Round robin: when it fits

Round robin is the right choice when a small or medium group should be compared in full. Every participant plays everyone else, which makes the final ranking easy to understand and easy to justify.

What the format does

  • All possible pairings are played out.
  • The final ranking comes from the total result picture, not from knockout luck.
  • The mode is particularly fair and transparent for smaller fields.

Sub-variants

  • Without fixed teams: players are managed individually and pairings are created directly from the participant list.
  • With fixed teams: in doubles or mixed events, teams stay constant and pairings happen on team level.

How to run it

  1. Create the tournament and set the mode to All vs all.
  2. Add the participants or fixed teams.
  3. Generate rounds until all pairings are covered.
  4. Enter results completely so the table stays correct.

When is it a good solution?

  • When all participants should be compared as precisely as possible.
  • When the field is small enough that all pairings fit into the available time.
  • When transparency matters more than a short knockout bracket.

Practical example

A club evening with eight players can run as a round-robin tournament. Everyone plays everyone, and the final ranking is derived cleanly without any knockout draw randomness.

See also: Quickstart | Jux | Combined Tournaments