🏹 How TAGR Works
📊 The NPS Formula
Every score from every organization is converted to a Normalized Performance Score (NPS):
NPS is uncapped — equipment bonuses, yardage bonuses, and format multipliers stack naturally. Top archers in difficult equipment classes and long-distance formats will earn NPS well above 1000, which properly differentiates elite performers.
⚖️ Organization Difficulty Weights
Different formats have different difficulty levels. Harder formats earn more NPS per point scored.
| Format | Weight | Why |
|---|---|---|
| TFAA Outdoor Field Archery | 1.05× | Hardest — varying terrain, elevation, longer distances |
| TX ASA 3D Unknown Distance | 1.0× | Must judge yardage by eye on 3D animal targets |
| TX ASA 3D Known Distance | 0.95× | Rangefinders allowed — removes yardage estimation |
| TFAA Indoor 300 Round | 0.90× | Controlled environment, 20 yards, flat — most forgiving |
🎯 ASA Known vs Unknown Distance
ASA classes are split into known distance (rangefinders allowed) and unknown distance (judge yardage by eye). Unknown distance classes get full 1.0× weight, known get 0.95×.
Known distance classes: Known Pro, Known 40/45/50, W. Known Pro/40/45, Senior Known Pro/45/50, Senior Women's Known, Senior Master Known, Super Senior Known, Traditional, Barebow Recurve, Olympic Recurve, Crossbow, all Young Adult classes, all Eagle classes, Junior Eagle, Youth Barebow
Unknown distance classes: Open Pro, Semi Pro, all Men's Open/Hunter/Pins classes, W. Open 45, W. Pins 30/40, Senior Hunter 45, Senior Open, Senior Pins, Senior Legends, Super Senior, Super Senior Pins
📏 ASA Max Yardage Bonus
Classes with longer max yardage are harder — you get a bonus for shooting farther:
| Max Yardage | Bonus | Example Classes |
|---|---|---|
| 50 yards | 1.07× | Open Pro, Semi Pro, Known 50, Known Pro, Senior Known 50 |
| 45 yards | 1.05× | Men's Open 45, Hunter 45, Known 45, W. Known 45, Senior Known 45 |
| 40 yards | 1.03× | Men's Open 40, Pins 40, Known 40, W. Known 40, Barebow Recurve, Olympic Recurve, Crossbow |
| 30 yards & below | 1.0× (baseline) | Pins 30, Senior Pins, Traditional, Eagle, Junior Eagle |
🏅 Equipment Bonuses
Classes with equipment restrictions get bonuses to reflect added difficulty:
| Class | Bonus | Why |
|---|---|---|
| BBC (Barebow Compound) | +8% | Fingers + no sight |
| Genesis | +8% | Fingers + no sight |
| Traditional | +8% (+11% in ASA) | Fingers + no sight. ASA requires no arrow rest (off the shelf) for additional +3% |
| Longbow | +11% | Fingers + no sight + always off the shelf (no arrow rest) |
| Barebow Recurve | +8% | Fingers + no sight |
| BHFS (Bowhunter Freestyle) | +5% | Fixed pins + 12" stabilizer limit |
| MBH (Modern Bowhunter) | +3% | Fixed pins + 18" stabilizer limit |
| FSL (Freestyle Limited) | +3% | Finger release + fixed pin sight |
| Olympic / FSLR | +3% | Finger release + sight |
| FS (Freestyle) | Baseline | Scope/lens, mechanical release, unlimited stabilizer |
🏅 Other Bonuses
- X-Count Bonus (Indoor only) — Up to 5% extra for hitting more X rings. A 300-60X ranks higher than 300-0X. Formula:
NPS × (1 + xCount/60 × 0.05) - State Championship (Indoor) — 10% bonus for State Championship rounds, reflecting higher level of competition
📈 Your TAGR Score
Your TAGR score is always divided by 5 — even if you have fewer than 5 events. Empty slots count as zero. This prevents someone with one lucky tournament from outranking consistent archers.
📅 Minimum Events
You need at least 3 events to get a full ranking. Archers with fewer than 3 events are shown as PROVISIONAL — visible in the rankings but without a rank number.
🔄 Event Count Bonus
Shooting more events earns a small bonus that rewards consistency and commitment:
| Events | Bonus |
|---|---|
| 3 events | 1.0× (baseline) |
| 4 events | 1.02× |
| 5 events | 1.04× |
| 6–7 events | 1.05× |
| 8+ events | 1.06× (cap) |
🌐 Organization Diversity Bonus
Archers who prove themselves across multiple organizations in their top 5 scoring rounds earn a bonus. Scoring well in different formats (3D, field, indoor) is harder than repeating one.
| Unique Orgs in Top 5 | Bonus |
|---|---|
| 1 organization | 1.0× (baseline) |
| 2 organizations | 1.03× |
| 3 organizations | 1.05× |
This counts the unique organizations among your actual top 5 NPS rounds — not just orgs you've shot with overall.
👑 TFAA State Record Holders
Archers who hold a current TFAA state record (Indoor, Outdoor, or 900 Round) are identified with a 👑 crown badge next to their name. Hover the crown to see which record(s) they hold.
Records are scraped from texasfieldarchery.org and matched by name. Only the current record holder matters — if scores are tied, the most recent year wins.
💡 Example
Top 5 average = (850 + 840 + 830 + 820 + 810) ÷ 5 = 830
Event bonus (6 events) = 1.05×
1 org = 1.0× diversity bonus
TAGR = 830 × 1.05 × 1.0 = 872
Archer B shoots 8 events across TX ASA + TFAA Outdoor + TFAA Indoor
Top 5 NPS: 920, 910, 890, 880, 870 (from all 3 orgs)
Top 5 average = 894
Event bonus (8 events) = 1.06×
3 orgs in top 5 = 1.05× diversity bonus
TAGR = 894 × 1.06 × 1.05 = 995
Archer C shoots 1 indoor event, scoring NPS: 900
Top 5 sum = 900 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 900 ÷ 5 = 180
TAGR = 180 (PROVISIONAL — needs 2 more events)
🏹 Equipment Classes
Archers are ranked within their equipment class. If you shoot multiple classes, you get a separate ranking for each.
- Compound — FS, FSL, BHFS, MBH, BBC, Genesis + ASA Known/Open/Hunter/Pins/Pro classes
- Barebow — BBR, Barebow Recurve, Youth Barebow
- Traditional — TRAD, Traditional
- Olympic — FSLR, Olympic Recurve
- Longbow — LB
📡 Data Sources (3-Year Window)
TAGR pulls the last 3 years of competition data to build comprehensive rankings:
- TX ASA — 2024, 2025, 2026 individual tournament results from Texas ASA Google Sheets (SOY + Tournament Results Archive)
- TFAA Outdoor — 3 seasons scraped from texasfieldarchery.org (Seasons 50, 48, 38)
- TFAA Indoor — 3 seasons scraped from texasfieldarchery.org (Seasons 49, 46, 37)
- TSAA — Coming soon
Rankings refresh every hour. Cross-organization names are automatically matched and merged (e.g., "SMITH, JOHN" from TFAA + "JOHN SMITH" from ASA = same archer).
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