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Team and pair generator for multiple rounds

Assign 2–100 participants to teams or pairs for 2–10 rounds, with captains, together/apart rules and a repeated-partner report. Names stay in your browser.

A plan for the whole class

Everyone has a team. Every round has a place.

Participants

One participant per line

2–100 entries, at most 100 characters each. Equal names remain separate numbered entries. You may use numbers instead of names.

Distribution Number of teams Rounds

Require no repeated partners

With this option off, the search tries to minimize repeated meetings and reports all repeats. For an odd number in pair mode, one participant works alone each round.

Captains and together / apart rules

Use entry numbers below, never names, in these rules. One line is one group of numbers separated by commas. Together rules combine transitively. Apart means every listed entry is in a different team.

Captain entry numbers: exactly one per team, or leave blank

Together in every roundApart in every round

Names and rules stay in this browser tab. No names in links, analytics or network requests. Nothing is saved between page loads. Clear removes the current inputs and result.

Round schedule

Set the rules and build your schedule.

Three rounds with new partners

For entries 1–4, a complete pair example is: round 1 — 1+2 and 3+4; round 2 — 1+3 and 2+4; round 3 — 1+4 and 2+3. Everyone appears once in each round and every partnership is different.

Method and limits

The search balances team sizes (difference at most one), combines together groups, enforces apart/captain rules and scores repeated meetings. Candidate order uses Web Crypto randomness. This does not make all valid schedules equally likely, and random groups do not guarantee equal skill.

A proved minimum is marked only when a lower bound is reached or the search is exhaustive. Larger cases use a bounded search (up to 250,000 nodes / about 1.8 seconds) and may find a good plan without proving it optimal. If the search limit is reached without a plan, that does not prove impossibility. Hard rules are never silently relaxed.

In strict mode a pair cannot meet twice, including people required to stay together. For three people in four pair rounds, at least one partnership must repeat: only three different pairs exist. Change the rules or turn off strict mode to see a plan with a repeat report.

CSV contains every entry in every round, team numbers and captain markers. Use Tab and Enter/Space for controls. Escape closes projector mode; printing includes every round. A participant’s number always refers to their input row.

Choose one option instead of creating teams: Wheel of Fortune. Updated 18 October 2026.

What is team and pair generator for multiple rounds

The team generator places each participant in exactly one team in each round. Team sizes differ by at most one; identical names are separate numbered entries. You can set captains and hard together/apart groups.

The search tries to reduce repeated meetings; strict mode requires new partners. Conflicts and search limits are explained instead of silently breaking rules. Equal team skill and uniform sampling of all valid schedules are not guaranteed.

How to use

Enter one name per line or use numbers only. Choose a team count or pairs and 2–10 rounds. Optionally set captain and together/apart entry numbers. Build the schedule, inspect repeat counts, then copy, print or download all rounds in one CSV.

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