USBA International Open, 2026

[Bob Jewett]

First stage completed:

Thread 'USBA International Open Carom Event Enters Stage Two'

May 9, 2026

Stage one is complete at the 2026 USBA International Open Carom event, and the field has been cut down to just thirty two players, who are split into eight round robin groups of four players each. While the talk of days one & two were the six inning games that were shot by Pedro Piedrabuena and Jose Juan Garcia, Alexander Salazar put his stamp on day three with a four inning game against Mauricio Grajales. Salazar had a scoreline of 8-8-3-11 in his dominant display of shotmaking. Salazar is one of eight undefeated stage two players, that includes Piedrabuena, Garcia, […]

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[Bert van Manen]

Sadly for Salazar, there are no world records for matches to 30 points. Nobody has ever kept track (which would be undoable by the way). I have seen a bunch of 30 in 4's before, can't really remember if I've ever seen a 30 in 3. Several players have been over 30 AFTER 3, in matches to 40 or 50. All that takes nothing away from his performance, which was exceptional.

 

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[mr3cushion]

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The Top 8 of 9 are from South America!