Throughout my throwing life a few times I've been asked what it is I want from knife throwing and my answer is always the same; I don't want anything from knife throwing. I want to give to it. 

That being said, I present Triple Nickel

 

**ANNOUNCING**Triple Nickel Lite web based scoring platform! Check it out at Triplenickel.us 

Triple Nickel - Professional Throwing Competition Management System

Triple Nickel is a comprehensive Windows application designed specifically for managing professional throwing competitions. It provides tournament organizers with a complete suite of tools for organizing, scoring, and managing various types of throwing events with an intuitive and professional interface.

Navigation Tabs Overview

🏠 Home

• Main landing page and application hub
• Provides quick access to all major features
• Displays system overview and navigation options
• Serves as the central command center for tournament management

👥 Management

1. Tournament administration and oversight tools
2. Player registration and tracking with import/export capabilities
3. Real-time scoring and statistics management
4. Results export and reporting in multiple formats
5. Team management
6. Comprehensive tournament oversight and control

📚 Resources

• Reference materials and competition guidelines
• Score sheet generator for paper scoring
• Tournament best practices and rules
• Game rules integration and reference guides
• Terms and Conditions
• Change Log - Recently updated features, Known Issues, and Contact info

🎯 Walkback

• Full-featured walkback tournament management system
• Configurable rounds and distances with custom presets
• Player pagination system (20 players per page)
• Real-time scoring and live leaderboards
• Team management capabilities with team statistics
  
• Custom distance presets for different organizations
• Sudden death podium matches
• Game presets for competitions
• Auto-save functionality after every score entry
• Advanced statistics including efficiency and bullseye counts

⚡ Quick Draw

Multiple tournament formats for lightning-fast competitions:

• Qualifier Rounds - Record individual player times for seeding
• Single Elimination - One loss elimination with clean bracket structure
• Double Elimination - Second chance format with winners/losers brackets
• Automatic bracket generation with bye round support
• Match progress tracking and results management
• Import qualifier data for tournament seeding

🎲 Side Games

Classic knife throwing formats for practice and casual play:

• Golf - Target-based knife throwing golf with 2m-8m+ distances
• Custom - Fully customizable game creation system *NEW*

📦 Archive

• Historical data management and retrieval system
• Completed tournament results storage
• Historical statistics and performance tracking
• Past competition data access
• Results export and historical reporting
• Long-term tournament record keeping

Key Features

• Professional-grade tournament management with comprehensive scoring systems
• Real-time leaderboards with draggable windows and live updates
• Pagination system for handling large player groups efficiently
• Auto-save functionality ensuring no data loss during competitions
• Export capabilities with multiple format support
• Team management for Walkback competitions with team statistics
• Custom presets for saving and reusing tournament configurations
• Advanced statistics including efficiency tracking and bullseye counts
• Responsive design optimized for tournament environments
  

Triple Nickel represents the complete solution for professional throwing competition management, offering everything from casual side games to complex tournament formats with advanced administrative tools.

Recommended hardware: 

Triple Nickel runs on Windows. A Windows laptop capable of supporting two external monitors is recommended as the Live Leaderboard can be displayed on one, score can be taken on the main laptop screen, and the third can show the Progress Tracker during the game then victory screen. However, three monitors are not required. Any Windows computer can run the program.

While Triple Nickel is free to use for everyone, we do accept donations. Development is expensive! If you support what we got cookin', consider making a donation during checkout! 

Release Candidate 1.3.1 Released 3.18

Backend stability and code hardening updates
QD time entry refinements - auto format and max 9.999
Side bar tiles now indicates when an active game is in progress (star)
Score editing in all Quickdraw modes refined
Walkback Leaderboard updates
Removed Golf
Updated title graphic 

Version 1.3.0 Released 3.11

Refinements to player card and score editing in Walkback
Management now shows when an active tournament is in Progress
Improved UI in Walkback and Custom 
Archive now saves data to file instead of browser local storage
Custom Mode updates
Quickdraw Singe and Double Elimination UI update
Quick Draw Double Elimination now accommodates any number of players up to 64
Quick Draw Qualifier report updated
Walkback Presets now deault to the correct settings
Quickdraw Double Elimination after-game report issue where unplayed matches were included corrected

Version 1.2.8 Released 12.18

Score sheet generation refinements and enhancements
Custom game mode with import feature added in Side Games
Visual updates to align with current aesthetic 
Walkback after game report now shows the round by round breakdown according to play mode - consecutive/sequential 
Added event type Side Game
Resolved an issue where the Leaderboard in Walkback would fail to update

Version 1.2.7 Released 11.4

Added Menu Bar
Added Export/Import data feature to Qualifier
Added ability to create an event directly from Qualifier results
Added ability to import players from QD events to Qualifier
Walkback Leaderboard enhancements

Version 1.2.6 Released 9.15

Time less than one second represented correctly on QD leaderboard and bracket
Round indicators not changing color issue in Consecutive play mode issue corrected

Version 1.2.5 Released 9.11

Walkback Tiebreaker logic updated
Improved mobile compatibility with Walkback after game report

Version 1.2.4 Released 9.8

Double elimination now generates a correct bracket for 4,8,16,32 players
Qualifier requires unique player names

Version 1.2.3 Released 9.5

Fixed an issue in Walkback where the Score Finalization modal requires two clicks
Fixed an issue where Victory screen appeared behind main window
Walkback Leaderboard UI enhancements
Three way tie is now handled correctly in Walkback

Version 1.2.2 Released 9.4

Walkback Live Leaderboard now shows top 20
Walkback Progress tracker UI optimizations
QD Double elimination Leaderboard enhancements
Progress Tracker in Walkback now closes automatically when scores/players are cleared
Import by event modal in Quick Draw now shows current event status
Duel mode after game report issue fixed
Updated Duel after game report

 

Version 1.2.1 Released 9.2

Added Progress Tracker to Walkback - onscreen visual of active throwers and players on deck
Duel mode in double elimination now uses time as a secondary scoring mechanism
Duel mode in double elimination now handles tiebreaker correctly
Added distance presets for Dangerfest, Blade Aces, and AKTA events in Score Sheet Generator
Updated bracket UI Duel mode in double elimination to clearly show winner
Fixed bug in Duel where a match ending in a tie would award points
Score of immediately completed match now editable until score is entered in the proceeding match in double elimination duel mode
Duel mode Double Elimination quick draw leaderboard updates
Best of Three Double elimination UI and logic updates

 

Version 1.2.0 Released 8.30

Big update!! Lots of feature updates! 

Combined Game Preset drop down and Distance Preset dropdown in Walkback
Added distance presets for Dangerfest, Blade Aces, and AKTA events in Walkback
Added Max points per throw option to Score Sheet Generator
Added distance presets for Dangerfest, Blade Aces, and AKTA events in Score Sheet Generator
Resolved an issue with score sheet generation not using page space efficiently
Added Duel QD game option to Single and Double Elimination
Resolved issue where Single and Double elimination QD games weren't exporting reports
Fixed seed position showing as N/A when importing from qualifier in duel mode
Fixed issue with Qualifier missing sidebar
Fixed bug where mode could be changed during active qualifier
Updated Quick Draw Qualifier UI
Corrected multiple graphical consistency issues

Version 1.1.9 Released 8/23

Updated score/game finalization and tiebreaker logic
Fixed issue with Review Scores button in Finalization modal requiring two clicks to close
Fixed Finalize Game button remaining visible after clearing scores
Enhanced modal removal logic with multiple fallback methods for better reliability
Resolved issue with Finalize Game button being visible after Clear Scores button had been clicked after all scores had been entered