Small constrained workshop

A representative small workshop combining hard and soft grouping constraints across multiple sessions.

8 people2 groups3 sessions60s limit8 CPUs
Scenario ID
example.small-workshop-constrained.v1
Problem hash
sha256:c3e88b66614a28d59c63396fd507449ed8b83ab5008f605da188a9650647f33f

Comparator results

publication r20

Barasu-kun

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationbarasu-kun-0586a3f-sequential-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The live product cannot express canonical hard pair rules or weighted encounter targets.

GolfSoftware Play All

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationgolfsoftware-play-all-live-55-second-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The live product cannot express canonical hard pair rules or weighted encounter targets.

Good-Enough Golfers

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationgood-enough-unsupported-hard-weighted-constraints

evidence r1 · unsupported

The product cannot express the canonical combination of hard pair rules, weighted pair preferences, encounter targets, and participant attributes; its documented never-pair rule is breakable.

GroupMixer

Optimal
valid 5/5best 4median 4
Configurationbrowser-auto-8-defaults-v1

evidence r19 · eligible

Measured 11 October 2026 on an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H; eight pinned CPUs, 8 GiB physical memory, swap disabled. Current production browser Auto, eight requested lanes, automatic Extreme handoff and default CP-SAT admission.

Gurobi

Unavailable
valid —best —median —
Configurationunavailable-license

evidence r1 · unavailable

No runnable licensed environment and reproducible formulation are available for v1.

Halftime Team Pairings

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationhalftime-team-pairings-live-sequential-last-six-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express the canonical combination of hard pair rules, weighted pair preferences, encounter targets, and participant attributes.

Hexaly

Unavailable
valid —best —median —
Configurationunavailable-license

evidence r1 · unavailable

No runnable licensed environment and reproducible formulation are available for v1.

IIENSTITU Random Group Generator

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationiienstitu-live-avoid-history-seeded-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express the canonical combination of hard pair rules, weighted pair preferences, encounter targets, and participant attributes.

Optimal Group Generator

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationoptimal-group-generator-live-fixed-ga-sequential-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The live product cannot express canonical hard pair rules or weighted encounter targets.

Google OR-Tools CP-SAT

Optimal
valid 5/5best 4median 4
Configurationortools-cpsat-case-formulations-v1:generic-v2

evidence r19 · eligible

Measured 11 October 2026 on an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H; eight pinned CPUs, 8 GiB physical memory, swap disabled. Frozen case-specific OR-Tools 9.15.6755 formulation and parameters.

Social Golfer Online

Pending verification
valid —best —median —
Configurationpending-live-workflow

evidence r1 · verify

Pair-preference and encounter-target semantics require live exact-mapping verification.

Teach Arcade Group Maker

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationteach-arcade-live-roundrobin-sequential-history-v1

evidence r1 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express the canonical combination of hard pair rules, weighted pair preferences, encounter targets, and participant attributes.

TourneyCard Golf Randomizer

Pending verification
valid —best —median —
Configurationpending-live-workflow

evidence r1 · verify

Pair-preference and encounter-target semantics require live exact-mapping verification.

Measured attempts

GroupMixer · seed-101optimal proven
local browsercost 42.741sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-202optimal proven
local browsercost 42.769sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-303optimal proven
local browsercost 42.395sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-404optimal proven
local browsercost 42.336sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-505optimal proven
local browsercost 42.231sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-101optimal proven
native processcost 40.647sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-202optimal proven
native processcost 40.574sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-303optimal proven
native processcost 40.447sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-404optimal proven
native processcost 40.482sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-505optimal proven
native processcost 40.468sRSS —

Pair-frequency distribution

GroupMixer · seed-101

Number of participant pairs by meeting frequency
MeetingsParticipant pairs
114
28
32
Unique contacts
24
Repeat excess
12
Repeated pairs
10
Worst pair count
3
Min contacts / person
5
Mean contacts / person
6

Evidence and reproduction

gm-scenarios materialize example.small-workshop-constrained.v1 --pretty --output case.json