With the advent of the 15 round limit (15 rounds in any magazine available to the competitor after the start signal) in Production division effective January 31st, 2024, changes to the High Hit Factor, or HHF, will be necessary for some, but not all, of the existing classifier stages.
Stages with less than 10 rounds required, stages with multiple strings, or stages that have a mandatory reload will not require any adjustment to the HHF. Stages with more than 10 rounds required, typically those requiring movement of some kind and no mandatory reload, will require some adjustments to the HHF, due to the possible time savings afforded by the increase in capacity.
The stages in question along with a recommended new HHF are:
CM # Name Current HHF Recommended 03-03 Take'em Down 8.1398 8.3 03-05 Paper Poppers 10.1376 10.3 06-01 Big Barricade 8.4147 9 06-02 Big Barricade II 7.5101 8 09-08 Crackerjack 7.644 8.5 09-10 Life's Problems 10.3643 11.2 19-01 Hi-Jinx 8.6067 10 19-02 Hi-Way Robbery 9.2751 10 19-03 Hi'er Love 7.1284 8.5 19-04 Hi-Cost Living 9.4579 10 20-01 Wish U Were Here 7.4585 8.2 20-02 déjà vu 10.709 11.5 20-03 déjà vu All Over Again 9.5196 10.5 21-01 8x3 Trigger Freeze 13.5999 14.5 22-01 Righty Tighty 7.7656 8 22-02 Lefty Loosey 7.25 7.5 22-07 Cross Road Blues 8.6042 9 99-10 Times Two 9.5841 9.7 99-56 On The Upper Pad II 8.1964 NC 99-57 Bookout's Boogie 6.7622 7.2
Match directors considering classifiers for their upcoming (post January 31) matches may take into consideration that the HHF for these classifiers may not be adjusted yet, and thus will skew or invalidate the scores in Production division. That doesn’t mean they can’t be shot, but members shooting Production division should be advised that their scores may not show up as valid until the HHF is established. The HHF’s listed are suggested changes and may be adjusted further based on data received from classifier uploads.