Here are some statistics from the 2020 Derby City Classic's One-Pocket Tournament, played January 26-30 at Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana with pay-per-view streaming by Accu-Stats.
This event had 365 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 3. Billy Thorpe won the event.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 13 streamed matches (48 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 28, 2020
Wed. Jan. 29
Thurs. Jan. 30
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 33 of 48 (69%)
■ Games won by breaker
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 32 of 48 (67%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 6 of 13 (46%)
■ High run-outs
■ Match lengths
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.7. Seven matches were shutouts and 3 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
This event had 365 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 3. Billy Thorpe won the event.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut pockets and blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Cyclop Hyperion balls with the red-spots-and-diamonds cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- a ball made on the break requires a re-break;
- game scores are raised by one point for each player when a player's score goes to (-1) and the other player is already negative (a new wrinkle this year to save time);
- 60-second shot clock with one automatic 60-second extension per player per rack;
- 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen); and
- lag for opening break.
- Cyclop Hyperion balls with the red-spots-and-diamonds cue ball;
- triangle rack;
- rack your own with alternating breaks;
- a ball made on the break requires a re-break;
- game scores are raised by one point for each player when a player's score goes to (-1) and the other player is already negative (a new wrinkle this year to save time);
- 60-second shot clock with one automatic 60-second extension per player per rack;
- 3 fouls in a row is loss of game (did not happen); and
- lag for opening break.
The 13 streamed matches (48 games) were as follows (shown in the order in which they were played):
Tues. Jan. 28, 2020
1. Justin Hall defeated Danny Olson 3-0
2. Corey Deuel d. Dennis Orcollo 3-0
Wed. Jan. 29
3. Justin Bergman d. Efren Reyes 3-1
4. Skyler Woodward d. Joey Gray 3-1
5. Jayson Shaw d. James Aranas 3-0
6. Francisco Bustamante d. John Morra 3-0
7. Chris Melling d. Alex Pagulayan 3-2
8. Joshua Filler d. Chip Compton 3-2
Thurs. Jan. 30
9. Hall d. Filler 3-1
10. Hall d. Robert Frost 3-0
11. Roberto Gomez d. Melling 3-0 (Semifinal #1)
12. Hall d. Gomez 3-0 (Semifinal #2)
13. Billy Thorpe d. Hall 3-2 (Final)
■ Breaks from breaker's right side of table -- 33 of 48 (69%)
■ Games won by breaker
When breaking from his left side of table -- 9 of 15 (60%)
When breaking from his right side of table -- 16 of 33 (48%)
Total -- 25 of 48 (52%)
Total -- 25 of 48 (52%)
■ Games won by player who scored the first point (or had it scored for him) -- 32 of 48 (67%)
■ Matches won by winner of lag -- 6 of 13 (46%)
■ High run-outs
9-and-outs -- 2 times: once each by Deuel (Match 2) and Melling (Match 7)
8-and-outs -- 11 times: 3 by Hall (Matches 9, 12, and 13) and 1 each by Deuel (Match 2), Bergman (Match 3), Pagulayan (Match 7), Melling (Match 7), Compton (Match 8), Filler (Match 8), Gomez (Match 11), and Thorpe (Match 13).
■ Match lengths
Longest in total length (121 min.) -- Woodward d. Gray 3-1
Highest in average minutes per game (34 min.) -- Gomez d. Melling 3-0
Shortest in total length (32 min.) -- Hall d. Gomez 3-0
Lowest in average minutes per game (10 min.) -- Melling d. Pagulayan 3-2
Average match length -- 69 min.
Average minutes per game -- 18½ min.
■ Distribution of lengths of games:
[Note: I missed the starting time of 4 games and estimated it.]
Under 10 minutes -- 8 games
10-19 minutes -- 26
20-29 minutes -- 4
30-59 minutes -- 10
60+ minutes -- 0
Total -- 48
10-19 minutes -- 26
20-29 minutes -- 4
30-59 minutes -- 10
60+ minutes -- 0
Total -- 48
■ Average match score -- 3 - 0.7. Seven matches were shutouts and 3 went to hill/hill.
■ Ball counts by length of run -- The total ball counts resulted from the following runs and fouls.
[Note: excludes information for 2 games for which my information is incomplete -- the first games of Match 5 and Match 8.]
1 ball -- 79 times
2 balls -- 34
3 balls -- 21
4 balls -- 12
5 balls -- 7
6 balls -- 5
7 balls -- 9
8 balls -- 11
9 balls -- 2
Plus balls pocketed by opponents -- 32
Minus fouls -- 65
Plus DCC negative score adjustments -- 4
TOTAL ball count (46 games) -- 463
Average game score (these 46 games) -- 8 - 2.1
■ Distribution of run-outs to win the games:
1 ball -- 16 (33% of 48 games)
2 balls -- 5
3 balls -- 2
4 balls -- 2
5 balls -- 2
6 balls -- 2
7 balls -- 6
8+ balls -- 13 (27%)
Average (mean) "out" run -- 4.4 balls
Average (median) "out" run -- 4 balls
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