Wu Yize and Mark Allen play longest frame in Crucible history

Longest frame of snooker at the crucible in history. What a way to end my 4 days. A day I will never forget 🤣

Harsh words from the six-time world champion on what transpired during the longest ever frame at the Crucible. Read here 👇 snookerhq.com/2026/05/02/s...

Ref has ZERO control or respect here. Crowd ignoring him. Mark Allen not happy. Having to be directed... should have made this decision on his own AGES AGO #Snooker

The ref needs to stop explaining himself and tell Mark Allen that he's in charge and it's his decision. #snooker

Mark Allen being so stubborn about 30 points that he's ended up losing the frame and disrupting the best session he's played all tournament is baffling behaviour. #snooker

Finally! The longest frame in Crucible history is over! #snooker #worldchampionship

Incredible scenes at the Crucible… Mark Allen and Wu Yize have played out the longest frame ever seen at the Crucible of 1hr 40mins - longer than a football match. There was a long stalemate as the reds crowded the black ball on the edge of the pocket. #snooker Pic: BBC

So silly from Mark Allen as well, the crowd was on his side and now he's the villain

Mark Allen is going to be fucking pissed if he loses this now. #snooker

Such unsportsmanlike behaviour from Mark Allen 🙄 The referee also needs a telling off for not asserting his authority - what a mess of an afternoon #snooker

‘An embarrassment to snooker’: Mark Allen and Wu Yize play out longest frame in Crucible history The extraordinary frame lasted more than an hour and a half as Allen and Wu engaged in a lengthy stalemate during their World Snooker Championship semi-final

It’s getting back to normal now but wind it back a bit and you’ll see how stupid it was. Mark Allen had to deliberately pot the black (foul) to get it moving.

The ref is at fault here. The crowd's responding in jest because it's become such a joke of a frame. Marcel is great but he's made a huge error allowing this to go on. As clear a re-rack as I've ever seen. Now Mark Allen might lose the frame cos he got petulant & took unnecessary risks. #snooker

Bizarre frame 14: 1h 40+ mins, longest in Crucible history Mark Allen up 43-13 against Wu Yize, but all remaining reds clustered in the bottom right corner, the black covering the pocket. Allen chooses to foul, potting the black, or it's a frame re-rack to 0-0. Then it gets sillier and sillier…

Steve Davis on witnessing the longest game ever - 100 minutes - at the Crucible: "In a nutshell that frame is an embarrassment to snooker, and the referees' and the players' association need to try to work out a way so that never happens again." He's fewmin! The drama!