Is an X worth more points than a 10?

No. On standard target faces an X scores the same as a 10. It is recorded separately because the X-count breaks ties and shows how tight your groups are inside the 10. The exception is divisions that score only the inner ring as 10, such as compound on World Archery indoor faces, where an arrow outside the X but inside the outer 10 scores 9.

What does "300 60X" mean?

It is a perfect NFAA five-spot round: 60 arrows, each worth 5 points, with all 60 in the X. Archers quote the X-count after the score because at the top level the score alone no longer separates them.

How do I improve my X-count?

Treat it as a precision problem rather than a scoring one: tighten your groups first, then centre them. Shoot rounds where you only record X or not-X, keep the same arrows and setup for a few weeks so the trend means something, and change one thing at a time in your sight or tuning.

X (vnitřní desítka)

The X-ring is the smallest ring at the centre of a target face, inside the 10. On most faces an arrow in the X scores the same as a 10, but it is counted separately — the X-count — and used to break ties between archers with equal scores. In some divisions the X-ring itself is the scoring 10.

Detaily

On World Archery target faces the X is the inner ring of the gold 10, half the diameter of the 10-ring. It carries no extra points: an arrow in the X scores 10, and the scorer marks it as an X so it can be counted. On the NFAA blue-and-white five-spot face the white spot is worth 5, and the small X-ring at its centre is counted separately in the same way.

Some divisions shoot to a smaller ten. Under World Archery indoor rules, compound archers score only the inner ring as 10 on the 40 cm face, so for them the recurve archer's X is the whole ten and an arrow just outside it scores 9. The Vegas Shoot works in a similar way: compound archers score the inner ring as ten, while recurve, barebow and traditional archers score the full 10-ring. The same face can be scored two ways on the same shooting line, so check the rulebook for your round and division.

Indoors, where strong archers shoot perfect or near-perfect totals, the X-count often decides the result. World Archery breaks ties in ranking rounds on the number of 10s and then the number of Xs, and many league and club events simply compare X-counts. Two archers who both shoot 300 on an NFAA five-spot round are separated by who put more arrows in the X.

X-count is also a precision measure in its own right. A score only tells you whether arrows landed inside the 10; the share of arrows in the X shows whether your groups are tightening inside it. Many indoor archers set an X percentage as a season goal, and a drill as simple as scoring a 60-arrow round only as X or not-X shows quickly whether a form or tuning change actually helped.

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Is an X worth more points than a 10?: No. On standard target faces an X scores the same as a 10. It is recorded separately because the X-count breaks ties and shows how tight your groups are inside the 10. The exception is divisions that score only the inner ring as 10, such as compound on World Archery indoor faces, where an arrow outside the X but inside the outer 10 scores 9.
What does "300 60X" mean?: It is a perfect NFAA five-spot round: 60 arrows, each worth 5 points, with all 60 in the X. Archers quote the X-count after the score because at the top level the score alone no longer separates them.
How do I improve my X-count?: Treat it as a precision problem rather than a scoring one: tighten your groups first, then centre them. Shoot rounds where you only record X or not-X, keep the same arrows and setup for a few weeks so the trend means something, and change one thing at a time in your sight or tuning.