Scoring Rings
Scoring rings are the concentric zones drawn on a target face that translate arrow placement into points. The number of rings, their shape (circular versus elliptical), and the value of each zone vary by archery format — every federation defines its own ring layout to match its scoring rules.Details
On 3D archery faces the rings are drawn on an animal silhouette. ASA has the most complex layout: an asymmetric 14-ring at the upper-rear of an oval 8-ring, twin Pro-12 zones inside a 10-ring, and the body silhouette as the outermost zone. IBO and WA-3D use simpler concentric rings — an 11-ring inner spot at the centre, then 10, 8 (vital), and body. IFAA Animal Round faces have three nested zones (high-kill / kill / vital) plus miss.
On 2D faces (target archery — WA, NFAA, FITA, etc.) rings are circular concentric zones from 1 (outermost yellow) to 10 (innermost gold) with an X-ring at the very centre for tie-breaks. Different distances use different face sizes (40, 60, 80, 122 cm).
When printing scaled training targets the ring positions are derived from real-world specs scaled by a known print ratio — get the ratio wrong and the rings still look right but the practice distance is meaningless. This is why scaled-print pipelines record the print scale ratio and the corresponding training distance directly on the printable.
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Common questions
- What's the difference between an X-ring and the 10-ring in target archery?
- On a standard target face the 10-ring is the innermost yellow scoring zone. The X-ring is a small unscored ring at the centre of the 10 used only as a tie-breaker — an arrow in the X is still worth 10 points, but X-counts decide ties between archers with equal totals.