Mexicano
Each round drawn from the scores — leaders meet leaders
How it works
- Round 1 is seeded by rating: the top four go to court 1, the next four to court 2.
- After every round the leaderboard is re-sorted and the courts are cut again from the top. Court 1 is always the four players currently leading.
- Inside a court the default pairing is 1st + 3rd against 2nd + 4th. The organizer can switch to 1+4 v 2+3 (fully balanced) or 1+2 v 3+4 (top against bottom).
Scoring
Same as Americano — one point per rally, round ends at the cap.
Who wins
Same rule as Americano — the organizer picks point difference (here the same order as total points) or matches won. There is no fixed number of rounds: the organizer stops when the time is up.
Round by round
Round 1 is seeded by rating. Court 1 is the four highest-rated players; inside the court it is 1st + 3rd against 2nd + 4th.
Organizer’s note
Because the round count is not fixed, the night ends when you say it ends — and it fits any roster that fills whole courts, from 4 players up in multiples of four. It is the format to pick when levels are far apart: by round 3 or 4 the strong players are on court 1 with each other and everyone else has their own game. The cost is repetition — the same four keep meeting. That is what spicy is for.
Can we enter as a pair?
No — Mexicano is individual only. Every round is redrawn from the standings, so a fixed partner would break the format. If you want to play with your partner all night, use Americano (Pairs) or King (Pairs).
Questions people actually ask
+Will I get the same partners and opponents twice in one night?
Very likely, yes. Courts are cut from the standings, and after a few rounds the standings stop moving much — so the same four players keep landing on the same court, in a handful of combinations. That is the direct consequence of a format that sorts by level: the better it sorts, the more it repeats. If you want everyone to meet everyone, that is Americano, not Mexicano. If you want the sorting but not the repetition, turn on spicy.
+What is spicy mode?
A switch the organizer sets before the start. Every Nth round — you choose N between 2 and 5 — the draw ignores the standings and shuffles the whole field at random instead, then goes back to sorting by score. It breaks up the top-court lock-in on a long night and gives everyone a round with someone new.
+Why did I drop a court after winning?
You did not drop for losing — courts are cut from the total standings, not from the last result. Someone below you simply scored more over the night.
+Is it harder than Americano?
It gets harder as it goes. By round 4 you are only playing people at your level.