How sensitive is arrow flight to draw length variation?
Most people shooting long ranges use a clicker to ensure the draw length is not varied from shot to shot. A change in draw length changes the arrow speed and hence the height of the arrow at the target. Without a draw length check variations of a centimetre or so could easily occur and this could be enough, at long range, to move the hit point from gold to white.
A direct answer to the question can only be given for specific conditions but in the note of additional points the following formula is derived
error = variation*2*A*(1+0.0025R)*R^2/(d*b)
where A is the sight calibration scaling defined in that note, R is the range, d the eye to sight distance and b the difference between full draw and bracing height. A typical value is found at 90m to be
error = 53*variation
i.e. a one centimetre variation in draw length gives a 53cm error at 90m. This is enough to turn a 10 into a 2!