Snake draft
Team 1, 2, 3, then 3, 2, 1: the snake mixes the field, so no team gets all the first ones home. The most even teams.
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Everyone plays from their own phone or computer. Start the race once they're all in.
Paste your list of names, choose how many teams you need and press start. Every name becomes a duck in the same 3D river, and the order they cross the line deals everyone into teams, live, in front of the whole group.
No sign-up, no download: up to 1,000 names and 200 teams, your own team names, captains, and players who follow the race on their phones.
Team 1, 2, 3, then 3, 2, 1: the snake mixes the field, so no team gets all the first ones home. The most even teams.
Team 1, 2, 3, then round again from Team 1: the simplest way to explain to a class or a group of friends.
The first ones home make up Team 1, the next ones Team 2: for heats, levels or groups that follow the finishing order.
Pick a captain for each team. The captains lead their teams in the order they finish, and the race deals everyone else round them.
Split a class into groups for projects, debates or games in a minute, on the projector, with nobody picked last.
Five-a-side, volleyball, a quiz night or a board game tournament: fair teams before the first whistle, and no arguments.
Then copy the teams, download them as a picture or share them on a page of their own.
The full guideYes. Every duck has the same chance in every race: the lanes are drawn at random and the river treats every duck the same way. How the order is dealt is set before the start, so nobody can steer a name into a team.
Run the fairness testThe teams come out as even as they can be: with 14 people in 4 teams, two teams get 4 and two get 3. Choose People per team instead to set the size, and the number of teams follows.
Yes. Open a room and players scan the QR code. Each phone follows its own duck and, when the race ends, shows its team and teammates.
Create a room© 2026 Random Duck Race.v2.4.24
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!joinGet a duck in the race. One per viewer; whoever joins during a race is in the next one.!leaveTake your duck out again, between races.!startStart the race.!closeClose the entries now. With a number, in that many minutes: !close 2!openOpen the entries again.!cancelStop the countdown to closing the entries.!approveLet everyone waiting in. With a name, just that viewer.!kickWith a viewer’s name: take their duck out.!againOn the winner screen: race again with the same ducks.!removeOn the winner screen: take the winner out and race again.!lobbyOn the winner screen: back to the lobby.!cleanClean view on or off.Everyone races from their own phone or computer: scan the code or open the link, type a name, pick a duck.
Leave a name empty to keep the numbered one.
Each captain leads a team, so pick one for every team you want. The race decides who joins them.
No name matches that.
Tap a choice to hear it.
Click a row, then press the key you want.
Put this race on any website, blog or class page. Choose how it looks, then copy the code.
Which column has the names?
Save this list too? It will be one tap away in Load next time.
Every name typed in is replaced with the default four. You can undo it straight after.
The names, race settings, ducks, sound and graphics go back to how they were on your first visit. Your saved lists, race history and language are kept.
Pick everyone who leaves the field before the next race.
No name matches that.
Remove ducks by their place in this race, or at random.
The list is empty. Go back and add some names, or try it out with four default ducks.
This replaces the current roster. Anything typed in and not saved is lost.
Give this field a name, so it's one tap to bring back.
Choose up to 32 skins. Every duck in the race wears one of them, picked at random.
Pick a name, then tap the skin it should wear. Names without one get a random skin.
Your last 100 races. Older ones drop off on their own.
Setup and the winner's screen fit best in portrait. The race looks great either way.
