Here are some break statistics from the 2023 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 20-23, 2023 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 Shane Van Boening. The primary commentators were Mark Wilson and Jeremy Jones. The referee was Ricky Bryant; the master of ceremonies was Derrick Keith.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (256 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. TPAs were not provided for Match 10 because of technical problems.
Fri., Jan. 20 (Round 1)
Sat., Jan. 21 (Round 1, continued)
Sun., Jan. 22 (Round 2)
Mon., Jan. 23 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
Overall results
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 256 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 55 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 256 games, 38% of the 145 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 169 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 55 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 4-pack (by Van Boening), 5 alternate-break 2-packs (1 each by Gorst, Juszczyszyn, and Van Boening, and 2 by Gomez), and 41 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 4 1/8" corner pockets and 4¾" side pockets;
- Simonis 860 or 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls;
- 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);
- 30-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- lag for opening break.
The event's 15 matches (256 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. TPAs were not provided for Match 10 because of technical problems.
Fri., Jan. 20 (Round 1)
1. Shane Van Boening (.863) defeated Max Eberle (.764) 11-4
2. Jayson Shaw (.910) d. Skyler Woodward (.768) 11-4
3. Roberto Gomez (.853) d. Alex Pagulayan (.793) 11-8
4. Fedor Gorst (.939 - best of the event) d. Jeffrey De Luna (.694) 11-1
Sat., Jan. 21 (Round 1, continued)
5. Mieszko Fortunski (.883) d. Mika Immonen (.835) 11-8
6. Lee Vann Corteza (.907) d. Roland Garcia (.746) 11-2
7. Konrad Juszczyszyn (.851) d. John Morra (.828) 11-9
8. Joshua Filler (.857) d. Jesus Atencio (.667) 11-5
Sun., Jan. 22 (Round 2)
9. Van Boening (.871) d. Shaw (.773) 11-8
10. Gomez d. Gorst 11-9
11. Corteza (.902) d. Fortunski (.856) 11-10
12. Juszczyszyn (.897) d. Filler (.929) 11-9
Mon., Jan. 23 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
13. Van Boening (.930) d. Gomez (.885) 11-3
14. Juszczyszyn (.938) d. Corteza (.684) 11-4
15. Van Boening (.849 ) d. Juszczyszyn (.730 ) 11-7
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 70% (93 of 132)
Match losers -- 61% (76 of 124)
Total -- 66% (169 of 256)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (93 of 132)
Match losers -- 42% (52 of 124)
Total -- 57% (145 of 256)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 30% (39 of 132)
Match losers -- 13% (16 of 124)
Total -- 21% (55 of 256)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 42% (39 of 93)
Match losers -- 21% (16 of 76)
Total -- 33% (55 of 169)
Here's a breakdown of the 256 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 103 (40% of the 256 games)
Breaker lost the game: 66 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 7 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 35 (14%)
Breaker lost the game: 35 (14%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (145 of 256) of all games,
He won 61% (103 of 169) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 48% (42 of 87) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 55 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 256 games, 38% of the 145 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 169 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 55 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 4-pack (by Van Boening), 5 alternate-break 2-packs (1 each by Gorst, Juszczyszyn, and Van Boening, and 2 by Gomez), and 41 singles.
10-balls on the break -- No 10-balls were made on the break.
