The 2024 USBC Open Championships lane patterns show the importance of small amounts of distance, ratio and shape. At first glance, the patterns don’t appear that different. Yet, the results are very different. The 2024 team pattern was 39 feet featuring a 33-foot drop brush and 28.85 mL of oil divided at 19.35 mL forward and 9.5 mL reverse. It was a tad asymmetrical with left side ratios of 2.04-1 middle-outside track, 1.2-1 middle-middle track and 1.03-1 middle-inside track and...