who has the hardest break?

Hard break

They had a regional contest that lastest for months. People would come in and they would get the radar gun out and measure your break. I was consistently in the 33-34 mph range. I have had pro players tell me it doesn't get much faster. I would love for them to have a contest like this at a large event and test myself against the best.

Jim
 
No question it has to be wu, I saw him for the first time at the 2005 wpc and couldn't beleive that someone of his size could break the balls that damn hard.
 
jay helfert said:
Your probably right. It just seems like they are generating more speed. By the way, a cue stick is also a type of "extended lever".
Yes it is technically, but you don't get the extra torque. It's not like you are swinging your cue stick, you know.
 
Another player not mentioned very often with a VERY solid break with great control is Danny Hewitt from Quebec Canada.
 
Jay mentioned Jeff Deluna, he gets my vote. I know its not that hard, but you don't see it in many pro events, he broke and knocked the 1 ball of the table a few times. Not the smartest player I ever seen, but breaks like a monster.
 
Wu

I have seen Larry Nevel, Jon Kucharo, Bustamente, Pagulayan, Chia-Chang Wu, Archer and many others break in person.

If I had to pick any break I want for a combination of unreal power combined with tremendous control that would be Yu-Lun Wu, who has won the last 3 World Junior 9-ball championships. I am not sure how he breaks these days but as a 15 year old kid he had the best break I have ever seen in person, including the above people.
 
"Hill Billy" passed through So. Calif a week or so ago. I was on the next table with my back turned and his 1st break hurt my ears and made me flinch. The cue ball squatted.
 
Hillbilly has the hardest break on the planet.
He sharked every player around him in L.A.(Tour Campionship)
Jamie Baraks is next.
How do I know ? I've played them all. Not watched or heard about them.
 
Jimmyrayk said:
They had a regional contest that lastest for months. People would come in and they would get the radar gun out and measure your break. I was consistently in the 33-34 mph range. I have had pro players tell me it doesn't get much faster. I would love for them to have a contest like this at a large event and test myself against the best.

Jim

That is incredible if you are telling the truth. I think the fastest speed ever recorded is in that range. Anyone know the max so far?
 
john Kucharo

cuetechasaurus said:
That is incredible if you are telling the truth. I think the fastest speed ever recorded is in that range. Anyone know the max so far?

I have heard that John Kucharo has been clocked in the 35-36 mph range. The thing is that guns vary. Also, I am sure that breaking on different length tables would make a difference. Like I said, I have never seen a contest on a large scale, but I would love to see it.

Jim
 
On a barbox, me and Danny Medina. About 7 or 8 years ago they had a radar gun, and some sort of contest to win a cue at the BCA in Vegas. Danny won the pro side with a 33!!!! I won the amateur side with a 30. Last year there was another booth with a radar gun and the best I could manage was a 28. Time is taking it's toll. :)
 
Charlie Bryant has the biggest break, especially with the hand on the table.

I like to see a contest, with Bryant, Alcano, Wu, and Yang, all from the break box.

I think Charlie Bryant would win.

Richard
 
uwate said:
Hierovision, that avatar you are using just cracks me up. I have seen it now a few times in your posts and I always laugh.

On the subject of the break, I have to give the nod to David Howard. The first big tournament I ever went to was when me and John Ditoro rode up to CM Lee's place in Seminole, Florida. When we arrived, the room was packed and looking around I couldnt find anywhere to sit that was close to the tables. Then I saw this really good spot that was right at the foot of one of the tables on one side of the room. So I hustle over there and plop myself down, only to discover why no one is sitting there. This was the table David Howard was playing a match. I am sitting there, kinda off to the side of the table just a bit and the first game Howard wins he goes to break and SMMMMAAAASHHHH, the pack explodes. I honestly was scared shitless that the cueball was going to come flying off and smash into my head. It was so loud and so impressive how hard he hit that rack. I still remember sitting there and trying not to shark David Howard when he was breaking. Its not like I could sit there with my hands up across my face, curled up into a fetal position, so I just sat there petrified whenever he broke. Its not even like he was coming close to going off the table, it was just that the sheer velocity of how hard he was breaking made that seat a scary place to sit. I finally had to get up and move and sweated the tournament from much further away.

Trust me on this one Dave. Charlie Bryant has the hardest break. You know how tough table 14 breaks. Well when I played Charlie about 5 years ago when he broke the first time I said to myself " oh f**k" he was making 3 balls every break, he made it look like a barbox.
 
Alaskin Assasin said:
That's because Baraks backs off alot, 34-36mph at the Iowa state tournament a few years ago, guys from Ia, Ill, and have played on the Midwest casino tour, midwest tour, and the viking tour, know what I'm talking about. Baraks can spot Nevel a few mph if they matched up under a radar gun.

I played against Baraks for a long time, hell even before he was Baraks. His body looks like silly puddy when he breaks. And I have seen him break mid thirtys consistanly!
 
DoomCue said:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Yang.

-djb


Yeah, me too.


Sorry Danny and Jay, but by far the BEST breaker in the world (probably the best 9-ball player also) is Chin-Shun Yang from Taiwan. His control and concistency is in different level with others, and if needed, he can smash them hard as anyone..

And this comment is not at all only bcos he just smashed Dennis.. :p


(it's more bcos I was priviledged to watch him in his "prime", in Cardiff 2001-2003. I'm surprised he hasn't won the WPC already twice in this decade.. ..maybe lacking some balls or heart still, but skill wise he's the best in the world..)
 
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