{"id":35,"date":"2024-02-18T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2024-03-06T03:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T03:02:54","slug":"more-about-ipsc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/more-about-ipsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Competitors are ranked for each stage by their hit factor, which is the ratio of points per second. The hit factor is calculated by summing the points (target scores minus penalties) and dividing by the time used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if a stage has 12 paper targets, requires two scoring hits per paper target, and since an A-hit gives 5 points, the stage will have 12 \u00d7 2 \u00d7 5 = 120 points available. If a competitor scores 115 points and uses 25.00 seconds he will get a hit factor for that stage of 115 points\u204425.00 s = 4.6. The competitor with the highest hit factor wins the stage and gets all the available stage points (in this case 120 stage points), while other competitors are given stage points based on their hit factor percentage compared to the winner. For the overall match score, stage points are added for all stages, which means that each stage is weighted by how many stage points that are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scoring method allows for a precise gradation of performances across the match, but requires a computer and software to do in a timely fashion. Matches can either be scored on paper and manually transferred to the official IPSC Match Scoring System (WinMSS), or can be scored directly on electronic devices like smartphones and tablets with the WinMSS Electronic Score Sheet (ESS) app or third party scoring systems like Shoot’n Score It or PractiScore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To achieve a varied, challenging and exciting sport there are no fixed target arrangements, distances or shooting programs, making every match unique. Paper and steel targets can be mixed in the same stage, and may be static, moving or partially covered by targets called no-shoots that give minus points if hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paper targets have two or three scoring zones A, C, and D with points per hit varying slightly depending on power factor. A center hit for both minor or major is five points, but hits in lesser scoring areas are rewarded more for major than minor with the A-C-D zones being scored 5\u20134\u20132 for major and 5\u20133\u20131 for minor. A competitor who has declared minor must therefore either shoot more “A” hits or shoot faster than one who has declared major to make up the scoring disadvantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At an event the scoring of the targets is done by the Range Officer. For the competitor to get the relevant scoring value or penalty points, the bullet hole must at least touch the line of the scoring area. (Breaking the relevant scoring line is thus not necessary.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Steel and clay targets score 5 points and must fall to be scored. (For rifle some steel targets may score 10 points).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Competitors are ranked for each stage by their hit factor, which is the ratio of points per second. The hit factor is calculated by summing the points (target scores minus penalties) and dividing by the time used. For example, if a stage has 12 paper targets, requires two scoring hits per paper target, and since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usrifleshotgunchallenge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}