Examining Tiebreakers and Overtimes Games during the 2024/25 Race 4 Eight season
Tucson, AZ, WPH Press, 3/12/25
On this edition of Race 4 Eight Stats Central, the WPH stats department takes a close look at the main draw tiebreakers and overtime games through the first five R48 Men’s Pro events, two WR48 events, and one SR48 event. Winning and losing tiebreakers makes or breaks a season, as the Race 4 Eight Elite know.
R48 Men’s Pro
Five events: 2024 Memorial, 2024 Portland Classic, 2024 R48 Icebreaker, 2025 Red, 2025 Juarez
Main draw matches: 153
Main draw match tiebreakers: 36
24% of main draw matches have gone to a tiebreaker
Higher seed is 23-13 in tiebreakers
10 overtime games
In the 96 Race 4 Eight Men’s Pro finals from 2011-2025, 31 have gone to a tiebreaker (33%)
In the 5 Race 4 Eight Men’s Pro finals on the 2024/25 Race 4 Eight, 2 have gone to a tiebreaker (40%)
Race 4 Eight Elite tiebreakers records through five events on the 2024/25 Race 4 Eight season
Mulkerrins: 4-1
Lucho: 5-0
Ure: 3-2
Canales: 3-2
Danos: 2-2
Fink: 2-1
Burgos: 3-3
Esser: 0-4
Perez: 0-3
Doyle: 2-2
Lenning: 1-1
Carroll: 1-0
Langmack: 2-0
Nash: 1-0
Bike: 0-1
Breaking down tiebreakers and overtime games by event
2024 Memorial
12 tiebreakers in 38 main draw matches
Higher seed 8-4
1 overtime game
2024 Portland Classic
5 tiebreakers in 30 main draw matches
Higher seed 2-3
3 overtime games
2024 R48 Icebreaker
6 tiebreakers in 24 matches
Higher seed 5-1
1 overtime game
2025 Red
7 tiebreakers in 30 matches
Higher seed 4-3
No overtime games
2025 Juarez
6 tiebreakers in 31 matches
Higher seed 4-2
5 overtime games
WR48
Two events: 2024 Memorial, 2025 Red
Main draw matches: 20
Main draw match tiebreakers: 2
10% of main draw matches have gone to a tiebreaker
Higher seed is 1-1 in tiebreakers
0 overtime games
SR48
One event: 2024 Memorial
Main draw matches: 9
Main draw match tiebreakers: 0
0% of main draw matches have gone to a tiebreaker
1 overtime games
David Fink
WPH Senior Statistician
