Now a product type. This 8+8 sheet is the same split_golden_8x8_v1 schedule Complete setup generates (verified live API 2026-08-20: 32 matches). Mixer is a complete-tournament type, not the free simple bracket. Print the order-of-games sheet · schedule.json.
8+8 cross-pool partner mixer
Sheet 2026-08-14 · product-live 2026-08-15 · verified 2026-08-20 · 8 rounds · 4 courts · 16 players
What this format does
- Pool A (A1–A8) partners only with Pool B (B1–B8).
- Each game is mixed doubles: (A + B) vs (A + B).
- 8 rounds so each player partners once with every opposite-pool player.
- Same-pool opponents are balanced as evenly as 8 rounds allow (7 other players in your pool, 8 opponent slots, so one rematch).
Verified on this sheet
- Partners: every A partners with all 8 B players exactly once.
- Pool A opponents: every A faces every other A at least once (max twice).
- Pool B opponents: close but not perfect — 5 B-pairs never meet, 2 pairs meet three times. If one pool is the side you care about (for example men vs women), say so and we optimize that side.
- Opposite-pool opponent meetings range from 0–3. Partner uniqueness was the hard constraint and is exact.
Round 1
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A8 + B8 | A1 + B1 |
| 2 | A2 + B2 | A7 + B7 |
| 3 | A3 + B3 | A6 + B6 |
| 4 | A4 + B4 | A5 + B5 |
Round 2
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A8 + B1 | A1 + B2 |
| 2 | A2 + B3 | A7 + B8 |
| 3 | A3 + B4 | A6 + B7 |
| 4 | A4 + B5 | A5 + B6 |
Round 3
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B3 | A3 + B5 |
| 2 | A8 + B2 | A2 + B4 |
| 3 | A4 + B6 | A7 + B1 |
| 4 | A5 + B7 | A6 + B8 |
Round 4
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B4 | A5 + B8 |
| 2 | A2 + B5 | A4 + B7 |
| 3 | A8 + B3 | A3 + B6 |
| 4 | A6 + B1 | A7 + B2 |
Round 5
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B5 | A7 + B3 |
| 2 | A2 + B6 | A6 + B2 |
| 3 | A3 + B7 | A5 + B1 |
| 4 | A8 + B4 | A4 + B8 |
Round 6
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B6 | A2 + B7 |
| 2 | A3 + B8 | A7 + B4 |
| 3 | A4 + B1 | A6 + B3 |
| 4 | A8 + B5 | A5 + B2 |
Round 7
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B7 | A4 + B2 |
| 2 | A2 + B8 | A3 + B1 |
| 3 | A5 + B3 | A7 + B5 |
| 4 | A8 + B6 | A6 + B4 |
Round 8
| Court | Team 1 | Team 2 |
|---|
| 1 | A1 + B8 | A6 + B5 |
| 2 | A2 + B1 | A5 + B4 |
| 3 | A3 + B2 | A4 + B3 |
| 4 | A8 + B7 | A7 + B6 |
How to read it on paper
Write real names over A1–A8 and B1–B8. If Pool A is “rec men” and Pool B is “rec women,” every game is mixed. If the two pools are just two random halves, the same sheet still works. Printable ORDER OF GAMES has score blanks for the desk.
Championship after these 8 rotating games is a host choice: individual standings, re-pair top players, or a fixed championship bracket. Re-pair is stored on the event; do not rely on it as the live scoring path yet. Mixer scoring is not claimed on an unprepared laptop.
To run this as a real event: Complete setup → type Mixer → split pools. One complete tournament is $49; a year of them is $99. Reply to John and we will load your names onto this sheet.