What is the fastest 147 in snooker history?

Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the quickest time ever recorded, five minutes and eight seconds, in the first round of the 1997 World Championship. O'Sullivan won £147,000 in prize money for the maximum, averaging 8.8 seconds per shot.

What is Ronnie O Sullivan 147 speed record?

Ronnie O'Sullivan came relatively close to breaking his record of the fastest ever 147 when clearing the table in six minutes and 30 seconds, which is easily the second quickest of all time.

Who has the greatest 147 ever?

Additionally, O'Sullivan holds the record for the highest number of 147 breaks completed in the final frame of a match, having done so on six occasions. Of these six, one was in the deciding frame of his semi-final victory over Mark Selby at the 2007 UK Championship.

Has there ever been a 155 break in snooker?

A snooker player has just made history by scoring a mind-blowing break of 155 and it's luckily been caught on camera. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, 36, managed to achieve it in an extremely quick seven minutes and 43 seconds, certainly living up to his nickname of F1, which he received for his remarkable speed around the table.

What is Ronnie O Sullivan fastest?

O'Sullivan, 46, already holds the record for the fastest maximum 147 break ever made – potting the 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours in five minutes and eight seconds.

Ronnie O'Sullivan Fastest 147 in History 5 minutes 8 seconds 1997 World Championship

Who is the fastest snooker player of all time?

O'Sullivan's remarkable world-record 147 break set in the 1997 World Championship first round against Mick Price was wrongly timed at five minutes and 20 seconds before being rounded down to five minutes and eight seconds when he first strikes the cue ball.

What is the quickest snooker match ever?

Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the highest number of maximum breaks in professional competition (15), and also the fastest (5 minutes and 8 seconds, set at the 1997 World Championship).

What is harder a 9 darter or a 147?

"The reds are always in a different position and no two frames have ever been the same – it's like a fingerprint. Because of that – and the fact there's 36 shots to complete instead of just nine – all civilised people agree that the 147 break is by far the harder."

What is the longest ever frame of snooker?

Who has the most 147s in snooker?

Who scored the fastest televised 147 in snooker?

Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the quickest time ever recorded, five minutes and eight seconds, in the first round of the 1997 World Championship.

Who has the youngest 147 break?

Sean Maddocks, a pupil at All Saints school, earned himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest snooker player ever to perform a competitive 147 break. The five-time world champion, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, made his maximum aged 15 years and 98 days in 1991.

Who was the first person to hit a 147?

Joe Davis (UK) was the first snooker player to achieve an officially ratified maximum break in snooker, a feat that requires a player to pot all the balls on the table in a single turn and in a specified order – all 15 reds (15 points), each followed by the black (105 points), and then all six colours (27 points).

Who is best snooker player ever?

Stephen Hendry topped the world rankings for a total of eight seasons consecutively. He also garnered seven world title wins six Masters, and five UK Championships. Stephen Gordon Hendry was born on January 13, 1969. He is a Scottish snooker player and works as a commentator for ITV and BBC.

Who holds the most snooker records?

Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 39. He surpassed Stephen Hendry's previous record of 36 by winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship. John Higgins is third on the list with 31 titles, followed by Steve Davis with 28.

How many 147s did Willie Thorne make?

The Leicester cueman became known as 'The Maximum Man' having, he claims, made more 147s in practice than any other player, including one with both legs in plaster! But he has only made one in tournament play, at the 1987 UK Championship.

Which snooker player was banned for 12 years?

Stephen Lee leaves door ajar for snooker comeback after 12-year match-fixing ban. Shamed Stephen Lee has refused to rule out a return to top-level snooker when his 12-year ban for match-fixing ends two years from today.

What is the shortest snooker game?

The contest lasted just 108 minutes, easily beating the previous record of 149 minutes which was set last year when Shaun Murphy beat Luo Honghao 10-0.

Has a woman scored 147 in snooker?

Thailand's Nutcharut Wongharuthai made a 147 break during a practice match in her homeland – believed to be the first maximum by a woman in snooker history.

Has a woman ever thrown a 9 darter?

#DartsFact – The first woman ever to throw a 9-darter in competition was England's Mandy Solomons in 1995.

What are the odds of a 147 in snooker?

A frequency of one every 419 matches. A comparison with all the snooker matches in the Sportradar snooker database gives a frequency of 1 in 247 matches and one in 1587 frames for the maximum break.

Who is the slowest snooker player ever?

Who has the most triple crowns in snooker?

Career Triple Crown winners

Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 21 Triple Crown titles—the most by any player.