Scoring formats · Indoor
Vegas 3-Spot: how scoring works
The Vegas round is the indoor round shot at The Vegas Shoot in Las Vegas and at clubs across North America. You shoot 30 arrows from 20 yards at a 40 cm target, three arrows per end, scoring each arrow from 6 to 10 on the 3-spot for a maximum of 300. Recurve, compound and barebow archers all shoot it.
At a glance
The round in four numbers
- Time per end
- 2 minutes for 3 arrows.
- Scoring
- 10 down to 6 on the 3-spot. An arrow outside the 6 ring is a miss. On the single face, 10 down to 1.
- Target faceDepends on division
- A vertical 3-spot or a single 40 cm face. Most archers shoot the 3-spot; at The Vegas Shoot, some youth compound divisions may choose either.
- Ties
- Broken by the X count. Championship ties for the top three go to a shoot-off.
The target
The face, drawn
The Vegas 3-spot uses the same 40 cm rings as the World Archery face, cut down to the 6 to 10 rings. Each arrow goes in its own spot.
The X is the small inner ring. It scores 10 and is counted to separate tied scores.
At the target
How to score it
Shoot three arrows.
You have two minutes for each end of three, one arrow in each spot. In Championship divisions, if two arrows land in the same spot, the highest is taken away.
Call them highest first.
At the target, read each arrow from highest to lowest, for example "X, 10, 9", while a partner writes them down and counts your Xs.
Touching a line? Take the higher score.
An arrow touching the dividing line between two rings scores the higher ring. Outside the 6 ring on the 3-spot is a miss, scored M for zero.
Score it in NockPoint
Let the app keep the card
The Vegas 3-spot face is built into NockPoint. Tap where each arrow landed in its spot, and the app keeps your end totals, running total and X count, and builds your personal bests on its own. Then shoot a Vegas challenge against archers anywhere.
- Every arrow plotted
- See which spot your group drifts in, not just the total.
- X count kept
- The tie-breaker is counted for you, end by end.
- Challenges
- Shoot a Vegas 300 against archers anywhere and compare.
Worked example
A full round, end by end
Thirty arrows, ten ends of three, with the running total and the X count kept as you go. Total: 294 out of 300.
| End | 1 | 2 | 3 | End total | Running |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 59 |
| 3 | X | X | 10 | 30 | 89 |
| 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 117 |
| 5 | X | 10 | 10 | 30 | 147 |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 177 |
| 7 | X | 10 | 9 | 29 | 206 |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 235 |
| 9 | X | X | 10 | 30 | 265 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 294 |
| 10s: 24 · Xs: 7 | Total | 294 | |||
Don’t mix them up
Vegas or World Archery Indoor
| Vegas 3-Spot | World Archery Indoor | |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 20 yards (18.3 m) | 18 m |
| Arrows | 30, maximum 300 | 60, maximum 600 |
| Face | 40 cm 3-spot or single face | 40 cm single face or 3-spot |
| Per end | 3 arrows, 2 minutes | 3 arrows, 2 minutes |
| Two arrows in one spot | The highest is taken away (Championship divisions) | Only the lowest scores |
The two are easy to mix up. For two arrows in one spot the result is the same either way.
Questions
Common questions
What is a perfect Vegas score?
300: thirty arrows, all scoring 10. Top archers then count Xs, so the best possible is 300 with 30 Xs.
Is the Vegas round the same as World Archery Indoor?
No. Vegas is 30 arrows at 20 yards, out of 300. World Archery Indoor is 60 arrows at 18 m, out of 600. Both use 40 cm faces and three arrows per end.
Do compound archers score the inner 10 in Vegas?
No. On the Vegas face the whole 10 ring scores 10 for every bow style, and the X is counted for ties. That is one of the main differences from World Archery Indoor, where compound archers score only the inner 10 as a 10.
What happens if two arrows hit the same spot?
In Championship divisions, the highest of the two is taken away. It is the same result as the World Archery rule, which keeps only the lowest.
Based on The Vegas Shoot rules and NFAA indoor rounds, checked October 2026. The Vegas Shoot rules · Also: NFAA, target archery indoor rounds
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