WheelJarHow do I split a group into fair teams?
Picking captains and taking turns is the slowest and least fair way to split a group, and everybody remembers being picked last.
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How this works
How uneven groups are dealt
Round-robin dealing means teams differ by at most one player.
| People | Teams | Team sizes |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 | 5 and 5 |
| 11 | 2 | 6 and 5 |
| 10 | 3 | 4, 3 and 3 |
| 22 | 4 | 6, 6, 5 and 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2, 2, 2 and 1 |
Nobody is dropped and no team is short by more than one, regardless of how the numbers divide.
Frequently asked questions
Are the teams balanced by skill?
Only through the weights: dealing round-robin from a weighted shuffle spreads the higher weights across teams. It is not a rating system and does not pretend to be.
What if the numbers do not divide evenly?
Round-robin dealing means the first teams get one extra player each. Nothing is dropped and no team is short by more than one.
Can I redo it?
Press again for a fresh shuffle with a new seed.