Round robin generator
A pickleball round robin generator that keeps up with the room
A printed round robin schedule breaks the moment someone arrives late, leaves early or a game runs long. qStack generates the round robin live instead: each time a court frees up, it picks the next four from the queue and pairs them with partners they have not played with yet.
No download. No account needed to host or to play.
Better than a printed schedule
Any number of players
Thirteen players on three courts? Seventeen? It does not need a number that divides evenly. Whoever is waiting longest goes on next.
Rotating partners
It remembers every pairing, so partners and opponents keep changing and people meet the whole group.
Late arrivals and early leavers
Add someone mid-session and they join the rotation. Sit someone out and their games still count in the standings.
Fixed partners when you need them
Lock a pair together for a couples night or a doubles team, and everyone else rotates around them.
Standings as you go
Tap who won and the table keeps itself, with a shareable leaderboard at the end.
Other formats too
Switch to Auto-Balanced, Winners / Losers or Skill Separated at any time. It takes effect on the next court that frees up.
Up and running in three steps
- 1
Start a board
Say how many courts you have and how people should be paired up. It takes about twenty seconds, and you can do it without an account.
- 2
Get everyone on it
Type the names in yourself, or share the code and let players add themselves. Everyone who opens it watches the same board, and it updates as games finish.
- 3
Play
The board picks the next four, you tap the winner when they come off, and the queue moves up. It remembers who has played with whom, so the same four do not spend the evening together.
Questions
How does a pickleball round robin work?
In a round robin, players rotate so that over the session everyone plays with and against as many different people as possible. In doubles, partners change every game rather than staying as a fixed team.
Does qStack print a full schedule in advance?
No, on purpose. It generates each game when a court frees up, using who has waited longest and who has already played together. That way the round robin survives late arrivals, early leavers and games that run long.
Can I run a round robin with an odd number of players?
Yes. Any number works. Players who are not on court wait in the queue, and whoever has waited longest goes on next.
Does it work for singles?
Yes. When you start a board, choose singles or doubles, and pick one to six courts.
Learn it in five minutes
Hosts · 3 min
Pick a matching style
Round Robin, Auto-Balanced, Winners / Losers or Skill Separated: what each one does and when to use it.
Hosts and co-hosts · 3 min
Fixed partners and requested games
Keep two people on the same side all night, or line up a game somebody asked for.
Hosts · 2 min
Standings, results and the leaderboard card
Follow the table, look up any player, and share a leaderboard to the group chat.
Run your next open play on qStack.
It takes about twenty seconds to start a board, and it is free for hosts and players.
