Canonical station rotation 18×6×6

Eighteen participants rotate through six named stations while squared penalties discourage missed station visits and repeated encounters.

18 people6 groups6 sessions60s limit8 CPUs
Scenario ID
internal.station-rotation-18p-6g-6s.v1
Problem hash
sha256:ef66fce7b6013bba70255d619aa2ce7901a4be3cf93a2744a9f3689016f8b95b

Comparator results

publication r20

Barasu-kun

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

evidence r2 · unsupported

The live product cannot express named-station visit-count targets.

GolfSoftware Play All

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

evidence r2 · unsupported

The live product cannot express named-station visit-count targets.

Good-Enough Golfers

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationunsupported-group-visit-counts

evidence r2 · unsupported

The product cannot express canonical per-station visit-count targets.

GroupMixer

Optimal
valid 5/5best 0median 0
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 r2 · 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 r2 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express canonical named-station visit-count targets.

Hexaly

Unavailable
valid —best —median —
Configurationunavailable-license

evidence r2 · 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 r2 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express canonical named-station visit-count targets.

Optimal Group Generator

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

evidence r2 · unsupported

The live product cannot express named-station visit-count targets.

Google OR-Tools CP-SAT

Optimal
valid 5/5best 0median 0
Configurationortools-cpsat-case-formulations-v1:station-rotation-zero-target-v3

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

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationunsupported-group-visit-counts

evidence r2 · unsupported

The product cannot express canonical per-station visit-count targets.

Teach Arcade Group Maker

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

evidence r2 · unsupported

The visible workflow cannot express canonical named-station visit-count targets.

TourneyCard Golf Randomizer

Unsupported
valid —best —median —
Configurationunsupported-group-visit-counts

evidence r2 · unsupported

The product cannot express canonical per-station visit-count targets.

Measured attempts

GroupMixer · seed-101optimal zero
local browsercost 060.855sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-202optimal zero
local browsercost 060.809sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-303optimal zero
local browsercost 060.804sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-404optimal zero
local browsercost 060.848sRSS —
GroupMixer · seed-505optimal zero
local browsercost 060.837sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-101optimal zero
native processcost 02.992sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-202optimal zero
native processcost 02.614sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-303optimal zero
native processcost 04.732sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-404optimal zero
native processcost 02.509sRSS —
Google OR-Tools CP-SAT · seed-505optimal zero
native processcost 02.808sRSS —

Pair-frequency distribution

GroupMixer · seed-101

Number of participant pairs by meeting frequency
MeetingsParticipant pairs
1108
Unique contacts
108
Repeat excess
0
Repeated pairs
0
Worst pair count
1
Min contacts / person
12
Mean contacts / person
12

Evidence and reproduction

gm-scenarios materialize internal.station-rotation-18p-6g-6s.v1 --pretty --output case.json