Average entries per posted USPSA match: 31.6 in 2020, 29.2 in 2021, 30.8 in 2022, 32.4 in 2023, 33.1 in 2024, 34.7 in 2025, and 36.5 so far in 2026. Over the same stretch the number of posted matches rose from about 12,000 a year to more than 17,000.
Clubs are running more matches and each one is fuller. Match directors: is that what you see at your range? What caps your match first: bays, ROs, daylight, or registration filling in minutes?