Ties and tie-breaks

Three valid rules, and the choice is the club's — made before the Match, on its settings screen.

What comes before any rule

The total comes first: the points of the signed series minus the penalties. The tie-break only comes in when two athletes have exactly the same total.

1. X, rings and targets — the default (SCTSL)

It is the default rule of the module, and the one most clubs use. In order:

1. Whoever has more X.
2. If it persists, whoever has more 10s. Then more 9s, more 8s, and so on.
3. If it persists, the best score on the LAST target. Then on the one before it, and so on backwards — target 4, 3, 2, 1.

The idea behind the third step is to reward whoever held their performance to the end: in rimfire, tiredness shows on the last targets.

2. X and rings only

The same as the previous one, but it stops at the ring count — it does not look target by target. Pick this one if your rulebook does not provide for the last-target rule.

3. Final series (ISSF style)

1. Whoever scored more points in the LAST series. If it persists, in the one before it, and so on backwards.
2. Only then the ring count: more X, more 10s, more 9s…

It makes sense in Matches with several series on the same day, where the final series is the decisive one. In a single-series Match it ends up behaving like the ring rule.

Which one to pick

• Follow the rulebook of your Match — it is the one that decides, not the system's preference.
• When in doubt, and if the rulebook says nothing, leave the default (X, rings and targets): it is the most used in Brazilian rimfire clubs.
• If the modality has no X ring, the first rule has no effect and the contest starts at the 10s. This is automatic.

When the tie is not settled

If not even the chosen rule separates the athletes, they share the same place — and the ranking shows that, instead of picking a winner arbitrarily. Two first places mean that no tie-break was possible, and the decision goes back to the club: a field tie-break agreed on the spot, for example.

The athlete's name never enters the rule. It only serves to make the listing come out in the same order every time, and it does not change who is ahead.

How to check it

Besides the total, the results screen shows the X count, the ring count and the points of each target. They are exactly the numbers the rule reads — you can reproduce the decision by hand, and explain it to an athlete who asks.