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.