How it works

Run a rotating-partner pickleball round robin from your phone: pick the players, share one link, and everyone enters scores as they play.

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    Start a round robin

    Tap Create new round robin on the home page. There are no accounts or sign-ups. Each round robin gets its own link.

    • Round robins you’ve opened on this phone show up under “Recent on this device”.
    Home page with the Create new round robin button, History and How it works buttons, and recent round robins
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    Pick the format and the players

    Choose a format: Rotating partners or Up & down courts (more on that below). Then choose 8, 12 or 16 players. Start typing in a slot to pick a regular, ordered by how often they play. Anyone new is added to the player list automatically.

    • Rotating partners, 8 players: 7 rounds on 2 courts. Everyone partners with everyone exactly once.
    • Rotating partners, 12 or 16 players: 3 or 4 courts, and you choose the number of rounds (default 7). Partners are mixed randomly with as few repeats as possible.
    • Up & down courts: 2, 3 or 4 courts for 8, 12 or 16 players, and you choose 2 to 12 rounds (default 4).
    • Shuffle mixes up the order of the players. For Up & down courts the order sets the starting courts: players 1–4 on court 1, 5–8 on court 2, and so on.
    Setup form with the Format choice, 12 players selected, two regulars picked, a new player marked New, and suggestions open
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    Two people with the same name?

    Every name is unique. If you type a name that already exists, you can use that player, or give the new person a distinct name: Sam → Sam T → Sam Taylor.

    A player slot showing “Casey is already a player” with a Use Casey button and a hint to add a last initial
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    Share it with the group

    Tap Share at the top of the round robin. Anyone can scan the QR code or open the link to see the matches and enter scores, with no app or login needed.

    Invite players sheet with a QR code, the link, and Copy link and Share link buttons
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    Enter scores as you play

    Type both teams’ scores and tap Save score. Every phone updates within a few seconds, so whoever is closest to the court can enter the score.

    • Made a mistake? Change the numbers and save again.
    • Games can’t end in a tie, and both scores are needed.
    Round 3 and 4 matches; one game has scores typed in with Cancel and Save score buttons
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    Up & down courts

    Each court’s 4 players play 3 games, partnering each other once. When every game in the round is scored, the top 2 on each court move up a court and the bottom 2 move down, and the next round is set up for you.

    • Players are ranked on their court by wins that round, then point differential, then points scored.
    • The Next column shows ↑ Court, ↓ Court or = Stays. The top 2 on court 1 and the bottom 2 on the last court have nowhere further to go, so they stay.
    • Later rounds show “Courts are set when round N is finished” until the round before is done.
    • There’s no final and no overall winner. When the last round is scored the event is Complete.
    Up & down courts: Court 1 with its three games scored and a This round table showing each player’s record and where they go next
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    Follow the live standings

    Standings are at the bottom of the page and update live, totalled over all the games played. Players are ranked by wins, then point differential, then points scored.

    Live standings table with rank, player, win-loss, point differential and points for
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    Play the final

    Rotating partners only. When the last round-robin game is scored, a championship game appears: #1 & #2 vs #3 & #4. Its winners are the champions.

    • If an earlier score gets corrected before the final is played, the final re-seeds itself.
    • The final doesn’t count toward the standings.
    Final section with the champions banner, a Share results button and the championship game score
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    Share the results

    Tap Share results to make an image of the standings (and the champions, for Rotating partners) for the group chat, with a QR code back to the full results. You can also copy the results as text.

    Share results sheet with the generated results card and Share image, Copy as text and Save buttons
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    Look back any time

    History, at the top right of the home page, lists every round robin that has been played, with its champions or how far it got. Finished Up & down events show as Complete.

    History page listing round robins by month with champions and final scores

Questions

Who can enter scores?

Anyone with the link. There’s no sign-in, which keeps it quick at the courts, so only share the link with your group.

How are ties in the standings broken?

By wins first, then point differential (points won minus points lost), then total points scored.

How are matches chosen for 12 or 16 players (Rotating partners)?

In Rotating partners, each round is drawn at random, then players are swapped around to avoid repeat partners first and repeat opponents second. At 7 rounds nobody plays with the same partner twice.

In Up & down courts, who moves?

On each court, the top 2 for that round move up and the bottom 2 move down. Rank is wins in that round, then point differential, then points scored. Court 1’s top 2 stay on court 1 and the last court’s bottom 2 stay on the last court.

What if I fix a score in Up & down courts?

If the next round has no scores yet, it’s rebuilt from the corrected result. Once any game in the next round has a score, that round is locked and won’t change.

Rotating partners: can I change a score after the final?

Yes, any game can be edited. Once the final has a score its teams are locked, so changes to earlier games won’t re-seed it.

Does everyone play every round?

Yes. 8, 12 and 16 players fill 2, 3 and 4 courts exactly, so nobody sits out.

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