Darts Skill Test
Five stages. Ninety-nine darts. One number out of 100 that tells you exactly how good you are: and exactly what to practise next. This is your rating.
How good am I at darts?
The Grading answers that with one number. It's a five-stage test of the four things that actually decide darts matches: scoring power, doubles, finishing, and holding your nerve: and it produces your Dart Starter Rating (DSR), a score from 0 to 100.
What the rating means
The DSR scale was calibrated by simulating tens of thousands of 501 legs at every skill level, so each tier corresponds to a real three-dart average. That's the number your league already speaks in.
| Tier | DSR | Roughly equals |
|---|---|---|
| Barfly | 0–17 | Under a 29 average: still finding the board |
| Local | 18–31 | 29–40 average: a regular at the board |
| Pub Regular | 32–45 | 40–50 average: you hold your own |
| League Standard | 46–59 | 50–60 average: proper Sunday league darts |
| County Class | 60–75 | 60–71 average: seriously good |
| Exhibition | 76–100 | 71+ average: you shouldn't need this test |
Why your tier uses your last three gradings
Any test this short has natural variance: throw 99 darts twice and you'll score differently. Rather than pretend otherwise, your DSR is your latest score, but your tier is based on the average of your last three gradings. Simulation showed this keeps players in the correct tier far more reliably, while a single grading still tells you how you threw today. Your rating is today's number; your tier is who you are.
What to do with it
The result screen breaks your rating into four pillars and flags your weakest, then points you at the games that fix it. Re-grade every few weeks and watch the number move: that's the whole point.
How to Play
The Grading puts you through five stages and ninety-nine darts, covering the full range of skills a real darts player needs: scoring, doubles, finishing under pressure, and more. At the end, you get a single rating out of 100: your own personal Dart Starter Rating, a genuine number that reflects where your game actually stands right now.
Why It Helps Your Game
Most players have a rough sense of "I'm decent" or "I'm still learning," but no real number to back it up or track against. The Grading gives you exactly that: a benchmark you can retake in a few weeks or months to see real, measurable progress, and because it's broken into five distinct stages, it also tells you which specific part of your game (scoring, finishing, doubles) is actually holding your rating back, so you know precisely what to work on next.