Hit Factor is what makes practical shooting a race against yourself as much as against the target. Fast hits that are sloppy cost you points; slow hits that are perfect cost you time. Because the score weighs points against seconds, improving means shaving time without losing accuracy, and that is exactly why measuring your times at home matters: you cannot raise a number you never wrote down.
Concept
Hit Factor
The core score in practical shooting: your points divided by the time it took to earn them, so both accuracy and speed decide the result.
Guides mentioning this concept
Hit Factor: the one number that decides who wins
Two shooters, one course of fire: one fast and dirty, one slow and clean. Who shot better? Hit factor answers with a single number - points divided by time. How it blends speed and accuracy, splits a stage's points between shooters, and how to work out your hit factor at home.
9 min
How to Aim a Pistol: Sight Alignment, Sight Picture, Mistakes
Shots landing where you didn't aim? Break aiming into parts: equal height and equal light, front sight focus, center vs 6 o'clock vs combat hold, four alignment errors, and the Wall Drill to train it all at home.
11 min
IPSC Target Zones: Scoring, Hit Factor, and What to Print at Home
You printed the targets and stopped - where do you aim? This is how IPSC target zones work: what Alpha, Charlie and Delta are worth, how poppers score, how Hit Factor turns points and time into one number, and which scale, 1/3 or 1/6, to print for your room.
11 min