Darts checkout chart and calculator: every finish from 170 to 2

Every score in the chart below is a link that opens it up here. In a real match, X01 in Sridu shows the way out after every dart, free in the browser at play.sridu.com.

• 170
• 150
• 130
• 110
• 90
• 70
• 50
• 30
• 10

Other routes are fine too. 170 has no alternative, and 167, 164 and 161 always end on the bull. Further down, charts differ: 140 as T20 T16 D16, 132 as Bull Bull D16, 130 as T20 20 Bull or 90 as T18 D18 are just as correct, so pick one version and stick to it.

Print the checkout chart

The PDF puts the whole chart on one A4 page. A second page has the bogey numbers, setup shots, the best doubles and the master out bogeys, so you can pin both next to your board.

1. Take away what you hitOn 100 you aim T20 D20. The first dart lands in the single 20, so 80 is left with two darts.
2. Look up the new score80 on the chart is T20 D10. T16 D16 works just as well.
3. Count the darts in handTwo darts finish up to 110, apart from 99, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108 and 109. One dart needs an even number up to 40, or 50.
4. No finish left? Set one upLeave a good double for your next visit, as shown under setup shots.

In the app: X01 in Sridu shows a way out after every dart, for the darts you have left, and No finish possible on a bogey. It may suggest a different route that is just as valid.

• 169T20 T20 9 leaves 40
• 168T20 T20 8 leaves 40
• 166T20 T20 6 leaves 40
• 165T20 T20 5 leaves 40
• 163T20 T20 3 leaves 40
• 162T20 T20 2 leaves 40
• 159T20 T20 7 leaves 32

Don’t leave one yourself. On 219, a visit of 60 leaves 159, and your next visit can only set up. Type any bogey number into the calculator and it shows the setup shot.

Why 32 is the classic leave

A dart that drops just inside the wire scores the single. On 32 that leaves another double, and it keeps going.

D20 halves too, but only twice: 40, 20, 10, then the odd 5 costs you a dart.

• Odd number left?Throw a single to make it even: 39 is 7 then D16, 33 is 1 then D16.
• D1, the “madhouse”2 left is the last double there is. A dart in the single 1 leaves 1, and that is a bust.
• Pressure on the doublePractise one favourite until it feels routine, for example with these doubles drills. The darts mental game guide helps if your arm tightens.

Got a favourite double? Pick it in the checkout calculator and it adds a route onto it. On 100 with D16 as your double, that is T20, 8 and D16 instead of T20 D20.

180 left with three darts

1. T20120 left.
2. T2060 left.
3. Single 20, not T2040 left for D20. A third T20 would bust: zero, but not on a double.

• 150, two darts: two darts stop at 110. T20 T18 leaves 36 (D18), T20 T20 leaves 30 (D15).
• 57, one dart: a single 17 leaves 40, the outer bull leaves 32.

What is a bust? A visit busts when it goes below zero, leaves exactly 1, or reaches zero without a double, and the score goes back to where the visit started. The darts rules show all three cases on the board. More in the darts terms guide.

• Bull only170, 167, 164 and 161 need two trebles and the bull. 110, 107, 104 and 101 need one.
• 50 with two dartsMany players throw 10 then D20, or 18 then D16, and keep the bull for the last dart.
• 25 is not a doubleWith 25 left, throw a single first, such as 1 then D12.

Drill exactly these with Catch 40.

In Sridu you pick the out mode under Checkout in the X01 settings, per player. The suggested route follows it.

Sources: WDF Playing and Tournament Rules, rules 2.02 to 2.05 (double finish, bull as double 25, bust rule).

• Checkout KingRandom finishes with three darts each, and your longest streak is the record. You pick the range, from 2 to 40 up to 99 to 170.
• 121Check out 121 in nine darts, then go up one number. Miss and you drop back to your checkpoint.
• Catch 40Every number from 61 to 100 with six darts. The quicker you check out, the more points you get.
• Bob’s 27Doubles all the way round, from D1 to the bull. Hits add points, a round without one costs you.
• X01Full legs of 501 or 301, with the way out shown for the darts you have left after every throw.
• Every dayThe darts practice routine fits checkout work into a 30 minute session and a weekly plan.

A 15 minute checkout session

1. Doubles, 5 minutesOne round of Bob’s 27, or 30 darts at your favourite double.
2. Two-dart finishes, 5 minutesCatch 40, or Checkout King on 41 to 98, the default range.
3. Under pressure, 5 minutesCheckout King with sudden death, so one miss ends the run.

All of these run free in the browser at play.sridu.com, with cameras or with your scores typed in by hand.

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• Darts terms

  Darts terms from A to Z: ton, 180, bust, checkout, oche, bogey numbers, Shanghai, madhouse and more, plus what the caller says. Short, exact definitions of the words players really use.

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