IPSC Practical Shooting World Records
IPSC – International Practical Shooting Confederation – have a list of World Record holders in shooting.
The World records are based on the number of points actually achieved by a competitor at an IPSC Handgun World Shoot, then multiplied by 100 and divided by the total points available.
Eric Grauffel from France is quite remarkable. He’s got two records in the Open division (one Overall and one as junior) and one in the Production division.
Robert Leatham (USA) is even “worse” with four records, excluding Team.
Jerry Miculek (USA) has two World Records, as overall and senior in Revolver.
The only Russian on the list is Maria Gushchina, in Production Lady. Yes, she shoots in the men’s team…
I must say it’s pretty outstanding to get 98+ out of 100 points, like Miculek. Only Grauffel comes close.
Below: Eric Grauffel (FRA) shooting Standard .40, Tanfoglio.
Source: IPSC World Records.
| Open Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Eric Grauffel (FRA) | XV | Bali, Indonesia | 2008 | 95.9696 |
| Lady | Karla Blowers (AUS) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 72.5474 |
| Junior | Eric Grauffel (FRA) | XII | Cebu, Philippines | 1999 | 91.5883 |
| Senior | Michael Voigt (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 76.7260 |
| Super Senior | Thierry Obriot (FRA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 67.7021 |
| Team – Overall | Racaza, Eusebio, Michel, Tilley (USA) | XVI | Rhodes, Greece | 2011 | 90.4099 |
| Team – Lady | Cabalatungan, Lee, Tan, Kangleon (PHI) | XIII | Pietersburg, South Africa | 2002 | 68.8736 |
| Team – Junior | Balsley, Coley, Mc Ginty, Mc Cord (USA) | XV | Bali, Indonesia | 2008 | 81.0662 |
| Team – Senior | Voigt, Pearson, Townley, Oosthuisen (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 72.0485 |
| Team – Super Senior | Delos Santos, Hizon, Fontanilla (PHI) | XVI | Rhodes, Greece | 2011 | 46.7163 |
| Production Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
| Overall | Eric Grauffel (FRA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 95.1079 |
| Lady | Maria Gushchina (RUS) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 79.0066 |
| Junior | Adam Tyc (CZE) | XIV | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2005 | 89.1758 |
| Senior | Frank Garcia (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 80.2774 |
| Super Senior | Miroslav Kamenicek (CZE) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 63.4688 |
| Team – Overall | Racaza, Stoeger, Mink (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 88.8826 |
| Team – Lady | Gushchina, Barinova, Chernenko, Bykova (RUS) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 63.8843 |
| Team – Junior | Hetherington, Katz, Morton, Clagg (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 77.7899 |
| Team – Senior | Anglo, Castro, Sy, Gotamco (PHI) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 66.7314 |
| Standard Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
| Overall | Rob Leatham (USA) | XIII | Pietersburg, South Africa | 2002 | 92.5510 |
| Lady | Petra Tutschke (GER) | XIV | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2005 | 64.7180 |
| Junior | Michael Ron Ligon (PHI) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 75.7915 |
| Senior | Emanuel Bragg (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 80.3195 |
| Super Senior | Esterino Magli (ITA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 72.8047 |
| Team – Overall | Leatham, Voigt, Avery, Strader (USA) | XIII | Pietersburg, South Africa | 2002 | 89.6449 |
| Team – Lady | Rogers, Nonaka, Munson, Randolph (USA) | XVI | Rhodes, Greece | 2011 | 61.9623 |
| Team – Senior | Santarcangelo, Silvera, D’Alessandro, Simula (ITA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 74.1584 |
| Classic Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
| Overall | Robert Leatham (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 90.6032 |
| Lady | Anne-Valérie Fonder (FRA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 55.2437 |
| Senior | Rob Leatham (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 90.6032 |
| Super Senior | Daniel Torrevillas (PHI) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 64.1794 |
| Team – Overall | Leatham, Jarrett, Byerly, Dilworth (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 84.4153 |
| Modified Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
| Overall | Jojo Vidanes (USA) | XV | Bali, Indonesia | 2008 | 93.0787 |
| Senior | Rob Leatham (USA) | XVI | Rhodes, Greece | 2011 | 87.7391 |
| Team – Overall | Lejano, Uygongco, Biraogo, Sy (PHI) | XIV | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2005 | 88.7525 |
| Revolver Division | |||||
| Category | Name | World Shoot | Location | Year | Record |
| Overall | Jerry Miculek (USA) | XIII | Pietersburg, South Africa | 2002 | 98.1080 |
| Lady | Annette Aysen (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 57.2655 |
| Senior | Jerry Miculek (USA) | XIV | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2005 | 93.2697 |
| Super Senior | Elliot Aysen (USA) | XVII | Frostproof, USA | 2014 | 74.5214 |
| Team – Overall | Todeschini, Brusin, Ricciardi, Zambonin (ITA) | XV | Bali, Indonesia | 2008 | 83.3876 |
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Every handgun owner should give practical shooting a try. It is a great sport and improves ones shooting by leaps and bounds. Just remember to leave your ego at home because your going to realize how poor of shooter you really are compared to good ones, it takes a lot of practice.
You remember when we used to criticize TFB for reposting company press releases without any reflection on their merit? Now ask yourself: Do you understand what those "world records" mean and how they can be compared to previous records?
The thing with IPSC and its varying stage layouts is that you cannot compare it to previous runs. A hundred meter dash will always be measured over the same distance (save for that 200 micron mistake made in 1889), that's why we can compare records from the beginning of the olympics to now. IPSC not so much until they start re-using parcours or establish a set of fixed qualifiers to rank against.
We all know that the people mentioned are exceptional shooters, the best in the world. And probably they best in history. But we cannot say that for sure. I would sure love to see Jerry Miculek try his hands at something like Adolph Töpperwein's 72,500 block record (Kim Rhode, too, that seems to be closer to her speciality).