Your percentage is based on your scores as they relate to the high score on file for a particular course of fire. To receive an initial classification, a member needs to
have at least four unduplicated scores in the USPSA classification database prior
to the monthly reclassification procedure. If there are more than four scores on
file, the best four scores of the most recent six scores will be used. Scores are
sorted according to the match date to determine which scores are the most recent.
For matches that are Level I Specials, the scores are further sorted by the score
percent in descending order. In doing so, the lowest scores from a special will be
the first scores to drop out of the most recent scores on file.
After a member has earned a classification, the classification system will look at
the best six unduplicated scores of the most recent eight to evaluate the member’s
current classification percentage.
No scores that calculate to less than 2 percent are used. Also, to prevent unusually
low scores from affecting your classification percentage, scores that are more
than 5 percent below your classification bracket (e.g. a score of 34.99% for a Cclass
competitor) are not used for classification purposes. To guard against the
possibility of incorrect stage setup or typographical error, scores that are more
than 15 percent above your current classification bracket are evaluated at the time
of entry to see if such a score would adversely affect your classification. In general,
those scores are entered, but occasionally a score is so out of the ordinary it
is not used and flagged with an A.
So members can keep track of their scores, all scores received are entered into the
database, but may be given a “flag” to indicate its status. The possible flags are:
A— A score that is more than 15% above the member’s current classification
bracket.
B — A score that is more than 5% below the member’s current classification
bracket.
C — A score that is more than one class below the highest class in any division
attained by the member. e.g. A member has a Master class in Open
division and a B class score in Limited is submitted. This score will be
flagged with C and not used.
D — Duplicate course - a higher score for this course already exists in the
most recent six or eight scores.
E — A score that is not in the most recent six or eight scores.
F — Ascore that is one of the two lowest scores in the most recent six or eight
scores.
Y — A score that has been used as part of the classification percentage calculation.
Please note that for unclassified members, the first scores submitted, except for
those that are 2 percent or less, will be used to calculate an initial classification.
After a classification has been earned in a division, new scores will be evaluatedaccording to the flagging system shown above. This can and does result in new
scores not being used for reclassification purposes even though they are higher
than some of the initial scores that were submitted, but still lower than your classification
bracket. Any such low score should move out of the most recent group
as newer scores that conform to your current classification are entered into the
system.
The classification system is run between the 10th and the 15th of each month,
depending on whether the 10th is on a weekend. ALL scores received in the Sedro
Woolley office on or before the 10th of each month are entered into the classification
database. Over the next day or two, those scores are checked to ensure that
they were entered correctly from the printed summary sheets submitted by clubs.
After any corrections have been made, the computer classification program is
started to evaluate each member’s current scores and to calculate a new current
classification percentage. At the conclusion of this procedure, the new data is
compiled and sent to the USPSA web site. Please note that the classification data
on the web site is updated only one time each month.
If you feel your classification is too low, you may request the next higher class,
up to but not including Grand Master. Requests are made in writing and submitted
with a letter from your club president or Section Coordinator (SC) endorsing
your request. If your request is approved, you will be moved up at the next regular
calculation period.
Your performance in larger matches and tournaments may also be used to help
establish classification. Placement in a major event with a score above your
assigned class percentage may result in your being promoted to a higher class,
even if your current average is lower. Winning first or second in class at an Area
Championship or Major Tournament AND shooting into the next higher class
may result in promotion (except to Grand Master); winning High Overall in an
Area Championship may promote you to Grand Master class. In addition, if you
score 95% or higher at a USPSA national championship, you will be immediately
moved to Grand Master class for that division.
To go down in class you must: 1) request in writing to be moved down, citing
your reasons and justification; 2) have a club president or SC concur with your
request in writing; and 3) have no current scores on record that indicate you
should remain in your assigned class.
You may also participate in the classification system if you are a USPSA member
living outside the United States by forming, or shooting with one of our foreign
affiliate clubs. Foreign affiliate clubs need to request a special registration
form from USPSA headquarters and pay a yearly registration fee for this service.
Members shooting outside the United States do not pay individual classification
fees and do not earn activity credit to attend the Nationals
Do I care, no way I do, it makes me happy that being C
