Speed Option is the stage that punishes a bad plan, and it is the only stage in Steel Challenge where the stop plate is a rectangle instead of a round plate — sitting 105 feet away, over on the far left. That single fact rewrites how the whole stage should be shot.
Four 12-inch plates and one 18″×24″ rectangular stop plate. One 3′×3′ box. Five strings, best four counted.
Our own scale plan of SC-107 · Speed Option, drawn from the dimensions published in Appendix B of the SCSA Competition Rules, edition 2026-03. Distances are measured from the shooting box; offsets are from the center line; heights are to the top of the target.
| Target | Size | Distance from the box | Offset from center | Height to top |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12″ plate | 12 inches | 24 ft | 6 ft 6 in right | 5 ft |
| 12″ plate | 12 inches | 30 ft | 12 ft left | 5 ft |
| 12″ plate | 12 inches | 45 ft | 21 ft right | 5 ft |
| 12″ plate | 12 inches | 60 ft | 6 ft left | 5 ft |
| 18″×24″ stop plate | 18 x 24 inches | 105 ft | 21 ft 6 in left | 5 ft 6 in |
The stage peak is the aggregate of your 4 counted strings. Divide it by 4 and you get a par time you can set on a shot timer today.
| Division | Stage peak | Per string |
|---|---|---|
| Rimfire Rifle Optics | 9 s | 2.25 s |
| Rimfire Pistol Optics | 10 s | 2.50 s |
| PCC Optics | 9.5 s | 2.38 s |
| Open | 11.5 s | 2.88 s |
| Carry Optics | 13 s | 3.25 s |
| Production | 13 s | 3.25 s |
| Single Stack | 13.5 s | 3.38 s |
| Iron Sight Revolver | 14 s | 3.50 s |
Peak times verified against SCSA’s live classification system on September 8, 2026. The full 16-division table is on our peak times page.
On seven of the eight stages the stop plate is close, round and easy, and the plan is simply to finish near it. Here it is a rectangle at 105 feet — 35 yards — and 21 feet 6 inches to the left of the box. It ties Outer Limits for the longest target in the sport.
That means the usual advice to finish the array near the stop plate is not enough. You want to finish the array on the left side, because your last transition is going to be a long one no matter what and you would rather it be short in angle even if it is long in distance.
Two plates on the right: one at 24 feet just 6 feet 6 inches off center, and one way out at 45 feet, 21 feet to the right. Two plates on the left: one at 30 feet, 12 feet off center, and one at 60 feet, 6 feet off center. Then the stop plate, far left and far away.
Notice the asymmetry: the right side has the widest standard plate, the left side has the deepest one, and the left side is where the run has to end.
Same five targets, eight different problems. The full set, plus the data behind them:
Sources
SCSA Competition Rules, edition 2026-03, effective March 1, 2026 — Appendix B (stage diagrams), rule 2.1 (target height) and the chapters cited inline. Peak times from SCSA’s live classification system, retrieved September 8, 2026. The diagram above is our own drawing made from the published dimensions. If a measurement here does not match the stage as your club sets it, the rulebook and your match director are the authority — and we would like to know about it.
The date under the headline is the last time we checked this page against its sources — not the day it was first written. Rulebooks get amended, regulations change and season dates move, so we review these guides on a regular cycle and re-stamp the date whenever we revise one. If you find something here that has changed before we caught it, email [email protected] or tell us at the counter; we will verify it against the source and correct it.
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