Here are some break statistics from the 2024 Derby City Classic's Diamond Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge played January 19-22, 2024 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. The referee was Ricky Bryant; the master of ceremonies was Derrick Keith.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The event's 15 matches (238 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. 19 (Round 1)
Sat., Jan. 20 (Round 1, continued)
Sun., Jan. 21 (Round 2)
Mon., Jan. 22 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 238 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 43 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 238 games, 34% of the 128 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 140 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 43 break-and-run games consisted of 3 alternate-break 3-packs (1 each by Filler, Zielinski, and Gorst), 2 alternate-break 2-packs (Fortunski and Corteza), and 30 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 1 time (0.4% of the 238 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 10-foot table with 4 1/4" corner pockets;
- Simonis blue 860 or 860 HR cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls with an Aramith "Diamond" cue ball with blue spots;
- 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);
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string (cue ball must be entirely 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 (238 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. 19 (Round 1)
1. John Morra (.829) defeated Jesus Atencio (.802) 10-6
2. Joshua Filler (.911) d. Mieszko Fortunski (.907) 10-8
3. Fedor Gorst (.941 - best of the event) d. Jayson Shaw (.900) 10-7
4. Wiktor Zielinski (.913) d. Corey Deuel (.842) 10-5
Sat., Jan. 20 (Round 1, continued)
5. Alex Pagulayan (.714) d. Max Eberle (.710) 10-9
6. Konrad Juszczyszyn (.874) d. Naoyuki Oi (.855) 10-9
7. Lee Vann Corteza (.914) d. Shane Van Boening (.842) 10-6
8. Roberto Gomez (.777) d. Max Adame (.603) 10-2
Sun., Jan. 21 (Round 2)
9. Filler (.911) d. Morra (.746) 10-3
10. Gorst (.927) d. Zielinski (.847) 10-5
11. Juszczyszyn (.912) d. Pagulayan (.800) 10-5
12. Corteza (.829) d. Gomez (.699) 10-4
Mon., Jan. 22 (Rounds 3 and 4 -- semifinals and finals)
13. Filler (.904) d. Gorst (.904) 10-9
14. Corteza (.882) d. Juszczyszyn (.800) 10-5
15. Filler (.936 ) d. Corteza (.865 ) 10-5
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 62% (72 of 116)
Match losers -- 56% (68 of 122)
Total -- 59% (140 of 238)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 67% (78 of 116)
Match losers -- 41% (50 of 122)
Total -- 54% (128 of 238)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 19% (22 of 116)
Match losers -- 17% (21 of 122)
Total -- 18% (43 of 238)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 31% (22 of 72)
Match losers -- 31% (21 of 68)
Total -- 31% (43 of 140)
Here's a breakdown of the 238 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 84 (35% of the 238 games)
Breaker lost the game: 56 (24%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 39 (16%)
Breaker lost the game: 45 (19%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (128 of 238) of all games,
He won 60% (84 of 140) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 45% (44 of 98) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 43 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 238 games, 34% of the 128 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 140 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 43 break-and-run games consisted of 3 alternate-break 3-packs (1 each by Filler, Zielinski, and Gorst), 2 alternate-break 2-packs (Fortunski and Corteza), and 30 singles.
10-balls on the break -- The 10-ball was made on the break 1 time (0.4% of the 238 breaks), but it was immediately spotted (with the breaker continuing to shoot) rather than counting as a win.
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