I've been thinking about this and have a thought.  It's really just a small adjustment of what's already been discussed.

The ranking system works off a set of 10 throws.  Five confirmed hits are required to move to the next level (league).  A slinger is also free to keep working at a particular level if they want to achieve 10/10 perfection.  The set of 10 can be cherry-picked from a larger set as discussed earlier.

A slinger's ranking will be a 2 digit number (could be 3, but I don't think anyone will get that high).  The first digit is the current distance.  A '1' for 10m, '2' for 20m, etc.  The second digit is the number of hits. at the distance.

A few examples to demonstrate:
A rank of 32 will mean the slinger has two target hits at 30 meters.
A rank of 25 will mean the slinger has five hits at 20 meters.  At this point they can move to 30 meters, or continue working at 20m for a better score at that level.
A rank of 28 will mean the slinger has opted to continue working at 20m, and has eight hits.  They can also move to 30 at any time.

If a slinger does get a perfect 10/10 at any level, they will automatically have a ranking for the next distance.  So if someone gets 10/10 at 10 meters, their ranking will be 20.

I think the advantages of this method are things are based off an easy to interpret 2-digit number.  It also allows two paths if someone wants to chase perfection vs. just advancing to the next level.  A slinger's rank will also increase with each additional hit, so there's immediate feedback to feel good about. 

On the topic of video evidence, I think we'll be safe in trusting what someone tells us within a particular level.  But video will be needed for level advancement.  So if I'm just starting out, I can tell everyone that my best was 4 hits at 10m.  And my rank is 14 without video (I can provide video for fun and entertainment, but it's not required).  If I get 5 hits at 10. and want to move on to 20m, I must provide video confirmation.

Let me know if anything in that explanation isn't clear.

Thoughts?

You have a point.  But I think that becomes very difficult to account for.  If any (or even all) of those 9 hits are closer to the edge, it's likely they wouldn't have been hits at 40m.

On a side note, probably something for the Maths board, I wonder what the effective diana size at 30m would be to represent a target at 40m. It still wouldn't be a perfect representation, because with more distance the release angle will need to change.  But I'm curious.

Back on topic, I don't know if a simple system will be able to combine different path intentions (such as climbing a rank ladder vs. getting a perfect score at every level), and judge them fairly against each other (unless of course a perfect score is required at each level).  A more complex method of determine a rank very well could.  But I think that could make getting participation more difficult.  In the system I described, you're right that they don't really line up.  The intent was moreso to allow for both aspects since each one seems to have support in the discussion.

Morphy wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 7:23pm:

Not taken that way at all my man.

If something completely different comes out at the end, that's totally cool.  I was just trying to think of something very simple, that could be used by a beginner as well as an experienced slinger.

How do you see the actual ranking working Mersa?  A predefined set goals to achieve, or just do whatever and we'll use a method to determine a "ranking" based on your distance and score?

IronGoober wrote on Dec 10^th, 2021 at 11:15pm:

What do you think about the idea of having an unlimited number of stars for each League?
The stars would instead represent consecutive hits.

It makes the system like track and field races, where people compete for 100m, 200m, 400m, etc. and each specific distance is its own little competition.
I think this adjustment to the system makes it less restrictive and more accommodating to ranges people have access to.
With the other system, If you are in an urban area and you only had 10m to sling, you couldn't rise above League I, but this adjusted system would give them the opportunity to score endlessly high at that distance, and become king of the League I hill. Also, for those that prefer longer ranges like 50m, (and have access to them) this system would allow them to compete at those distances.

Like I said before I think the biggest problem is people actually participating.
This makes it less likely to have anytype of leaderboard.
More divisions and options means less people at each league and then In my view less participation.

Curious Aardvark wrote on Dec 13^th, 2021 at 3:18pm:


Its a system that gives your skill level for any series of shots so long as those shots are all at the same distance on the same target. The target can change and the distance can change from one session to the next and you will get a score that will be able to judge across all targets/distances and still be a good approximation of skill level regardless of the target.

Theres a fairly long thread on page one of the main slinging forum called Max scoring accuracy or some such that covers it.