How do you randomize a list?
Paste the list, press Race, and read the finishing order — that is your shuffled list. The shuffle is seeded from the share link, so the same link always returns the same order and everyone who opens it watches the identical shuffle happen rather than being told about it.
A list randomizer usually hands you a reordered list and asks you to believe it. For a solo task that is plenty. For anything where the order decides who gets what, the missing piece is not randomness — it is evidence.
Run a Race instead. Every item on your list becomes a runner, they run, and the finishing order is your shuffled list. The order is fixed into the share link before anyone opens it, so everyone opening that link sees the same shuffle. It does not establish whether the organizer ran other draws first.
What people shuffle here
- Running order for presentations, demos, or performances
- The order chores or shifts get handed out in
- Reading order, question order, or who answers next
- Draft order and pick order for leagues and drafts
- Any queue where being first or last actually matters
Reproducible shuffles
The shuffle is seeded, and the seed travels in the URL. Two people opening the same link on opposite sides of the world get the identical order, today and next month. That makes the link a record of the decision, not just a screenshot of one.
Every match runs in the viewer's own browser. No server picks anything, and no list you paste is stored anywhere unless you sign in and choose to save it as a crew.
Paste formats it accepts
One item per line is the normal case. A single comma-separated line works. So do semicolon-separated lists, numbered lists like "1. thing", bulleted lists, and a column copied out of Google Sheets or Excel — the parser scores the columns and keeps the one that looks like names rather than numbers.
When something else is the better tool
- Very long lists. Past 30 items a script or a spreadsheet is the right tool; a race with 200 runners is unreadable.
- Sampling rather than shuffling. If you need a random subset of a large set repeatedly, use code.
How it works
Paste the list
Up to 18 items, in any of the usual formats.
Run the race
Every item becomes a runner. The finish is your order.
Keep the link
It reproduces the same shuffle, forever.
Put it on your own site
Teachers put it on a class page, leagues on their league site, streamers on a giveaway page. Paste this code where you want the picker; your visitors use it free, with no sign-up.
Questions
Is the shuffle uniformly random?
Yes. The order is drawn before the animation and every permutation is equally likely, unless you deliberately turn on Weighted odds.
Can I get the same shuffle again later?
Yes. Keep the share link. It always replays the identical order.
How long a list can I shuffle?
Up to 18 items in one run.
Is my list uploaded anywhere?
No. The match runs entirely in your browser. Lists are only stored if you sign in and save one as a crew on purpose.