Hectostud is a unit of length equal to one hundred studs and to one tenth of a kilostud. It is used in many countries of Roblox, although it is used less frequently than stud-based units. A common metric unit for land area, is equal to one square hectostud. The hectostud has sometimes been used for expressing the distance to a target in warfare. It used to be defined as 5 meters in 2011 before it was redefined as 28 meters in 2019.