Scoring a cornhole match

Skoryd scores cornhole bag by bag, round by round, using standard cancellation scoring. This page covers how points work and how to use the scoring screen.

Cancellation scoring

Each round, every bag counts:

• In the hole = 3 points
• On the board = 1 point
• Off = 0 points

Then the two sides cancel: only the higher-scoring side scores the round, and only by the difference. If both sides earn the same, the round is a wash (0–0).

Example: you get 2 in the hole and 1 on the board (3 + 3 + 1 = 7). Your opponents get 1 in the hole and 2 on the board (3 + 1 + 1 = 5). You score the difference: 2 points this round; they score 0.

Reaching the target

The default game is to 21. By default there's no win-by-two requirement. If your league uses a bust rule, going over 21 sends you back to a set value (commonly 11) instead of winning. Organizers set the target, bust, and win-by-two when they create the event, so the exact rules follow the event's config.

The scoring screen

The cornhole scorer takes over the full screen. Each round you tap 0–4 for each side's bags in the hole (3 pts) and on the board (1 pt), then save — there's nothing to type. The 0–4 buttons sit right under the running score, and past rounds appear in a history table with Edit / Del on each row. After each round the running score updates; to fix a mistake, reopen the round from the history (its Edit) to change or delete it.

Choosing a layout

The scorer comes in three layouts, and you can switch any time from the ⋮ menu in the scorer's top bar:

• Classic (the default) — the numbered-box entry described above, with a history table below the running score.
• Scorecard — two big tappable score cards (one per side), each with a strip of past rounds. Tap a side's score to open the round card and enter that round's bags. The round card has its own Boxes / Grid switch at the top, so you can enter with the 0–4 boxes or the single-tap grid (below) right there.
• Grid — each side gets a grid of every possible round outcome. Each button shows the points it's worth, and buttons that include bags in the hole are marked (e.g. a small 2in) so a 6 from two bags in the hole is a different button than a 6 from one in the hole plus three on the board. Tap each side's outcome once, then Save — no separate in-hole/on-board step. (You'll find the same Boxes / Grid switch on a kiosk tablet.)

Pick Switch to Grid (or Scorecard, or Classic) from the ⋮ menu; your choice is remembered for your next match. Every layout records the exact same bags, so your stats are identical — use whichever you find fastest on your phone.

Simple score-only mode

If your group doesn't want to log every bag, there's a simple score-only scorer that just tracks the running total. Each side gets a big score; tap a team and add the points they earned that round (quick +1 through +12 buttons). Two corrections live in the top bar: Undo steps back the last add, and Edit opens both totals so you can fix a mistake from any number of rounds ago — just set each team's score to the right number. Target, bust-back, and win-by-two still apply, and the match finishes with the same two-sided confirmation as always.

You choose this per event (and per Quick Play session), not as a personal setting — because both teams and any kiosk score the same match the same way:

• Quick Play — pick Just the score under Scoring detail when you start the match.
• Events — an organizer turns on Simple score-only in the event's Scoring settings when creating or editing it.

Doubles: ThrowTrace

For 2v2 cornhole, partners alternate rounds — so each player throws every other round. The first time you open a doubles match, Skoryd asks "Who throws first?" (you pick the pairing and who leads). From then on, each round's bags are credited to the player who actually threw them, which is why your individual doubles stats can differ from your partner's.

Finishing

When a side reaches the target, submit the match for approval. The score isn't final until both sides confirm — see Confirming & disputing scores.