Leaderboards

What Are LaserHIT Leaderboards

LaserHIT Leaderboards use Apple Game Center to let you compare your results with other LaserHIT users in a secure and private way.

Leaderboards are available for selected competitive LaserHIT Drills and for LaserHIT QuickHit Practice (Legacy). They show how your performance ranks globally or among friends while keeping your personal data protected.

How It Works

When Apple Game Center is enabled on your device, you are automatically signed in using your Apple ID. No separate LaserHIT account is required, and your Apple ID is not shared with LaserHIT.

Results from supported competitive Drills are sent in real time to Apple Game Center, where they are validated and ranked. LaserHIT then displays those rankings inside the app as:

  • Global rankings with all players

  • Friends-only rankings

Game Center shows your rank, top scores, and relative position based on your Game Center profile settings. Only the information you choose to display in Game Center is visible to others.

Why Game Center Is Required

LaserHIT competitive events use official ranked leaderboards. Apple Game Center provides verified user identity, secure score validation, tamper-resistant rankings, and consistent results across Apple devices.

Without Game Center enabled:

  • Competitive scores cannot be submitted

  • Rankings cannot be calculated

  • Leaderboards cannot be displayed

For this reason, Game Center is required for all LaserHIT competitive modes.

Friends and Rankings

Friends lists are managed entirely by Apple Game Center. Friends you add through Game Center automatically appear in LaserHIT leaderboards when applicable. LaserHIT does not access, store, or manage your contacts in any way.

LaserHIT Performance Dashboard

In addition to Game Center rankings, LaserHIT saves your recent stage results and competition progress directly on your device after each stage completion.

This allows you to:

  • Review recent performance details

  • Track improvement over time

  • Compare current results to past stages

All performance data is stored locally and remains under your control.

Availability and Access

Leaderboards are available for selected LaserHIT preset Drills and for LaserHIT QuickHit Practice (Legacy). You can clearly see whether a Drill supports competitive ranking before starting.

One of the following in-app purchases is required for leaderboard participation:

  • QuickHit one-time purchase

  • LaserHIT Pro Access (24-hour or 30-day)

How Competition Stages Work

All competitive stages follow a consistent structure:

  • Ten single shots per stage

  • Automatic shot repeat

  • Random start timer

  • Clearly defined success and scoring rules

LaserHIT does not attempt to copy any discipline exactly. Instead, it takes inspiration from USPSA, IPSC, IDPA, and Cowboy Action shooting to create universal training stages focused on speed, accuracy, and consistency.

Supported Targets

Currently supported targets:

  • LaserHIT 25M Olympic-style target

  • LaserHIT B27 silhouette target

Additional targets will be added based on user feedback.

Competition Styles Available Now

Practical Shooting

Inspired by USPSA and IPSC scoring.

  • Focus on speed and precision

  • Ranking based on Hit Factor

  • Hit Factor equals total score divided by total time

  • Misses or early shots score zero

Higher Hit Factor places you higher on the leaderboard.

Practical Defense

Inspired by IDPA-style scoring.

  • Focus on precision under stress

  • Ranking based on Final Time

  • Final Time equals shooting time plus penalties

Penalty rules:

  • Each point down adds 0.5 seconds

  • A miss adds 5 seconds

  • An early shot adds 10 seconds

The lowest Final Time wins.

Fast Draw

Inspired by Fast 10 (WFDA and CFDA).

  • Pure speed challenge

  • Precision matters only enough to hit the target

  • Time measured to hundredths of a second

Fastest clean hit wins.