Every round pairs players by current ranking, so games stay close from the first point to the last.
Mexicano flips Americano’s idea on its head: instead of a rotation planned in advance, every round’s pairings are decided by the live leaderboard. Players are grouped into consecutive fours by current rank — the top four, the next four, and so on — so similar-scoring players always end up on the same court.
Within each group of four, Padelay pairs the strongest and weakest player against the middle two by default (rank 1 + rank 4 vs rank 2 + rank 3), which keeps each match closer than pairing 1+2 against 3+4 would.
Because pairings depend on the standings after the previous round, Mexicano is open-ended by design — there’s no fixed number of rounds. You score a round, tap to add the next one, and Padelay re-groups the whole field from scratch.
Groups of 8+ (ideally a multiple of 4) on 2+ courts who don’t want to fix an end time in advance and want every match to feel competitive, not lopsided.
Twelve players, 3 courts, points to 21: round 1 groups players 1–4, 5–8 and 9–12 by starting order. After scoring, the whole field re-sorts by points — say a player from the middle group jumps to the top four — and round 2 regroups the new top four, next four and bottom four so each court’s match is close again.
Add your players, pick your courts and points, and Padelay builds the schedule instantly — free, no sign-up.
Play Mexicano →By the live leaderboard. After every round, players are grouped into fours by current rank (top four, next four, and so on) and paired within each group so similar-scoring players face off.
No — Mexicano is open-ended. You score a round and add another whenever you want; there’s no built-in cap like Americano’s rotation.
The leftover players sit out that round. Padelay tracks who has sat out least so far and rests them first, so byes even out over a long session.