Run multi-division pickleball ladder leagues — Elo ratings, automatic promotion and relegation, inactivity decay, spares, and team partnerships. Free forever. No signup required to view standings.
Divisions are ranked by visible rating — your rating adjusted for any inactivity decay accumulated during the cycle.
The bottom of each higher division is marked for relegation; the top of each lower division is marked for promotion. Slots per boundary are configurable.
Movers step into the rating spot vacated by someone heading the other way — promoted players take a spot near the lower end of their new division, relegated players one near the top of theirs. Ratings stay balanced cycle over cycle.
Players move into their new divisions and the next cycle begins. Cycles are triggered manually from the ladder management page.
A ladder league is a structured, multi-division competitive league. Players or teams are placed into tiered divisions — Div A at the top, then Div B, Div C, and so on. You compete against others in your own division, and at the end of each cycle the top performers move up while the bottom move down.
The result: every division stays competitive, and there's always something to play for — whether you're chasing a promotion or fighting to hold your spot.
If you've run king-of-the-court with a clipboard before, ladder leagues are the same idea — winners move up, losers move down — but with multi-division structure, ELO ratings instead of streak counting, and no paperwork.
Two modes — individual or team. In individual mode each player carries their own rating and moves between divisions independently. In team mode, fixed partnerships are rated as a unit; the team's combined performance determines standing and movement. Switching partners means starting a new team — reuniting later restores the old team's full history.
If you don't play, your visible rating drops. Your real rating is preserved — playing one game instantly restores it. Long enough away can trigger relegation, but you're protected from double-drops in consecutive cycles.
About inactivity →Promoted up? You step into the rating spot a relegated team just vacated, near the bottom of your new division. Relegated down? You take a spot near the top of yours. The two swap, so each division's ratings stay balanced over time. Returning to a prior division restores your old rating and history.
About promotion →Sparing down doesn't move you — you stay in your home division, with a temporary rating in the lower one. Sparing up auto-promotes you: your home-division row freezes, the higher-division row becomes active.
About spares →"Alice & Bob" is a separate rated entity from "Alice & Carol." Switching partners starts a new team. Reuniting restores history. Custom team names display in standings.
About team mode →Every ladder night runs the PickleMixer court-rotation algorithm. Mix by rating to keep matchups close, or run a casual mix — either way, fresh partners and opponents deeper into the session, generated in milliseconds.
About the algorithm →Each ladder has a shareable public link. Standings show each division's leaderboard with promotion/relegation indicators, recent games, and historical cycle movements — no login required.
About public ratings →Set up a ladder from the Dashboard by creating a group, enabling ladder mode, and adding divisions. Or if you're already in a ladder, check the public standings page to see where you stand.
