General average
The general average ( GD for short ) is a technical term from billiards . It indicates the number of points achieved in relation to the recordings and is therefore an objective yardstick for the playing strength.
Collision
In the game of three cushion in carom , the world's top players usually play a GD between 1.5 and 2.5 over an entire tournament. In individual games, however, he is z. Partly significantly higher; The Belgian Eddy Merckx holds the unofficial world record with 50 points in 6 shots, which means a GD of 8.333 (achieved three cushion in 2011 in the 1st Bundesliga ). He also achieved a maximum series of 26 points. Since official world records can only be set at world championships and world cup tournaments, the official world record is held by Frédéric Caudron from Belgium with 5,000 (45 points in 9 recordings), set in 1998 at a world cup tournament in Taegu, Korea.
In the other disciplines, in which it is easier to achieve valid pile-ups, the GD in the world elite is accordingly significantly higher than in three-cushion.
Pool
In the game of pool billiards , the general average in discipline 14 and 1 is evaluated endlessly both for individual matches and for entire competitions (tournaments, team championships, etc.).
In the men's European championships , the medal winners usually achieve a GD between 12 and 18. In 2007, the Dutchman Niels Feijen won this competition and achieved a GD of 23.976 over the entire tournament.