Running the full classifier vs 5x5

[JSGlock34]

Are clubs running the full classifier anymore, or has the new alternate 5x5 become the default classifier?

[ranger]

My local club is running the 5x5 - much quicker to administer

[GOTURBACK]

My local club now uses the 5x5 kind of dissapointed $20 for a 25 round bs qualifier and no AIWB tell me again why I should continue to shoot IDPA?

[Sherman A. House DDS]

My local club now uses the 5x5 kind of dissapointed $20 for a 25 round bs qualifier and no AIWB tell me again why I should continue to shoot IDPA?

That’s only once a year. Tell the match director to make it a stage in a larger match.


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[JSGlock34]

I've mixed feelings about the change; I liked shooting the full classifier as a performance tracking course of fire. Of course, the new classifier is much more convenient and easier to administer.

[cornstalker]

Our club is running both, but they are limiting the full classifier to 12 shooters total. Everyone else will have to shoot the 5x5, but they can classify in two divisions.

[Jim Watson]

There used to be a lot of complaints about the long, boring Classifier. So they shortened it. Nobody was impressed, so they cut it WAY down. Now it is too short and simple. Just can't please.

[Sherman A. House DDS]

I like it. I think it’s a good test of skill.


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[Jeff22]

I like the old 90 round IDPA classifier.

I like the newer 72 round IDPA classifier.

I like the newest 5 x 5 classifier, too. I think it's an excellent little drill. But the longer classifiers are a more comprehensive test of a shooter's skill.

I really like shooting USPSA special classifier matches, too. I prefer classifiers and speed courses and simple field courses much more than the over complicated 32 round field courses that most of the guys at my local USPSA club like.

If you want to discover what skills you need to practice, shoot a bunch of classifiers (of either discipline) and record the parts that you had trouble with, and that information can guide your practice efforts going forward.

[NEPAKevin]

After trying a few things, we settled on running the 5x5 as part of a regular match. Our monthly matches consist of six stages often with one or two limited standards stages anyway. For match flow purposes, splitting the 5x5 into two bays, strings 1&2, and 3&4, seems to work well.

[SMJayman]

If your sole goal is to get more people classified so that they can go shoot state level matches, etc., or to track their progress, the 5x5 is excellent for getting more people through. That was always the biggest obstacle on a club match, because a lot of people want to shoot the classifier but the 90 round course just took a lot of time. Not that the 90 round course was bad, it was excellent for figuring out where you were weak and needed more practice. Heck, if you have the time/space I think you should shoot at least portions of it on occasion just as a metric. But if I want more people and faster results? 5x5 all day long.