At a glance
Pick the format when you create the event. It sets the arrows per end, the valid arrow values and the keypad — so a scorer cannot enter a 9 in a round that has no 9.
| Format | Arrows per end | Arrow values | Centre | Typical round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Archery indoor | 3 | 10–1, M | X counts 10, tracked separately | 60 arrows, 300 max |
| USA Archery outdoor 720 | 6 | 10–1, M | X counts 10, tracked separately | 72 arrows, 720 max |
| NFAA | 5 | 5–1, M | X counts 5, tracked separately | 60 arrows, 300 max |
| Lancaster | 3 | 11–1, M | Inner ring counts 11 | 60 arrows, 660 max |
| 3D — IBO | 1 per target | 11, 10, 8, 5, 0 | 11 ring | One arrow per target |
| 3D — ASA | 1 per target | 12, 10, 8, 5, 0 | 12 ring | One arrow per target |
USA Archery — indoor 300 and outdoor 720
Indoor
Three arrows an end, scored 10 down to 1 with a miss as M. Twenty ends makes the familiar 300 round. The X is worth ten like any other ten, but it is counted separately, because that count is what settles a tie: two archers on 287 are separated by who put more arrows in the middle.
Outdoor 720
Six arrows an end, same 10 to 1 values, twelve ends for 72 arrows and a 720 maximum. The only practical difference on the line is the arrow count: a six-arrow card is twice as easy to lose track of halfway through, which is the argument for scoring at the bale rather than from memory at the end.
NFAA
Five arrows an end, and the number everyone gets wrong the first time: the maximum arrow value is 5, not 10. Twelve ends of five arrows is 60 arrows and a 300 maximum, so an NFAA 300 and a USA indoor 300 look identical in the standings and are shot completely differently.
The X is worth five — the same as the ring around it — and is counted separately for ties. If your league mixes NFAA and USA rounds in one table, publish the fact loudly; the totals are not comparable even though the numbers are.
Lancaster
Three arrows an end, and an inner ring worth 11. That single change does more than add points: it removes the tie-break. In USA and NFAA rounds the X count is a separate column used to separate equal totals, but a Lancaster 11 is already in the total, so there is no X column and equal totals are simply equal.
Sixty arrows tops out at 660 rather than 300, which is worth saying out loud on club night — an archer who normally shoots 280 is not having a bad night at 300 on a Lancaster face.
Face sizes and which divisions shoot which face are set by the event you are shooting under, not by the scoring maths; check the rules for the shoot you are running.
3D — IBO and ASA
IBO
One arrow per target, scored 11, 10, 8, 5 or 0. The 11 is the small ring inside the 10.
ASA
One arrow per target, scored 12, 10, 8, 5 or 0. Same idea, a 12-ring instead of an 11.
The 14
Some shoots add a 14 ring for a nominated target or class. It is a per-event switch: turn 14s on and the keypad offers one, leave it off and it cannot be entered by accident.
Scoring on a trail
A 3D course is the one place a bale tablet does not help, because there is no bale. Archers score from their own phones as they walk the course, and the scores appear on the clubhouse board as they come in — including from the far end of a wood with no signal, which syncs when the phone finds the network again.
S3DA and youth classes
Scholastic 3D Archery shoots the formats above — 3D outdoors, an indoor round in the winter — so an S3DA event is created as a 3D (IBO or ASA) or indoor event depending on what your programme is running that week.
What changes for youth archery is the classification, not the arrow values, and that is handled separately: the NFAA and S3DA age divisions are built in, and an archer's class comes from their date of birth rather than from whoever is filling in the entry form. Add a young archer once with their birthday and they land in the right division, and move up on their own when they age out.
What this means when you create an event
The format is one field. Everything downstream follows from it.
The keypad matches the round
A Lancaster event offers an 11 and no X key. An NFAA event stops at 5. A 3D event offers exactly the values that format allows, plus a 14 if you enabled it. Nobody can enter an impossible arrow.
Arrows per end are set for you
Three, five, six, or one per target. Change the format and the card changes shape with it.
Totals and ties are computed the format's way
X counts where the format uses them, absent where it does not, and the 11s and 12s counted into the total where they belong.
Leagues carry the format too
A league is tied to its scoring type, so week six cannot accidentally be an NFAA round in a USA indoor season.
Score any of them at your club
Free while we're in beta. Pick the format, add the archers, and the scorecard takes care of itself.
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