The target was 50cm/~20in diameter, so the bullseye was probably 5cm/~2in diameter. I don't think the full results are recorded but the top shooters were probably hitting a few tens in 60 shots.

Rudementary magnets, in the form of lodestones, have been known since antiquity. Wire, on the other hand, is a modern miracle. You can't hand-forge that.

It's one word, "pastime"