Online challenges in Ring Reader

August 2, 2026 · 4 min read

When your training needs a competition alongside it, you create an online challenge in Ring Reader. Every participant shoots in their own training on their usual range, and one shared leaderboard collects the results.

A challenge is meant for competitions beside the official scoring: the youth squad’s Advent shoot, the duel with a befriended club, a family score across two clubs, or the training round that needs a winner.

How a challenge comes together

When you create one, you set discipline, shot count, time window and competition mode, plus a participant limit if you want one. Then you share the invite code, say in the WhatsApp group of the two clubs. Whoever joins sets a public username once, and that is the name on the leaderboard.

The training diary handles the rest. Every series that matches the challenge settings counts automatically, whether it comes from a target scan or through one of more than 30 import formats (Sport Quantum, Disag, Meyton, WM-Shot and others). All participants can watch the leaderboard live. When someone passes you, Ring Reader sends a push notification if you want it to, and as long as the window is open you can step up again. Your best result is the one that scores.

The six modes

The mode decides how you win. In the simplest case “Best Series” counts, meaning the highest ring score within the window. Anyone who wants the full match distance picks “Best Match” and combines several series into one result, say 3 × 20 shots.

For the king’s shoot there is “Best Deviation”, where the deepest single shot, the smallest Teiler, decides. “Target Deviation” instead sets a Teiler in advance, and whoever comes closest wins. In that format the youth squad occasionally beats the board.

With “Decimal digits” only the tenths count: 10.9 and 6.9 are both 9 points. Since the ring score plays no part, this is the only mode that can be set up across all disciplines. A 10.4 with the pistol then counts the same as a 10.4 with the rifle. As “Monthly Decimal Digits” it runs every month as an official challenge for everyone. “DSB minus scoring” takes 100 minus rings plus best Teiler, and the lowest total wins.

What makes it into the scoring

Before a result reaches the leaderboard, Ring Reader checks it against the challenge settings. Series edited after the fact stay out. Target scans and machine imports count equally, and anyone who wants to keep a single result to themselves removes it from scoring with a switch. Everything beyond that you settle among yourselves, as with any shooting match.

Sharing your shot pattern

On the leaderboard, others at first see only your row: rank, username, result and the date of the series. With the “Others may view my shots” switch on the competition page, the other participants can tap that row and open your series with the full shot pattern. Series name, notes and equipment stay private even then, and the page carries your username and the name of the competition. For the official challenges there is also “Remember for all public challenges”, so your decision carries over to the next monthly challenges. Leave the switch off and it stays at the row.

Open challenges to get a feel for it

Every month there are open challenges for all Ring Reader users. Join one and watch the leaderboard fill over the month. After that you know whether the format suits your club. You can view the list of competitions and every leaderboard without Pro. Joining and creating your own challenges takes Pro and a public username. How joining and scoring work in detail is covered in the chapter Competitions.

Frequently asked questions

Does a challenge count as an official club championship?

No. As soon as federation scoring is involved, the sport regulations apply along with the equipment they prescribe on approved ranges. A challenge covers the informal side, from a club-internal shooting match to a duel within the family or among friends.

Does everyone have to shoot at the same range?

No. Ring Reader reads more than 30 formats, from the Meyton printout at the home club to the paper target in the basement. Everyone records where they train, and the leaderboard brings it all together.

How do results get into the scoring?

On their own. Participants record their series as usual, via target photo or import. Every result that matches the challenge settings flows in, and the best one shows on the leaderboard.

What about cheating?

Ring Reader excludes series that were edited afterwards, and every result has to fit the time window and the discipline. How strict you are beyond that is up to you.