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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 3478328" data-attributes="member: 5122">It can be done, but not with very impressive accuracy.Speaking personally, at my best (I was a state junior champion), I could loose one end (six arrows) in under 30 seconds, at 30 meters, and score points with each shaft.  (This is on a 1.2 meter target.)  I was never aware of any formal speed-target competitions; I'm sure it's done, but I don't think it's common.Just for comparison's sake, a world-class archer can hit four four-inch targets at 30 meters in under 30 seconds.  (I think the world record is somewhere around 24 seconds.)  There are a number of speed competitions that don't compare well with the kind of target competition I did; this is pretty much as close as it gets.</blockquote>