Social Golfer Solver
Use cases for a social golfer solver
Create social-golfer-style schedules by setting multiple sessions and minimizing repeated pairings across rounds.
Social golfer style schedules
Build multi-round group schedules where participants should meet different people in each round.
Multi-round networking
Plan networking sessions with several rounds while reducing repeat pairings between attendees.
Workshop rotations
Rotate participants through workshop groups, tables, or activities without manually tracking who already met.
Classroom lab rotations
Create repeated lab or activity groups so students collaborate with more classmates over time.
Team mixer rounds
Generate team-building or mixer rounds where coworkers meet new teammates across sessions.
Constraint-aware variants
Add keep-together, keep-apart, pinned people, or balancing rules when the pure social golfer problem is too simple.
Guides
Practical playbooks for workshops, classrooms, and repeated group assignments.
How to avoid repeat pairings in workshops
When a workshop has several rounds, a plain randomizer often sends the same people back together. This guide shows how to keep the group mix fresh across rounds and when to use GroupMixer instead of reshuffling by hand.
Read guideHow to run speed networking rounds without repeat conversations
Speed networking works best when participants keep meeting new people each round. This guide shows how to structure rounds, avoid obvious repeat conversations, and use GroupMixer when a plain randomizer is not enough.
Read guideHow to make balanced student groups
Balanced student groups often work better than a fully random split, especially when you want a healthier mix of skill levels, roles, behavior patterns, or social dynamics. This guide shows when balancing helps and how to set it up with GroupMixer.
Read guideRandom groups vs balanced groups vs constrained groups
Not every grouping problem needs the same level of control. This guide explains when a simple random split is enough, when balancing gives better outcomes, and when you should use constraints because logistics or relationships matter more than speed.
Read guideHow to split a class into fair groups
When teachers say they want fair groups, they usually do not mean perfectly random ones. They mean groups that feel workable, balanced enough, and less likely to create the same social or skill imbalance every time. This guide shows how to get there without reorganizing the class by hand.
Read guideHow to make random pairs from a list of names
Random pairs are useful for partner work, peer review, drills, coaching conversations, and quick practice rounds. This guide explains how to create pairs, reshuffle pairs, and avoid sending the same people back together when the activity has more than one round.
Read guideHow to assign breakout rooms for online workshops
Breakout rooms work best when participants are assigned quickly and the room mix supports the activity. This guide covers room count, group size, repeated breakout rounds, and when to avoid repeat pairings in remote or hybrid sessions.
Read guideHow to create balanced random teams
A random team generator is useful when you need teams quickly, but many team activities also need a reasonable spread of skills, roles, or experience. This guide explains how to keep the speed of random teams while adding enough structure to make the result usable.
Read guidePublic API
GroupMixer now has a free public API.
Send a scenario to the hosted solver and get back a solution immediately and for free.