Competitive DRILLS (iOS). Competition Is Optional. Measurement Is Not.
Competitive DRILLS are always available in two modes: private training or optional competition. The choice is yours, but it starts with a simple step that many shooters overlook.
When you select any Competitive DRILL and arrive at the Firing Range Setup screen, look to the right side of the screen. You will see two icons: Worldwide and Friends. Tapping one of these icons is what enables competition. If neither is selected, the drill runs in private mode by default.
Nothing else changes.
The drill objectives, scoring logic, and performance tracking are identical whether you compete or not. If you never tap those icons, your results stay private and your progress is tracked locally, just like any other drill. If you do tap one, you unlock comparison: rankings, leaderboards, and an expanded Performance Dashboard that puts your results into context.
Competitive DRILLS exist for one simple reason: there are skills you cannot build through precision or accuracy work alone.
At some point, clean groups are not enough. You need to see what happens when time starts pushing back, when decisions matter, and when speed and accuracy must coexist instead of competing with each other. That is where Competitive DRILLS earn their place in training.
They borrow scoring logic from established shooting sports, but they are training drills first, not competitions by default. Competition adds perspective, not pressure. The drills do not change. Only your frame of reference does.
LASERHIT Practical Shooting competitive drill, where the results display in Hit Factor. Performance Dashboard updated in real time.
Practical Shooting (USPSA/IPSC scoring model)
Practical Shooting answers a question precision drills intentionally avoid:
How efficiently can you turn time into accurate hits?
This drill is not about extremes. Shooting fast with poor hits fails. Shooting carefully without urgency also fails. What matters is learning where speed helps and where it hurts.
Practical Shooting uses Hit Factor to measure efficiency. Hit Factor is calculated as total score divided by total time. Every shot is timed. Every hit contributes. The final result shows how well you balance both.
Why this drill earns a place in your training:
It exposes hesitation just as clearly as reckless speed
It forces deliberate pacing instead of guessing
It teaches efficiency rather than raw aggression
If your accuracy looks good until the timer starts, this drill will show it.
If your speed is high but your hit quality collapses, it will show that too.
This is where balance stops being theoretical and becomes measurable.
LASERHIT Practical Defense displays the Results as Final time. The Performance Dashboard display and store your competitive data on your device.
Practical Defense (IDPA scoring model)
Practical Defense shifts the pressure in a different direction. Speed still matters, but mistakes now carry consequences.
Inspired by the IDPA time-plus model, this drill evaluates performance by combining execution speed with hit quality. Every shot is timed, but imperfect hits add down-time penalties to the final result. Misses and poor placement quickly erase any advantage gained by shooting faster.
This drill answers a different question:
Can you stay accurate when speed costs you something?
Why this drill belongs in your training:
It rewards disciplined decision-making under pressure
It punishes rushed execution without encouraging hesitation
It mirrors real-world tradeoffs between speed and precision
Practical Defense teaches you to respect time without being controlled by it.
LASERHIT Fast Draw shows your Best Time out of your 10 clean shots.
Fast Draw (WFDA/CFDA scoring model)
Fast Draw strips everything down to the moment that matters.
The signal.
The draw.
The first clean hit.
There is no recovery and no correction. Either the execution is efficient, or it is not.
Fast Draw measures pure reaction and draw efficiency, down to hundredths of a second. Accuracy requirements are intentionally simple so nothing masks inefficient movement.
Why Fast Draw belongs in your training:
It exposes hesitation instantly
It reveals wasted motion you do not feel
It builds decisiveness without recklessness
Fast Draw is not about being fast once. It is about being fast cleanly and repeatedly. Smooth mechanics outperform rushed motion every time, and the timer makes that undeniable.
Before You Go
Enabling competition adds context, not pressure:
Leaderboards show how your execution compares
Performance Dashboards expand with comparative data
Drill logic and scoring rules remain identical
Train privately. Compete publicly. Or never compete at all.
The drills do not care. They measure what you do, not why you do it.
Try each drill on its own terms. If it earns a place in your training, keep it. If competition adds motivation later, it will be there when you are ready.
Measurement comes first.
If one of these drills surprised you, frustrated you, or exposed something you did not expect, leave a comment. Those reactions are exactly what drives the next evolution of DRILLS.