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.

January 11, 2024 by Troy McManus
via https://nroi.org/match-directors/production-15-and-classifiers/