USPSA classification clarification?

[shawnba67]

I'm being confused by the wording on uspsa classification and the percentages. For easy math lets say you classified at 50% are you as good as half the people shooting uspsa, or are you half as good as the best they know of?

 

[rvb]

Closer to the later. It's not a percentile.

Even that's not quite true... some of the top scores (the "high hit factor") used to calculate your national % on each classifier are based on actual scores from nationals, some are more arbitrary, and some are based on a perfect score (eg fixed-time courses).

It's just a way to divide up the shooters into similar ability groups. Don't read much more into it than that.

-rvb

 

[shawnba67]

Thanks rvb, that helps it make sense to me now.

 

[Bosshoss]

Shawn as Ryan said it is based on where you fall from the top shooters.
There is some flaws in the system but it is a decent system.
C class is the biggest by a big margin.
Here is a breakdown for you.


Summary of Class Distribution