THE FULL AUDIT

Every setup we measured

The same dealer that runs a live night, driven through 200 simulated nights for every row. Each figure twice: the same group all night, and people arriving late and leaving early. The Mixer and King of the Court count 12 rounds, one game each. Forge counts 8 rounds of several games each. The rows where it gets hard are here too.

A new partner every game, as many as the maths allows.

Different people in 12 rounds

Courts	Players	Partners metsame group all night	Partners metpeople coming and going	Opponents metsame group all night	Opponents metpeople coming and going	Games eachsame group all night
1 court	4	all 3	—	all 3	—	12
1 court	5	all 4	3.8 of 3.9	all 4	3.9 of 4	9.6
1 court	6	all 5	4.7 of 4.9	all 5	4.9 of 5	8
1 court	7	5.4 of 6	5.2 of 5.7	5.9 of 6	5.7 of 6	6.9
1 court	9	4.8 of 5.3	4.7 of 5.3	5.5 of 8	5.6 of 7.6	5.3
1 court	12	3.9 of 4	3.8 of 4	5.6 of 8	5.4 of 7.8	4
2 courts	8	all 7	5.7 of 6.3	all 7	6.5 of 6.9	12
2 courts	9	all 8	6.5 of 7.1	all 8	7.5 of 7.9	10.7
2 courts	10	8.9 of 9	7.9 of 8.3	8.9 of 9	8.6 of 9	9.6
2 courts	11	8.6 of 8.7	8 of 8.6	9.7 of 10	9.3 of 9.9	8.7
2 courts	13	all 7.4	7.3 of 7.4	10.8 of 12	10.1 of 11.4	7.4
2 courts	16	all 6	all 6	7 of 12	10.2 of 11.8	6
3 courts	12	all 11	8 of 8.4	all 11	9.9 of 10.8	12
3 courts	13	11 of 11.1	8.3 of 8.6	all 12	10.9 of 11.7	11.1
3 courts	14	all 10.3	8.6 of 8.7	all 13	11.8 of 12.6	10.3
3 courts	15	all 9.6	all 9.5	13.8 of 14	12.9 of 13.7	9.6
3 courts	17	all 8.5	all 8.5	14.7 of 16	13.7 of 14.8	8.5
3 courts	20	all 7.2	all 7.2	13.8 of 14.4	13.5 of 14.4	7.2
4 courts	16	all 12	all 9.3	all 15	13.6 of 14.4	12
4 courts	17	all 11.3	all 9.3	all 16	14.4 of 15.2	11.3
4 courts	18	all 10.7	all 9.4	16.9 of 17	15.1 of 16	10.7
4 courts	19	all 10.1	all 9.7	17.5 of 18	16 of 16.9	10.1
4 courts	21	all 9.1	all 9.1	17.4 of 18.3	16.5 of 17.8	9.1
4 courts	24	all 8	all 8	15.9 of 16	15.7 of 16	8
6 courts	24	all 12	all 10.2	22.1 of 23	19 of 20.2	12
6 courts	25	all 11.5	all 10.1	21.9 of 23	19.3 of 20.3	11.5
6 courts	26	all 11.1	all 10.1	21.6 of 22.2	19.5 of 20.2	11.1
6 courts	27	all 10.7	all 10.4	21 of 21.3	20.2 of 20.8	10.7
6 courts	29	all 9.9	all 9.9	19.8 of 19.9	19.7 of 19.9	9.9
6 courts	32	all 9	all 9	all 18	all 18	9

"All 12" means the most anyone could meet in the games there were. People arriving late and leaving early do not cost you a partner on four courts or more. Small floors cannot reach the maximum: six people on one court only make so many combinations.

Same opponent two games running

Courts	Players	Same opponent againsame group all night	Same opponent againpeople coming and going
1 court	4	1 in 2 games	—
1 court	5	1 in 3 games	1 in 2 games
1 court	6	1 in 5 games	1 in 3 games
1 court	7	never	1 in 7 games
1 court	9	—	1 in 11 games
1 court	12	—	1 in 13 games
2 courts	8	1 in 250 games	1 in 10 games
2 courts	9	1 in 30 games	1 in 22 games
2 courts	10	1 in 34 games	1 in 30 games
2 courts	11	1 in 200 games	1 in 38 games
2 courts	13	never	1 in 111 games
2 courts	16	—	never
3 courts	12	1 in 333 games	1 in 48 games
3 courts	13	never	1 in 125 games
3 courts	14	never	1 in 250 games
3 courts	15	never	1 in 1000 games
3 courts	17	never	never
3 courts	20	never	never
4 courts	16	never	never
4 courts	17	never	never
4 courts	18	never	never
4 courts	19	never	never
4 courts	21	never	never
4 courts	24	never	never
6 courts	24	never	never
6 courts	25	never	never
6 courts	26	never	never
6 courts	27	never	never
6 courts	29	never	never
6 courts	32	never	never

Four courts or more: never, with people coming and going or not. On one and two courts there are too few people to find fresh opponents every round. That is arithmetic, not the software. A dash means everybody sits between games, so nobody plays two in a row.

Sit-outs and waits

Courts	Players	Sit-outs apartsame group all night	Sit-outs apartpeople coming and going	Longest waitsame group all night	Longest waitpeople coming and going
1 court	4	0	—	none	—
1 court	5	1	1.5	1 round	1 round
1 court	6	0	1.8	1 round	1 round
1 court	7	1	2.1	1 round	2 rounds
1 court	9	1	2.8	4 rounds	5 rounds
1 court	12	0	3.9	4 rounds	7 rounds
2 courts	8	0	2.4	none	3 rounds
2 courts	9	1	2.6	1 round	3 rounds
2 courts	10	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
2 courts	11	1	1.9	1 round	1 round
2 courts	13	1	2.4	1 round	2 rounds
2 courts	16	0	3.3	1 round	4 rounds
3 courts	12	0	2.2	none	1 round
3 courts	13	1	2.3	1 round	1 round
3 courts	14	1	2.3	1 round	2 rounds
3 courts	15	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
3 courts	17	1	2.1	1 round	2 rounds
3 courts	20	1	3.1	1 round	3 rounds
4 courts	16	0	2	none	1 round
4 courts	17	1	2.1	1 round	1 round
4 courts	18	1	2.2	1 round	1 round
4 courts	19	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
4 courts	21	1	2.3	1 round	1 round
4 courts	24	0	2.6	1 round	2 rounds
6 courts	24	0	1.8	none	1 round
6 courts	25	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
6 courts	26	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
6 courts	27	1	1.8	1 round	1 round
6 courts	29	1	2	1 round	1 round
6 courts	32	0	2.2	1 round	2 rounds

Sit-outs apart: how many more times the busiest player sat than the quietest over 12 rounds. With the same group all night it is only ever 0 or 1. Longest wait is the most anybody sat in a row: one round from four courts up. One court with nine or more people means most of the room sits every round; no software fixes that.

Walk-ups who sat two rounds or more

Courts	Players	Sat 2+ rounds firstpeople coming and going
1 court	4	—
1 court	5	never
1 court	6	never
1 court	7	1 in 14 walk-ups
1 court	9	1 in 3 walk-ups
1 court	12	1 in 2 walk-ups
2 courts	8	1 in 25 walk-ups
2 courts	9	1 in 100 walk-ups
2 courts	10	never
2 courts	11	never
2 courts	13	never
2 courts	16	1 in 4 walk-ups
3 courts	12	never
3 courts	13	never
3 courts	14	never
3 courts	15	never
3 courts	17	never
3 courts	20	1 in 17 walk-ups
4 courts	16	never
4 courts	17	never
4 courts	18	never
4 courts	19	never
4 courts	21	never
4 courts	24	never
6 courts	24	never
6 courts	25	never
6 courts	26	never
6 courts	27	never
6 courts	29	never
6 courts	32	never

How often somebody arriving late missed two whole rounds before their first game. From four courts up it is never, before the director even taps "Deal the bench", which puts them into the round already running.

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