Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2019 Derby City Classic 9-Ball event played January 30 - February 2 at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
This event had 407 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 9. Skyler Woodward won the event.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
The 11 streamed matches (147 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. No TPA was given for three of the matches.
Overall results
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 147 breaks (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 39 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 147 games, 48% of the 82 games won by the breaker, and 38% of the 102 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 39 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (Van Boening and Feijen), 8 2-packs, and 17 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 39 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.7% of the 147 breaks). With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
This event had 407 players, and operated under the standard DCC format of redrawing match pairings for every round, with one buy-back permitted for each player. All races were to 9. Skyler Woodward won the event.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop Hyperion balls with the red-spots-and-diamonds cue ball;
- Accu-Rack racking template;
- rack your own with the 9-ball on the foot spot;
- winner breaks from the box -- 9" to each side of the long string;
- the break is illegal (and non-breaker has an option to shoot) unless at least 3 balls cross the head string or are pocketed;
- jump cues not allowed and jumping with break cues not allowed;
- cue-ball fouls only;
- for "full production" matches, a 40-second shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack; and
- all slop counts.
The 11 streamed matches (147 games) were as follows. The figures in parentheses are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream. No TPA was given for three of the matches.
Wed. Jan 30
Johnny Archer defeated John Morra 9-2
Thurs. Jan 31
Kristina Tkach d. Max Adams 9-2
Sat., Feb. 2
Shane Van Boening (.916) d. Billy Thorpe (.844) 9-4
Niels Feijen (.919) d. Thorsten Hohmann (.817) 9-5
Jayson Shaw (.918) d. Konrad Juszczyszyn (.773) 9-3
Carlo Biado d. Chris Melling 9-5
Feijen (.897) d. Kevin Cheng (.859) 9-6
Skyler Woodward (.950) d. Dennis Orcollo (.896) 9-5
James Aranas (.911) d. Fedor Gorst (.786) 9-4 (Semifinal)
Aranas (.935) d. Woodward (.815) 9-5 (Finals, 1st Set)
Woodward (.870) d. Aranas (.902) 9-7 (Finals, 2nd Set)
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (broke legally, made at least one ball, and did not foul) -- 71% (68 of 96) for match winners, 67% (34 of 51) for match losers, and 69% (102 of 147) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 68% (65 of 96) for match winners, 33% (17 of 51) for match losers, and 56% (82 of 147) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 30% (29 of 96) for match winners, 20% (10 of 51) for match losers, and 27% (39 of 147) in total
■ Illegal breaks -- 9% (9 of 96) for match winners, 14% (7 of 51) for match losers, and 11% (16 of 147 in total
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 147 breaks (for match winners and losers combined).
Legal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 66 (45% of the 147 games)
Breaker lost the game: 36 (24%)
Illegal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 3 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 3 (2%)
Fouled:
Breaker won the game: 3 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (7%)
Legal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 6 (4%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (7%)
Illegal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 4 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (4%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 56% of all games (82 of 147),
He won 65% (66 of 102) of the games in which he broke legally, made at least one ball, and did not foul (successful breaks).
He won 50% (3 of 6) of the games in which he broke illegally, made at least one ball, and did not foul.
He won 23% (3 of 13) of the games in which he fouled on the break (whether wet, dry, legal, or illegal).
He won 38% (6 of 16) of the games in which he broke legally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 40% (4 of 10) of the games in which he broke illegally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 36% (16 of 45) of the games in which the break was illegal, fouled, or dry (all unsuccessful breaks).
Break-and-run games -- The 39 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 147 games, 48% of the 82 games won by the breaker, and 38% of the 102 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 39 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (Van Boening and Feijen), 8 2-packs, and 17 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 39 break-and-run games included 1 9-ball on the break (0.7% of the 147 breaks). With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
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