Pick a stage and enter your string times. Your slowest string is dropped, and the rest are added together for your stage time. Add your division and it estimates your class against the official SCSA peak time for that stage. Each string caps at 30.00 seconds, so enter 30 for a string you did not finish in time.
Five strings, best four count.
Enter your string times to see your stage time.
SCSA scoring: the slowest string is dropped and the rest are summed. Most stages are five strings with the best four counting; Outer Limits is four strings with the best three counting. The maximum for any single string is 30.00 seconds. A full match adds up your stage times across all eight stages. The classification estimate compares your stage time to the SCSA peak time for that stage in your division; your official SCSA class is based on at least four stages, so treat this as a per-stage guide.
How Steel Challenge scoring works
Steel Challenge (SCSA) is scored on raw time. You shoot a stage in strings, and on every stage your slowest string is thrown out. On the seven standard stages you shoot five strings and the best four count; on Outer Limits you shoot four strings and the best three count. Any single string is capped at 30.00 seconds, so a string you cannot finish in time is scored as 30 rather than ending your day.
How classification works
SCSA sets a peak time for every stage in every division. The peak time is the Grand Master reference, and your classification percentage is the peak time divided by your time, times 100. Faster than the peak pushes you over 100 percent; slower drops you below it. The class breakpoints are:
- Grand Master: 95% and up
- Master: 85% to 94%
- A class: 75% to 84%
- B class: 60% to 74%
- C class: 40% to 59%
- D class: below 40%
A note on the numbers
The peak times in this tool come from the current official SCSA classification table and cover all sixteen divisions, including Limited Optics and the rimfire divisions. Your official class is calculated from at least four classifier stages, so use this as a fast per-stage check on where a run lands rather than a substitute for your record on the SCSA site.
See more: the full Steel Challenge stage guides and strategy →Steel Challenge questions
How is a Steel Challenge stage scored?
You shoot five strings on most stages and your slowest string is dropped, so the best four are summed for your stage time. Outer Limits is four strings with the best three counting. The maximum for any single string is 30.00 seconds.
How is Steel Challenge classification calculated?
SCSA compares your time to a peak time, the Grand Master benchmark, for each stage in your division. Your percentage is the peak time divided by your time, times 100. Grand Master is 95 percent or higher, Master 85 to 94, A class 75 to 84, B class 60 to 74, C class 40 to 59, and D class below 40.
What are SCSA peak stage times?
Peak stage times are the Grand Master reference times SCSA publishes for each stage and division. They are the benchmark your stage time is measured against to set your classification percentage. This calculator uses the current official table from the SCSA classification page.
How many stages does an official SCSA classification need?
An official SCSA class is based on at least four classifier stages. This calculator gives a per-stage estimate, so treat it as a guide to how a single stage compares to the peak time rather than a final class.
What happens if I do not finish a string in time?
Any single string caps at 30.00 seconds, so enter 30 for a string you did not complete. Since your slowest string is dropped, one bad string usually does not ruin the stage.