Generating a random order is trivial. Getting a group to accept one is not, because the person who generated it is the only person who knows how many times they generated it.
This fixes the trust problem rather than the randomness problem. The order is committed to the share link at the moment the link is created. You cannot look first and try again, and everyone who opens the link watches the same race arrive at the same order.
Where a shared order matters most
- Fantasy and league drafts. The order decides the season. If you run fantasy sports specifically, our sister site Fantasy Draft Rumble does the same thing with league imports from Sleeper, Yahoo and ESPN.
- Board game turn order. First player is a real advantage in a lot of games, and "whoever ate the spiciest food" gets old.
- Presentation and demo slots. Nobody wants to go first and nobody wants to go after the good one.
- Chores and shifts. The order they get handed out in is the whole argument.
Weighted orders
Sometimes the order should not be uniform. Keeper leagues give worse teams better odds. A rota might owe someone a good slot. Turn on Weighted odds and hand out lottery balls — more balls, better expected finish.
Weighting stays honest because each competitor's ball count is displayed in the final standings. The group can see exactly which parts of the order were random and which were not.
Reverse order, too
A Rumble ranks in the opposite direction: the last one standing takes first place and the first one eliminated finishes last. If your league's convention is that the winner picks last, run a Rumble and read the standings from the bottom.
How it works
Add the competitors
Up to 30 names, pasted or typed.
Run it
A race for finishing order, a rumble for last-one-standing.
Send the link
The order is already fixed. Everyone sees it resolve.
Questions
Can the person who made the link see the result first?
No. The result is seeded from the link itself, so it is fixed the moment the link exists — and it only plays out when someone opens it. Making a second link would produce a visibly different match.
Does everyone need an account?
No. Anyone with the link can open it and watch. Accounts only matter if you want to pick characters, save crews, or publish links under your own name.
Can I give some people better odds?
Yes, with Weighted odds. Ball counts appear in the standings so the weighting is not hidden.
Can I schedule the reveal for later?
Not yet on Run or Rumble. Fantasy Draft Rumble has scheduled reveals if you need the whole group watching at one moment.