This came up at a local match this past weekend.
Rather than try to memorize hold overs at close range, I just remember that my crosshair is 2-3/4" above the center of the bore and at 50 yards bullets hit 1/2" low. (My red dot is 2-3/8" above the bore.)
Disregarding trajectory ( I just assume the bullet travels in a straight line) I just take half the distance to give me a close estimate on short range hold overs.
At 25 yards, point of impact is half way between -2-3/4" and -1/2" or -1-5/8".
Split the distance in half again to 12.5 yards and its halfway between -2-3/4" and -1-5/8" or -2-1/8".
One more time to 6-1/4 yards and it halfway between -2-3/4" and 2-1/8" or just under -2-1/2".
Verified at the range to be close enough for "hoser" work. In fact, did the "mental math" to hit a clay pigeon at about 3 yards last weekend. One shot, one hit. Others were not so lucky.
Bill