Beach Tournament Control Tower

2

Select tournament format

Random tournaments are available now. Swiss and pre-defined formats will be wired in once the engines land.

Random

Use the random draw/TrueSkill solvers with tournament-type presets.

Swiss (coming soon)

Pair teams by record while respecting collision guardrails.

Placeholder – waiting on Swiss engine

Pre-defined schedule

Upload a curated bracket or court schedule.

Placeholder – upload support pending

3

Load or import a roster

Only show the inputs the user needs right now. We will wire each source to dedicated services.

Import from Google Sheets

Sheet ID Range

Use built-in test roster

Loading…

No roster loaded yet.

4

Ratings & ordering

We detect ratings automatically. If we cannot find any, we nudge the user to the Roster Rating tool.

Leave as-is

Respect the order provided in the roster file.

Randomize

Shuffle players on the client before sending to the engine.

Rating-based ordering

Place the strongest player at a target percentile, then snake.

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5

Pick a random tournament type

Tournament types encapsulate solver weights, guardrails, and μ schedules. Built-in options mirror common social, competitive, and progressive behaviors.

Loading tournament types…

No tournament type selected yet.

6

Finalize tournament details

Only the essentials are shown up front. Everything else lives under Advanced overrides.

Tournament name Players per team Teams per court

Use result reporting Paradise mode

Select courts

Advanced overrides

Enable overrides to adjust the tournament type for this event only. Leave disabled to use the type values as-is.

Enable manual overrides

Quick preset

Preset macro Strategy Time Budget (s) Expected rounds

Criteria Weights

These weights apply to the collision (C1–C4) and balance (C5–C6) scores.

Partner repeats (C1) Opponent repeats (C2) Partner from opponent (C3) Opponent from partner (C4) Between-team μ delta (C5) Within-team μ delta (C6)

μ Target Bands

Define the zero-penalty range for within-team (C6) and between-team (C5) gaps.

Within-team min (C6) Within-team max (C6) Between-team min (C5) Between-team max (C5)

Collision guardrails

Collision penalty cap Collision hit cap

Formation heuristics

Tune how teams and matches are built before local search begins.

Between-team weight Within-team weight Partner repeat weight Opponent repeat weight Cross-role weight

Team search window Match search window

Prefer extremes Sort players by μ Allow reshuffle during balance phase

Strategy knobs

Trial samples (strategy 2) LNS iterations (strategy 3) LNS neighborhood

Beach Tournament Engine

Tournament Type Manager

Criteria Weights

Repeat Tolerance

Formation Heuristics

Within-team μ schedule (C6)

Between-team μ schedule (C5)

Resume or create a tournament

Select tournament format

Load or import a roster

Ratings & ordering

Pick a random tournament type

Finalize tournament details

Select courts

Quick preset

Criteria Weights

μ Target Bands

Collision guardrails

Formation heuristics

Strategy knobs

Courts

Round Cap

Roster

Rounds

Tournament Type Manager

Criteria Weights

Repeat Tolerance

Formation Heuristics

Within-team μ schedule (C6)

Between-team μ schedule (C5)

Resume or create a tournament

Select tournament format

Load or import a roster

Ratings & ordering

Pick a random tournament type

Finalize tournament details

Select courts

Quick preset

Criteria Weights

μ Target Bands

Collision guardrails

Formation heuristics

Strategy knobs

Scan to Report Results

Courts

Round Cap

Roster

Rounds

Substitute Player

Player History