A Thirteen-Player Knockout with a Sixteen-Slot Opening

This is an invented planning exercise, not a customer event or testimonial.

Background and constraints

A fictional fantasy strategy tournament has 13 confirmed entrants. The host wants to check byes and total matches without manually drawing a partially filled bracket.

Exact tool inputs

Ari
Bea
Cleo
Dev
Em
Fox
Gray
Hale
Indigo
Jules
Kai
Lane
Moss

Single elimination

Seeded

Actual generated result

names

• Ari
• Bea
• Cleo
• Dev
• Em
• Fox
• Gray
• Hale
• Indigo
• Jules
• Kai
• Lane
• Moss

format

Single elimination

round

5

losses

Ari

0

Bea

1

Cleo

1

Dev

1

Em

1

Fox

1

Gray

1

Hale

1

Indigo

1

Jules

1

Kai

1

Lane

1

Moss

1

history

• a

  Hale

  b

  Indigo

  winner

  Hale

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

• a

  Dev

  b

  Moss

  winner

  Dev

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

• a

  Em

  b

  Lane

  winner

  Em

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

• a

  Gray

  b

  Jules

  winner

  Gray

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

• a

  Fox

  b

  Kai

  winner

  Fox

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  1

  pool

  Main

• a

  Ari

  b

  Hale

  winner

  Ari

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

• a

  Dev

  b

  Em

  winner

  Dev

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

• a

  Bea

  b

  Gray

  winner

  Bea

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

• a

  Cleo

  b

  Fox

  winner

  Cleo

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  2

  pool

  Main

• a

  Ari

  b

  Dev

  winner

  Ari

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  3

  pool

  Main

• a

  Bea

  b

  Cleo

  winner

  Bea

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  3

  pool

  Main

• a

  Ari

  b

  Bea

  winner

  Ari

  sa

  1

  sb

  0

  round

  4

  pool

  Main

matches

champion

Ari

standings

• name

  Ari

  rank

  1

  losses

  0

• name

  Bea

  eliminatedRound

  4

  losses

  1

  rank

  2

• name

  Cleo

  eliminatedRound

  3

  losses

  1

  rank

  3

• name

  Dev

  eliminatedRound

  3

  losses

  1

  rank

  3

• name

  Em

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Fox

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Gray

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Hale

  eliminatedRound

  2

  losses

  1

  rank

  5

• name

  Indigo

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  9

• name

  Jules

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  9

• name

  Kai

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  9

• name

  Lane

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  9

• name

  Moss

  eliminatedRound

  1

  losses

  1

  rank

  9

byes

Planning process

The organizer enters all thirteen seeds. The opening size is sixteen, leaving three byes. This worked result gives first-listed players 1–0 wins and advances only recorded matches; automatic opening advancement remains separate from the played history.

Result explanation

The final history contains twelve played matches, as every match removes one entrant. The three byes fill the gap to a sixteen-slot opening but do not increase the number of actual competitors. Later operational waves may need different numbers of play spaces.

Alternative

Cap registration at a different number only if that limit was announced before entries were accepted. Do not remove a valid entrant simply to make the bracket a power of two.

Execution notes

Check all display names before drawing and retain a backup of the original seed order. Changes after a round begins need a transparent host decision.

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