Agree. I am a 580-ish Fargorated player (though realistically, I went on a tear for 6 months on CO where none of the big finishes I had were ingested into Fargorate, and my performance against pros at Derby pretty much confirms a 630-ish rating..), and there is MUCH more work for me to do to "earn" that 600+ rating. People don't get how big a difference 45 points is between two players. We are talking, even in barbox 8 ball, averaging an additional 2 break and runs in a race to 5, (for 600+ level play) maybe every few sets. As a "580", during my run, I had quite a few matches where I broke and run 4 out of my 5 racks in a race to 5 alternate break. Then a decent amount of times I had 2-3. The matches where I "only" get 2-3 break and runs is what would separate me from say, a 650-675 Fargorate player.No…it’s not.
To fix that, would require WAY more than just minimizing stupid mistakes. It requires mastery of a few specific shots, a lot better break, and hitting the exact part of the pocket I need to in order to pull off certain precision pattern routes..