Feature idea: recommended classifier(s) for the match

Hi there,

Everyone has been in the situation when they shot the same classifiers over and over again whether in different clubs of because they are easy to build and people tend to build them more often.

The idea is to look into the participants’ records to find out which classifiers they shot and give the MD recommendation which classifier stage wasn’t shot at all or was shot least recently by everyone registered for the match.

Shouldn’t be too hard to implement since PractiScore already has all the USPSA shooter numbers and classifiers they shot in the DB.

Thank you for the idea! We’ll keep it in mind for future updates.

I created a classifier spreadsheet for our club, sorting by date last used to help avoid repetition.
Classifier Name Date Club Date Club
09-10 Life’s Little Problems 1/1/2000
18-09 I Miss That Kind Of Clarity 1/1/2000
19-02 Hi-Way Robbery 1/1/2000
99-14 Hoser Heaven 1/1/2000
99-51 Single Tap Standards 1/1/2000
13-02 Down The Middle 8/1/2015 Rio Grande
13-08 More Disaster Factor 1/16/2016 Rio Grande
99-46 Close Quarter Standards 6/4/2016 Rio Grande
09-08 Crackerjack 8/6/2016 Rio Grande
06-02 Big Barricade II 9/3/2016 Rio Grande
06-04 Fluffy’s Revenge 1 11/5/2016 Rio Grande
99-12 Take Your Choice 12/3/2016 Rio Grande
06-05 Fluffy’s Revenge 2 1/7/2017 Rio Grande
13-01 Disaster Factor 2/4/2017 Rio Grande
03-12 Ironsides 2/18/2017 Rio Grande
03-08 Madness 4/15/2017 Rio Grande
06-03 Can You Count 4/22/2017 Rio Grande
06-06 Golden Bullet Standards 4/22/2017 Rio Grande
06-10 Steely Speed VII 4/22/2017 Rio Grande
13-04 The Roscoe Rattle 4/22/2017 Rio Grande
13-03 Short Sprint Standards 5/6/2017 Rio Grande
06-01 Big Barricade 5/20/2017 Rio Grande
09-07 It’s Not Brain Surgery 6/3/2017 Rio Grande
99-07 Both Sides Now #1 6/17/2017 Rio Grande
99-41 Works For Me 8/5/2017 Rio Grande
99-47 Triple Choice 9/30/2017 Rio Grande
99-21 Mini Mart 11/4/2017 Rio Grande
08-02 Steeler Standards 11/18/2017 Rio Grande
99-11 El Presidente 11/18/2017 Rio Grande
03-03 Take 'em Down 12/2/2017 Rio Grande
99-02 Night Moves 12/16/2017 Rio Grande
99-53 Triple Play 12/16/2017 Rio Grande
99-40 Partial People Eaters 1/6/2018 Rio Grande
99-56 On the Upper Pad II 1/6/2018 Rio Grande
99-28 Hillbillton Drill 2/3/2018 Rio Grande
03-09 On the Move 3/3/2018 Rio Grande
99-61 Sit Or Get Off The Shot 3/17/2018 Rio Grande
99-33 Raw Deal 4/7/2018 Rio Grande
09-09 Lightning And Thunder 4/21/2018 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
99-16 Both Sides Now #2 5/5/2018 Rio Grande
03-14 Baseball Standards 6/2/2018 Rio Grande
09-02 Diamond Cutter 6/16/2018 Rio Grande
03-02 Six Chickens 7/7/2018 Rio Grande
13-05 Tick Tock 8/4/2018 Rio Grande
08-03 Six 8/18/2018 Rio Grande
03-05 Paper Poppers 10/20/2018 Rio Grande
08-01 4 Bill Drill 11/3/2018 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
99-48 Tight Squeeze 11/17/2018 Rio Grande
18-01 Of Course It Did 12/1/2018 Rio Grande
18-05 No Need To Believe In Either Side 12/15/2018 Rio Grande
03-11 El Strong & Weak Pres 3/2/2019 Rio Grande
99-63 Merles Standards 3/16/2019 Rio Grande
99-23 Front Sight 4/6/2019 Rio Grande
99-57 Bookouts Boogie 5/4/2019 Rio Grande
18-08 The Condor 5/18/2019 Rio Grande
99-62 Bang and Clang 6/1/2019 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
18-06 For That Day 6/15/2019 Rio Grande
03-18 High Standards 7/20/2019 Rio Grande
09-13 Table Stakes 8/3/2019 Rio Grande
18-03 We Play Games 8/17/2019 Rio Grande
18-02 What Is With You People 11/2/2019 Rio Grande
09-01 Six In Six Challenge 11/16/2019 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
99-59 Lazy Man Standards 12/7/2019 Rio Grande
13-07 Double Deal 2 12/21/2019 Rio Grande
99-08 Melody Line 1/4/2020 Rio Grande
09-03 Oh No 2/1/2020 Rio Grande
09-04 Pucker Factor 2/1/2020 Rio Grande
19-01 Hi-Jinx 2/15/2020 Rio Grande
99-19 Paynes Pain 3/7/2020 Rio Grande
19-03 Hi-er Love 7/4/2020 Rio Grande
99-10 Times Two 7/18/2020 Rio Grande
13-06 Too Close For Comfort 8/1/2020 Rio Grande
99-13 Quicky II 8/15/2020 Rio Grande
03-07 Riverdale Standards 9/5/2020 Rio Grande
99-22 Nuevo El Presidente 2/20/2021 Rio Grande
99-42 Fast n Furious 3/6/2021 Rio Grande
09-14 Eye Of The Tiger 3/20/2021 Rio Grande
20-02 Déjà Vu 4/3/2021 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
20-03 Déjà Vu All Over Again 4/3/2021 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
20-01 Wish You Were Here 4/17/2021 Rio Grande 6/12/2021 EMPSC
99-24 Front Sight 2 5/1/2021 Rio Grande
19-04 Hi Cost of Living 5/15/2021 Rio Grande
18-04 Didn’t You Send The Mailman 6/5/2021 Rio Grande
18-07 Someone Is Always Willing To Pay 6/19/2021 Rio Grande
03-04 3-V 7/3/2021 Rio Grande

The USPSA website has a link to “Classifiers By Club” on the “Club Resources” page. I used it to avoid repetition and mesh with the other local clubs.

https://uspsa.org/classifiers-by-club

@Chuck_Strelecky thanks for the “Classifiers By Club” link, I wasn’t aware of it.

“Classifiers By Club” page shows info from June 2016 for my home club. Let’s look into it.
125 classifiers were shot during ~5 years

among them these 18 were shot 3 times or more:
03-11 was shot 3 times
06-03 was shot 3 times
06-06 was shot 3 times
13-04 was shot 3 times
13-05 was shot 3 times
18-07 was shot 3 times
99-08 was shot 3 times
99-10 was shot 3 times
99-19 was shot 3 times
99-22 was shot 3 times
99-23 was shot 3 times
03-09 was shot 4 times
13-01 was shot 4 times
18-04 was shot 4 times
18-06 was shot 4 times
99-56 was shot 4 times
09-09 was shot 5 times
99-62 was shot 5 times

And these 22 were never shot:
03-03
03-04
03-12
03-18
06-02
08-01
08-03
09-08
09-14
13-03
13-06
18-01
19-02
19-03
99-07
99-16
99-28
99-33
99-40
99-51
99-53
99-57

I’m pretty sure that if you look into most clubs data you’ll find similar results.
And I’m not even talking about the times when new classifiers are released and all clubs in the area shoot them.
People shoot the same classifier 3-4 times during one month. That’s just boring.

And this situation is only 1 DB query from being fixed.
Of course, MD has to be willing to listen also, which may not always be the case.