2012 Performance Challenge

[98z28]

FAST average: 8.09
300 average: 270

Not surprisingly, switching platforms multiple times over the year and getting less live fire practice than I would like led to insignificant performance differences.

[Corey]

Fast Average: Jan 2012: 7.51, Dec 2012: 6.98
Bullseye 300 average: Jan 2012: 248, Dec 2012: 253

Always nice to see improvement.

On a side note, one of my shooting goals for 2012 was to get a FAST run under 6 seconds clean. I did that in October, and then did it three more times since then with a personal best of 5.60. For 2013 I want to make it more consistent and have a cold run under 6. (so far my sub 6 clean runs have all been my second or third run)

[Palmguy]

Shoot, whether there's a 2013 thread or not, I'm doing it strictly for my own benefit; make it a quarterly thing, maybe. Wish I'd caught this when it started up...

Same here...this is the one reason I'm looking forward to going home from my vacation.

[Mr_White]

1/29/2012 data:

FAST #1 – 4.87: 1.38, .72 / 1.99 / .27, .26, .25

300 #1 – Two hands: 88, SHO: 53, WHO: 63, total: 204
300 #2 – Two hands: 83, SHO: 62, WHO: 80, total: 226

I was ready to take my medicine with the 300 this time. Didn’t turn out as badly as I thought it would, but tons of room to improve over this year.

FAST #2 – 4.69: 1.35, .60 / 1.97 / .27, .22, .28
FAST #3 – 4.99: 1.53, .65 / 2.03 / .27, .26, .25

Three sub-5 clean FASTs are very uncommon for me. Typically I would drop a couple of shots somewhere in there. Seems like shooting it with the mindset I have in GSSF is a good idea – that is, with a clear intention of being sure of the hits and forgetting all about the time.

1/30/2012 data:

FAST #1 – 7.41 (-1 H): 1.53, .79 / 2.34 / .27, .25, .23

Jerked the trigger on the second 3x5 shot, saw the front sight dip.

300 #1 – Two hands: 67, SHO: 59, WHO: 70, total: 196
300 #2 – Two hands: 84, SHO: 53, WHO: 85, total: 222

FAST #2 – 4.80: 1.46, .58 / 1.99 / .27, .25, .25
FAST #3 – 5.01: 1.75, .65 / 1.91 / .24, .25, .21

Pulled a bad (low) grip on FAST #3 and felt like I had to slow a lot to get the 3x5 hits.

This makes my final January 2012 Performance Challenge data:

300 average: 212
FAST average: 5.30

December 2012 Update


Six total FASTs:

3.77: 1.07, .37 / 1.62 / .24, .25, .22
3.80: 1.11, .36 / 1.68 / .24, .23, .18
5.58 (-1H): 1.09, .35 / 1.53 / .22, .20, .19
3.63: 1.07, .35 / 1.50 / .26, .24, .21
3.79: 1.05, .33 / 1.70 / .26, .23, .22
3.70: 1.07, .35 / 1.58 / .27, .22, .21


Four total 300s:

Freestyle: 91
SHO: 85
WHO: 85
Total: 261 (forgot to record Xs.)

Freestyle: 90 – 2x
SHO: 88 – 1x
WHO: 90 – 1x
Total: 268 – 4x

Freestyle: 93
SHO: 84 – 1x
WHO: 80 – 1x
Total: 257 – 2x

Freestyle: 86 – 2x
SHO: 88 – 1x
WHO: 87
Total: 261 – 3x


End of Year 300 Average: 261
End of Year FAST Average: 4.05

Compared to the data from January 2012, looks like my 300 score is 49 points better, and my FAST is 1.25 seconds better. Good to see I haven’t been practicing for nothing!

[Mr_White]

Thanks Tom! Didn't do nearly as well on the FAST today though...it's still as easy to screw up as ever.

[Stuffbreaker]

300: 178
FAST: 5.99

December Results
300: 243
FAST: 5.68

I shot roughly 20K rounds in 2012, devoting a lot of time to SHO & WHO early in the year. FAST didn't show huge improvement, but my consistency is much better. I had a personal best of 4.92 in July.

2012 was my first year shooting competitively, and I had other notable improvements:

Steel Challenge: Posted a 24 second improvement for the year shooting 4 matches. Now a "Steel B" shooter under the new classification system.

IDPA Classifier: Had a 17 second improvement in scores between March and November, finishing the season an SSP EX with a best of 117.x. Nerves get the best of me in the Classifier, and I finish much better in regular matches.

USPSA: Not yet classified, but have been finishing among the B shooters in Production and shooting Limited Minor.

[Matt O]

My January results:

300 ave = 264 pts
FAST ave = 7.63 sec

My January results one year later...

300 ave = 272
FAST ave = 5.82