Guides
Understand the game
What the numbers on this site mean, how the games are played, and how league night works. Written for the player who has just joined a team and the one who has thrown for twenty years and never had MPR explained.
The stats
What is a 3-dart average, and what’s a good one?
How the 3-dart average is worked out in 01 games, why averaging your averages gets it wrong, and where Queens league players actually sit.
Marks per round (MPR) explained
What counts as a mark in cricket, how MPR is calculated, what a good MPR looks like in Queens, and why a few tenths decide games.
How the player rating works
The 0 to 100 rating behind the best players list: three stats, turned into percentiles and averaged. What it measures and what it misses.
How the matchup projection works
Where the win percentage in the matchup tool comes from, how it was tested on real league games, and how far to trust it.
How to read your player page
Ranks, season lines, trend charts, the partner table and “vs usual”: what every part of a player page means and where the numbers come from.
The games
How to play 01: 301, 501 and the rest
The rules of 01 darts as played on league night: scoring, busts, straight in and double out, what SIDO and DIDO mean, and how to set up a finish.
How to play cricket
Steel tip cricket rules and tactics: the seven targets, closing and scoring, when to point and when to close, and why games are won at the bull.
Checkout chart: common outs for double-out games
The usual route for finishes from 170 down, the totals you can’t finish, and three habits for working out an out at the line.
Dart terms and score sheet codes
A plain glossary of league darts: SIDO, DIDO, MPR, cork, bust, ton, white horse and the codes on a turn-by-turn score sheet.
League night
How a dart league night works
Teams, divisions, lineups, sets of singles, doubles and triples, scoring and manners at the line: what happens at a Queens league match.
Where to play league darts in Queens
Every Queens bar with a league dart team this season, listed by league and night, with the teams that play out of each one.
Blind draws: how they work and how to run one
What a blind draw or luck of the draw is, how the teams and bracket are drawn, single against double elimination, and tips for running one.
Dartboard height and throw line distance
The steel tip measurements used in every league bar: 5 ft 8 in to the bull and 7 ft 9¼ in to the line, plus how to hang, light and look after a board.