 11-3
Immonen (.832) d. Alcaide (.810) 11-7
Mon., Jan. 24 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
Gorst (.937) d. Shaw (.869) 11-8
Filler (.932) d. Immonen (.860) 11-8
Filler (.889) d. Gorst (.906) 11-9
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 75% (101 of 135) for match winners, 65% (85 of 130) for match losers, and 70% (186 of 265) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 66% (89 of 135) for match winners, 42% (54 of 130) for match losers, and 54% (143 of 265) in total
■ Break-and-run games on all breaks -- 33% (44 of 135) for match winners, 22% (29 of 130) for match losers, and 28% (73 of 265) in total
■ Break-and-run games on successful breaks -- 44% (44 of 101) for match winners, 34% (29 of 85) for match losers, and 39% (73 of 186) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 265 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 114 (43% of the 265 games)
Breaker lost the game: 72 (27%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 28 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 42 (16%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (143 of 265) of all games,
He won 61% (114 of 186) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 37% (29 of 79) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 73 break-and-run games represented 28% of all 265 games, 51% of the 143 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 186 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 73 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 3-pack (by Shaw), 14 alternate-break 2-packs, and 42 singles.
10-balls on the break -- No 10-balls were made on the break.
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