A241263 - OEIS

%I #38 Feb 12 2024 10:50:09

%S 1,8,9,16,17,24,25,32,33,40,41,48,49,56,57,64,65,72,73,80,81,88,89,96,

%T 97,104,105,112,113,120,122,125,129,134,140,147

%N Successive break values in reaching a maximum break of 147 in snooker.

%C In Snooker there are 15 reds (1pt each), a yellow (2pts), green (3pts), brown (4pts), blue (5pts), pink (6pts) and a black ball (7pts). After potting each red with a color (a black in this case), each color must be potted in order.

%C It is possible to score a break of 155 with a free ball.

%D Ronnie O'Sullivan, "Unbreakable", Seven Dials, 2022.

%H BBC Sport, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btmB-p_0QFg">World's Fastest 147</a> (Apr 21 1997) [Broken link]

%H Rommie O'Sullivan, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYqSATdr62Q">Fastest 147 break in history</a>, Youtube Video. (During the 1997 World Championship; time 5 minutes and 8 seconds!)

%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_snooker">Rules of snooker</a>

%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_O%27Sullivan">Ronnie O'Sullivan</a>

%H World Snooker Association, <a href="http://www.worldsnooker.com/">Official Site</a>

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%Y Cf. A356948 (successive scores).

%Y Cf. A047393, A352422.

%K nonn,easy,fini,full

%O 1,2

%A _Jon Perry_, Apr 18 2014

%E O'Sullivan reference and links added by _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 12 2024