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🎯 The 60-Second Answer

The eight official IPSC range commands, in order (Section 8.3, IPSC Handgun Competition Rules, January 2026 Edition):

1. “Load And Make Ready” — or just “Make Ready” if the stage starts unloaded (8.3.1)
2. “Are You Ready?” — silence means yes; say “Not Ready” if it is not (8.3.2)
3. “Standby” — one word, and the beep follows within 1 to 4 seconds (8.3.3)
4. “Start Signal” — the beep itself is an official command (8.3.4)
5. “Stop” — any RO on the stage, at any time (8.3.5)
6. “If You Are Finished, Unload And Show Clear” (8.3.6)
7. “If Clear, Hammer Down, Holster” (8.3.7)
8. “Range Is Clear” — nobody moves downrange before this (8.3.8)

Three things that will cost you: creeping after “Standby” is 1 procedural penalty under Rule 10.2.6. Reacting to the beep and then stopping without an official time recorded gives you zero time and zero score for the stage (8.3.4.2). And only the RO’s timing device counts as your official time (9.10.1) — your own timer never does.

The 60-second version: Operating a shot timer is trivial — press the button, wait for the beep, shoot, look at the screen. Learning to read what it gives back is the part nobody teaches. Almost everyone stops at level one: the single overall time for the drill. The timer is actually handing you a per-shot breakdown that tells you exactly where your seconds went, and a second beep that shows you what a faster time physically feels like. This guide covers how the microphone decides something was a shot, what each number on the display means, the three levels of reading a string, the four settings worth changing on your first session, and the specific moments when the number on the screen is not telling you the truth.