Archery
Archery score and round projection
Turns a mid-round score into the three numbers that mean something — average arrow value, percentage of the maximum, and where the round is heading — and says what the remaining arrows need to average for a target total.
The question this answers: “I am halfway through a round on 287. Is that any good, where will I finish, and what do I need to shoot to beat my personal best?”
Result
- Average per arrow
- 7.97
- The number to watch across sessions. It moves slowly, which is what makes it honest.
- Percentage of the maximum
- 79.7%
- Comparable between rounds of different lengths, which raw score is not.
- Projected round total
- 574 of 720
- 36 arrows left at the current average.
- Needed per arrow for the target
- 8.69
- To reach 600.
Worth knowing about this answer
- Projection is a straight extrapolation of the average so far, and archery does not work that way. Scores usually drift down across a long round as the shoulder tires and the light changes, and the first few ends of a session are often the worst rather than the best.
Show the working
- Average
287 ÷ 367.972 - Percentage
287 ÷ (36 × 10) × 10079.7% - Projection
287 + 7.972 × 36574 - Required average
(600 − 287) ÷ 368.69
Average per arrow: 7.97. Percentage of the maximum: 79.7%. Projected round total: 574 of 720. Needed per arrow for the target: 8.69
Average is score divided by arrows shot. Percentage is the score as a proportion of the maximum for the arrows actually shot, which is what makes it comparable between rounds of different lengths. The projection extends the current average across the remaining arrows. The required average is the shortfall to the target divided by the arrows left.
- The projection assumes the current average holds, which it usually does not — scores commonly drift down across a long round as the shoulder tires and the light changes.
- Arrow counts and maximum values are inputs rather than a built-in table of rounds, because round definitions differ between World Archery and Archery GB and between outdoor and indoor formats. The defaults reflect the World Archery ten-zone format.
- The standard outdoor recurve round is shot at 70m on a 122cm face and compound at 50m on an 80cm face; those are World Archery specifications, and they are context rather than something this tool calculates.
- It does not know your round, your classification scheme or your handicap. British classification and handicap tables belong to Archery GB and are not reproduced here.
- An average over fewer than a dozen arrows tells you very little — a single stray arrow moves it a long way.
- It says nothing about why a score is what it is. That is coaching, and it does not come from arithmetic.
Sources for this section
- Book 3: Target Archery (version 2026-01-27) (opens in a new tab) — World Archery Federation · Governing body · read — supports the claim
- Book 2: Events (version 2026-01-27) (opens in a new tab) — World Archery Federation · Governing body · read — supports the claim
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