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PR5.4
PWBAChallenge
2024 PWBA Regional Showdown Match Play 120524
PR5.4What's this?Designed for: VARIABLE BUFFER SPEEDS | VARIABLE MICROLITER STREAMS | REVERSE DROP BRUSH
- Distance
- 41 ft
- Volume
- 26.77 mL
- Ratio
- 3.07:1
- Drop brush
- 40 ft
- Forward
- 17.39 mL
- Reverse
- 9.38 mL
- Tanks
- FIRE
- Pump
- MULTI
Forward loads
| # | Start | Stop | Loads | Mics | Speed | Buff | Tank | Distance | T. oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2L | 2R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 → 3 | 3,330 |
| 2 | 6L | 6R | 6 | 45 | 14 | 0 | — | 3 → 14 | 7,830 |
| 3 | 9L | 9R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 14 → 19 | 2,070 |
| 4 | 11L | 11R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 19 → 24 | 1,710 |
| 5 | 13L | 13R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 24 → 29 | 1,350 |
| 6 | 6L | 10L | 2 | 55 | 14 | 0 | — | 29 → 33 | 550 |
| 7 | 10R | 6R | 2 | 55 | 14 | 0 | — | 33 → 37 | 550 |
| 8 | 2L | 2R | 0 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 37 → 41 | 0 |
| Total | 17,390 µL | ||||||||
Reverse loads
| # | Start | Stop | Loads | Mics | Speed | Buff | Tank | Distance | T. oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2L | 2R | 0 | 45 | 30 | 0 | — | 40 → 37 | 0 |
| 2 | 6L | 10L | 2 | 55 | 14 | 0 | — | 37 → 33 | 550 |
| 3 | 10R | 6R | 2 | 55 | 14 | 0 | — | 33 → 29 | 550 |
| 4 | 12L | 12R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 29 → 24 | 1,530 |
| 5 | 10L | 10R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 24 → 19 | 1,890 |
| 6 | 8L | 8R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 19 → 14 | 2,250 |
| 7 | 6L | 6R | 2 | 45 | 18 | 0 | — | 14 → 9 | 2,610 |
| 8 | 2L | 2R | 0 | 45 | 14 | 0 | — | 9 → 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9,380 µL | ||||||||
Pinlocity Rating (PR)
How hard this pattern plays, 1 (a walled house shot) to 10 (long, flat, and heavy). Sport. Computed from the sheet numbers and the load tables; no opinions involved.
- Ratio 45%6.6Flatter patterns score higher. 10:1 walls score 1, dead flat scores 10.
- Distance 25%3.939 to 41 ft is the playable band; longer and shorter both climb.
- Outside oil 20%4.6Oil on boards 3 to 7 takes away the miss room, measured from the load tables.
- Volume 10%5.320 to 26 mL is typical; heavier or lighter both add difficulty.
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Notes
USBC Oil Pattern Bank: PWBA.
Sheet dated 2024-01-01. Pattern data from the USBC Oil Pattern Bank, reproduced with credit to the source.

