Mark Allen threads a Crucible safety shot behind the black

WST's "shot of the tournament" clip draws an unusually large audience as Allen's Belfast appearance approaches.

Channel: WST Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 230,257 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (17,582).

Crucible shot of the tournament 2026

The applause comes for a ball that stays on the table. Mark Allen sends the cue ball around multiple cushions, the full length of the cloth, before it settles tightly behind the black. His opponent is snookered, and the commentary has already gone from admiring the line to barely believing it.

"What a shot Mark Allen has just produced there," says a commentator. An overhead graphic then retraces the journey, giving viewers another look at how that distant destination became such a precise finish.

WST posted the moment as "Crucible shot of the tournament 2026," and it passed 200,000 views in its first 18 hours, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts start. The comments are busier than usual, too. One viewer remembers seeing the shot live; another points to the long, drawn-out frame surrounding it. Others focus on the judgment needed to tuck the white so close behind the black.

The Crucible clip arrives among WST's Northern Ireland Open coverage, including Ronnie O'Sullivan's century and Judd Trump's match against Martin O'Donnell. There is a specific reason for putting Allen back in view: the description points ahead to his Tuesday match against Jordan Brown at Belfast's Waterfront Hall. Before that appearance, WST has chosen to revisit a moment when keeping a ball out of a pocket was the attraction.

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The numbers

Allen's safety-shot Short is running well above WST's usual opening pace, with a much busier comment section as well.

the video's first day

usual first day here

17,582

this video

230,257

subscribers

636,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

741,035,659

views per day

1,051,440

typical day: 564,287

the video

views

204,852

likes

3,719

comments

54

days online

1

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As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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