IDPA classification calculator
Your IDPA classification is the class — Novice, Marksman, Sharpshooter, Expert or Master — that your classifier score falls into, and that score is your raw time plus one second for every point down plus any penalty seconds. IDPA publishes three classifiers at once — the 5x5, the Standard, and the PCC Classifier — and each has its own table of class times, so the same score can be two different classes depending on which one your club ran.
Pick the wrong classifier and the class you get back will be wrong. If you are not sure which your club ran, ask them. All three tables — every class time IDPA publishes — are further down this page. (New to IDPA scoring? How IDPA scoring works.)
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What’s my IDPA class?
Enter the time for each string or stage, your total points down, and any penalties. IDPA scores the whole classifier as one number: raw time + 1 second per point down + penalties.
Enter your time for each string.
Carbine has three different sets of times, and IDPA does not say which applies. Master in PCC is 45.00s under the Standard method, 10.63s under the 5x5, and 56.00s under the PCC Classifier method. All three tables are published together on IDPA’s rules page with live effective dates and nothing stating which governs. Check with your club or with IDPA which one your score belongs to.
The PCC classifier scores stage 3 differently from stages 1 and 2. IDPA’s own stage sheet says: “Note for scoring Stage 1 & 2 — Use the entire target for scoring.” and “Note for scoring Stage 3: Only score shots inside the lines on targets. Shots outside the lines are scored as misses.” Scoring stage 3 the way you scored the first two counts hits that IDPA counts as misses — and a miss is five points down, which is five seconds.
IDPA’s own table puts this exact score in two classes at once. In the Standard method’s carbine column, Marksman reads “67.51 thru 78.75” and Novice reads “78.75 or greater” — the same page, the same table. Every other division reads “X.01 or greater”, and 67 of the 68 boundaries across all three tables step cleanly by one hundredth, so this looks like one bad cell rather than a rule that disagrees with itself. We have shown you the higher class. Confirm it with IDPA before you enter a match on it.
A bad classifier cannot cost you the class you have. The Match Administration Rules say it plainly — “Shooters may not go down in Classification except for permanent physically disability or for other irrevocable reasons” (M-18.6.6). Shoot it badly and you have lost nothing but the day.
Unofficial estimate. The IDPA Classification Database is the only official record of classifications (M-18.5.1), and only a classifier run by an affiliated club and submitted by them counts. This works out what a score would classify as; it does not change what you are.
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Three IDPA classifiers, three different time tables
IDPA publishes three classification methods and all three are current at the same time. Nothing IDPA publishes says one replaced another, and nothing says which one applies to you — so the same score can put you in different classes depending on which classifier your club ran. If you do not know which you shot, ask them before you trust any number here.
One published cell puts a score in two classes at once. In the Standard method’s carbine column, Marksman reads “67.51 thru 78.75” and Novice reads “78.75 or greater” — the same table, the same page. Every other division in every other table reads “X.01 or greater”, and 67 of the 68 class boundaries across all three tables step cleanly by one hundredth of a second. So this reads as one bad cell rather than a rule that disagrees with itself. A score of exactly 78.75 seconds in carbine under the Standard method is shown here as Marksman, the higher of the two. Confirm it with IDPA before entering a match on it.
Carbine also has three different Master times. Master in Pistol Caliber Carbine is 45.00 seconds under the Standard method, 10.63 under the 5x5, and 56.00 under the PCC Classifier method. All three are published together with live effective dates and nothing states which governs.
A slow classifier cannot take away the class you already hold. The Match Administration Rules say it plainly: “Shooters may not go down in Classification except for permanent physically disability or for other irrevocable reasons” (M-18.6.6).
Distinguished Master is not on these tables, and no classifier time can earn it. IDPA awards it for winning a division title, or finishing within 3% of the winner, at a Tier 5 match (M-18.3).
5x5 (Abbreviated) — Effective as of Jan 1st, 2020
1 stage, 4 strings, 25 rounds, one target at 10 yards. All times in seconds. The table lists each division’s class times from Master through to Novice; it scrolls sideways on a narrow screen to reach the Novice column.
| Division | Master | Expert | Sharpshooter | Marksman | Novice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Service Pistol SSP | 19.07 or less | 19.08–23.49 | 23.50–29.36 | 29.37–36.97 | slower than 36.97 |
| Enhanced Service Pistol ESP | 18.75 or less | 18.76–23.28 | 23.29–28.80 | 28.81–36.27 | slower than 36.27 |
| Custom Defensive Pistol CDP | 19.18 or less | 19.19–24.09 | 24.10–29.92 | 29.93–37.63 | slower than 37.63 |
| Compact Carry Pistol CCP | 19.60 or less | 19.61–24.98 | 24.99–31.07 | 31.08–39.26 | slower than 39.26 |
| Carry Optics CO | 18.47 or less | 18.48–22.93 | 22.94–28.39 | 28.40–36.18 | slower than 36.18 |
| Revolver REV | 20.15 or less | 20.16–26.78 | 26.79–33.34 | 33.35–41.91 | slower than 41.91 |
| Back-Up Gun BUG | 23.25 or less | 23.26–28.12 | 28.13–35.43 | 35.44–44.65 | slower than 44.65 |
| Pistol Caliber Carbine PCC | 10.63 or less | 10.64–12.98 | 12.99–15.82 | 15.83–18.33 | slower than 18.33 |
Standard — Effective as of Dec 1st, 2018
3 stages, 72 rounds. All times in seconds. The table lists each division’s class times from Master through to Novice; it scrolls sideways on a narrow screen to reach the Novice column.
| Division | Master | Expert | Sharpshooter | Marksman | Novice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Service Pistol SSP | 73.00 or less | 73.01–96.00 | 96.01–142.00 | 142.01–232.00 | slower than 232.00 |
| Enhanced Service Pistol ESP | 72.00 or less | 72.01–95.00 | 95.01–140.00 | 140.01–225.00 | slower than 225.00 |
| Custom Defensive Pistol CDP | 75.00 or less | 75.01–100.00 | 100.01–150.00 | 150.01–240.00 | slower than 240.00 |
| Compact Carry Pistol CCP | 78.00 or less | 78.01–103.00 | 103.01–155.00 | 155.01–248.00 | slower than 248.00 |
| Carry Optics CO | 72.00 or less | 72.01–95.00 | 95.01–140.00 | 140.01–225.00 | slower than 225.00 |
| Revolver REV | 83.00 or less | 83.01–110.00 | 110.01–165.00 | 165.01–263.00 | slower than 263.00 |
| Back-Up Gun BUG | 89.00 or less | 89.01–118.00 | 118.01–177.00 | 177.01–283.00 | slower than 283.00 |
| Pistol Caliber Carbine PCC | 45.00 or less | 45.01–56.25 | 56.26–67.50 | 67.51–78.75 | slower than 78.75 |
PCC Classifier — Effective as of Jan 1, 2018
3 stages, 54 rounds, carbine only. All times in seconds. The table lists each division’s class times from Master through to Novice; it scrolls sideways on a narrow screen to reach the Novice column.
| Division | Master | Expert | Sharpshooter | Marksman | Novice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol Caliber Carbine PCC | 56.00 or less | 56.01–66.00 | 66.01–76.00 | 76.01–86.00 | slower than 86.00 |
Transcribed from idpa.com “IDPA Match Rules”, section “CLASSIFICATION SCORES BY DIVISION”. The calculator above computes from these same numbers.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page came from one of these, read directly. Nothing here is a summary of a summary.
- The scoring, the hit values and the penalties — 2026 IDPA Rulebook, marked Ver. 2026.2, Adopted 10/26/96, amended 1/10/26. Rules 4.1.3 (how a score is tallied), 4.12.1.1 (hits score −0, −1, −3, and a miss is −5), 4.11.2 (a non-threat hit adds 5 seconds), 5.1.1 (3 seconds per procedural error), 5.2.1 (10 seconds), 5.3.1 (20 seconds), 8.1.1.1 (the eight divisions).
- The classes, promotion and demotion — 2026 Match Administration Rules, marked ver 2026, amended 1/1/2026. M-18.3, M-18.5.1, M-18.6.6.
- The class times, all three tables — idpa.com “IDPA Match Rules”, section “CLASSIFICATION SCORES BY DIVISION”. They are not in any rulebook, and that is IDPA’s own arrangement rather than a gap: M-18.9 says “The pistol and the pistol caliber carbine classifier stage descriptions, layout diagrams and score sheets can be found at http://www.idpa.com”.
- The courses of fire — IDPA’s own stage sheets: the 5x5 (marked Copyright IDPA 2020), the Standard (marked IDPA Classifier 2017 01/28/2017), and the PCC.
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