Darts Scorer

How the Darts Scorer works

In x01 darts every player starts on the same total and races to exactly zero. The scoring is simple subtraction, but doing it in your head after a few drinks, while also remembering which checkouts are possible, is where games go wrong. A scorer handles the arithmetic and the rules consistently.

How the darts scorer applies the rules

After each turn you type the total of the three darts, from 0 to 180. With double out, a turn busts if it would take you below zero, leave exactly 1, or reach zero on a score that cannot end on a double. A bust scores nothing and the remaining total stays where it was. The first player to win the set number of legs wins the match, and the player who throws first rotates each leg.

First example. Two players in 501. Player 1 throws 100, 140 and 140, leaving 121. The scorer suggests T20 T7 D20. A turn of 81 leaves 40, and the next turn's 40 checks out on double 20 to win the leg in 15 darts.

Second example. On 32 with double out, a player hits 20 then 12 then misses. That is 32 scored, which would be zero, but the last scoring dart was not a double, so it is a bust. Enter 0 for the turn and their score stays at 32.

Checkout suggestions for common finishes, double out

Tips and pitfalls

• Seven scores between 2 and 170 cannot be checked out. 159, 162, 163, 165, 166, 168 and 169 need more than three darts with double out, so the scorer shows No checkout.
• Some totals are impossible with three darts. 163, 166, 169, 172, 173, 175, 176, 178 and 179 are rejected when you enter them, which catches most typing slips.
• Use Undo for mistakes. It removes the last turn and replays the whole match, so legs, stats and whose throw it is all correct themselves.
• The 3-dart average counts busts as zero. That matches how most leagues report averages and stops a run of busts flattering the figure.

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