Crown Judgement

Crown Judgement is a comprehensive solo darts assessment designed to measure your overall skill level across five critical areas of the game: doubles, trebles, checkouts, power scoring, and Shanghai combinations. The goal is to achieve the highest possible score out of a maximum of 540 points and to convert that result into a standardized MICO-factor (Measurable Indicator Compatible Objective) rating.

Intended to be played once per month, Crown Judgement functions as a structured skills audit — a benchmark that reveals your strengths, exposes your weaknesses, and tracks your development over time.

Crown Judgement requires a standard dartboard, a set of darts, and a detailed scoresheet (or a compatible electronic scoring system such as GoDartsPro). This is a solo assessment — only one player participates per session. Allow approximately one hour to complete the full assessment, as the game demands sustained concentration across all five sections.

The assessment comprises 5 sections, each using exactly 108 darts, for a grand total of 540 darts thrown over the course of the game. Each section is scored out of a maximum of 108 points. Prepare your scoresheet with five clearly labeled sections: Major Doubles, Big Trebles, Combo Check-Outs, 36 Best Power Scoring, and Shanghai-Nights.

To preserve the integrity of Crown Judgement as a meaningful benchmark, it is recommended that you play no more than once per month. More frequent play risks turning the assessment into a practiced routine rather than an honest audit of your current ability.

Crown Judgement is divided into five distinct sections, each targeting a different core darts skill. The sections must be completed in order.

Section 1 – Major Doubles: You throw at the most important double segments on the board. Each section uses exactly 108 darts, and your score reflects how many of the designated doubles you successfully hit within the allotted darts.

Section 2 – Big Trebles: This section follows a similar format to Major Doubles but targets key treble segments instead. You throw 108 darts at designated treble targets and score according to your accuracy.

Section 3 – Combo Check-Outs: You are given target checkout scores and must finish each one within 6 darts. If you complete a checkout before using all 6 darts, you may earn bonus points by hitting the same finishing double again with your remaining darts. Additionally, for each target number involved in a checkout, you score 1 point each for hitting a single, a double, and a treble of that number — achieving all three (a Shanghai) within 6 darts awards 3 points for that number.

Section 4 – 36 Best Power Scoring: This section tests your scoring power using 6 darts per turn. Your best scoring visits are tallied across the section's allotted darts to produce your power scoring total.

Section 5 – Shanghai-Nights: For each designated target, you must hit three different bed types — a single, a double, and a treble — within 6 darts. Each hit type counts only once per target; duplicate hits of the same bed type do not add to your score. Successfully hitting all three bed types of a target within 6 darts constitutes a Shanghai for that number.

Each of the five sections is scored independently out of a maximum of 108 points, yielding a combined maximum score of 540 points across the full assessment.

• Section 1 – Major Doubles: Up to 108 points based on successful hits on designated double segments.
• Section 2 – Big Trebles: Up to 108 points based on successful hits on designated treble segments.
• Section 3 – Combo Check-Outs: Up to 108 points, incorporating checkout completion, bonus doubles, and Shanghai bonuses (1 point each for a single, double, and treble of a target number).
• Section 4 – 36 Best Power Scoring: Up to 108 points derived from your strongest 6-dart scoring visits.
• Section 5 – Shanghai-Nights: Up to 108 points based on successfully hitting the single, double, and treble of each target number within 6 darts.

Once all five sections are complete, your raw total (out of 540) is converted into a MICO-factor score — a standardized skill rating that allows for consistent comparison month-over-month and between players. The MICO-factor system ensures that your Crown Judgement result is directly comparable to results from other MICO-factor assessment games.

Crown Judgement is a solo assessment with no opponent — there is no winner or loser in the traditional sense. The objective is to achieve the highest possible MICO-factor score and to track your performance trajectory over time. A higher score indicates greater all-around darts proficiency.

By playing once per month, you build a longitudinal record of your abilities. The most valuable insight comes not from any single session but from the trend data across multiple months, which reveals which of the five skill areas are improving and which require additional focused practice.

Crown Judgement's structure is intentionally fixed to maintain its reliability as a benchmark assessment tool. No official variations of the game exist, as altering the format would compromise the comparability of MICO-factor scores across sessions and between players.

Other MICO-factor assessments: GoDartsPro offers additional games that use the same MICO-factor scoring system — such as MICO-Factor 10–20 — which focus on narrower skill areas. These complementary assessments can be used alongside Crown Judgement to build a more detailed profile of your abilities, while Crown Judgement remains the most comprehensive single-session audit available.

Treat it as a test, not a practice session: Crown Judgement is designed to measure your current skill level honestly. Resist the temptation to practice the specific targets beforehand — let the assessment reflect your natural, game-ready ability so the MICO-factor score is a true indicator of your standard.

Take short breaks between sections: With 540 darts to throw over approximately one hour, fatigue and loss of focus are real threats to accuracy. Rest briefly between each of the five sections to reset mentally. This mirrors match-play conditions, where composure between legs matters.

Analyse your section scores individually: Your total MICO-factor score tells one story, but the breakdown across the five sections tells a far richer one. If your Major Doubles score lags behind your Big Trebles score month after month, that is a clear signal to redirect your practice time toward doubles finishing.

Track trends, not single results: Any individual session can be skewed by a good or bad day. The real power of Crown Judgement emerges after three or more monthly assessments, when you can identify consistent patterns of improvement or stagnation in each skill area.

Use the results to structure your practice: After each monthly assessment, rank your five section scores from weakest to strongest. Devote the majority of your practice time in the following month to the bottom two sections. Over time, this targeted approach will raise your overall MICO-factor more efficiently than unfocused practice.