Demonstration · 2025 season · date not recorded
2025 demo: opening game pinned
Operator refinement: the Carlton v Richmond opener locked to Thursday 13 March at the MCG. The recorded re-solve moved one other match, Carlton v Hawthorn in Round 2, by three days.
Version
- 2025 demo: season as played
- 2025 demo: before the tweak
- 2025 demo: opening game pinned
- Realism: prime time spread fairly — 30 Sep
- Realism: prime time spread fairly · Thursday-start calendar — 30 Sep
- Victorian games and ground minimums — 19 Sep
- Victorian games and ground minimums · Wednesday-start calendar — 19 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Softer double-up preference — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Wednesday-start calendar — 18 Sep
- TV slots and 54 rules checked · Wednesday-start calendar, softer double-up preference — 18 Sep
- Two opening dates — 15 Sep
- New rules in force — 14 Sep
- Corrected: Geelong goes home — 14 Sep
- Repeat meetings checked — 14 Sep
- Audited re-run — 13 Sep
- First preview — 13 Sep
What this version is
- What it is
- Human tweak A person pins one or more match details with a reason, then the model rebuilds the fixture around them. The new version records its earlier version and a comparison of changes.
- When
- “A human tweak, then a re-run”: no release date recorded.
- Built from
- Edited from 2025 demo: before the tweak. Made from the parent by an operator's locks, with the fixture rebuilt around them.
- Calendar
- 2025 season (operator refinement demo)
- Recorded facts
- 207 games · 8 bye rounds · dates recorded · slot bands not recorded · kickoff times not recorded
What changed from “2025 demo: before the tweak”
- Operator lock: Carlton v Richmond date and venue.
- Recorded consequence: Carlton v Hawthorn (Round 2) moved from 20 March to 17 March.
Games moved
1
Added
0
Removed
0
Clubs affected
2
Counts from the recorded comparison between the two versions.
What the editor asked for: 2 changes
A human tweak: each request pins one detail of one game, then the computer re-solveRebuild every step from the first affected one onwards, with the requested locks added. the fixture around the pins. The earlier version is kept unchanged.
Pinned: date
Richmond v Carlton · Round 1
- Asked
- date: 13 Mar 2025
- Recorded in this version
- 13 Mar 2025
- Earlier version had
- 13 Mar 2025
- Result
- Asked for The earlier version already had this, so nothing moved for this game.
- Editor's reason
Fixture opener date
- Editor's note of the change
- 14 Mar 2025 to 13 Mar 2025
Request id
lock-m1-datePinned: ground
Richmond v Carlton · Round 1
- Asked
- ground: M.C.G.
- Recorded in this version
- M.C.G.
- Earlier version had
- M.C.G.
- Result
- Asked for The earlier version already had this, so nothing moved for this game.
- Editor's reason
Fixture opener venue
Request id
lock-m1-venue
What the rules say
Breaks a rule11 met · 4 not met · 53 switched off · 1 don't apply
At least one checked rule is not met. The version is kept and shown, but it is not an accepted fixture.
Only "Not met" is a failure. Everything else in grey is a limit of the checking, or a rule that has nothing to act on. The recorded counts include 1 analyst-level rule listed only on the rules page.
- Not metSix days between games
CBA-01Minimum six-day break between matches (default).Flag an issue - Not metPerth clubs never travel two weeks running
RA-10West Coast and Fremantle never travel in consecutive weeks.Flag an issue - Not metNo club travels three weeks running
RA-11No other club travels interstate more than two weeks in a row.Flag an issue - Not metOne game per club per round
internal:round.ASSIGN-02Flag an issue
11 met, met Rules an independent checker confirmed
- Met, metAt most three short breaks a season
CBA-02 - Met, metExtra rest beside a short break
CBA-04 - Met, metThe opponent has at most six days’ rest
CBA-05 - Met, metThree rounds between a club's short breaks
CBA-06 - Met, metOnly one interstate trip around a short break
CBA-07 - Met, metNo short break after a Perth trip
CBA-08 - Met, metPerth clubs: no short break then travel
CBA-09 - Met, metOne game per ground per day
VT-13 - Met, metEvery game has one round
internal:round.ASSIGN-01 - Met, metDouble-ups: one home game each
internal:venue.HA-ALTERNATION - Met, metEvery game has one ground
internal:venue.OPT-01
47 switched off — season data not sourced, switched off, season data not sourced We don't have this season's figure yet, so the rule is switched off rather than guessed. Last year's number is never silently reused.
- Bye rounds still have seven games
BY-01Flag an issue - Eighteen clubs in the competition
FS-01Flag an issue - Everyone plays everyone
FS-02Flag an issue - Six double-ups each
FS-03Flag an issue - Twenty-three games each
FS-04Flag an issue - Twenty-four rounds in the season
FS-05Flag an issue - One bye each, mid-season
FS-06Flag an issue - Gather Round in one city
GR-01Flag an issue - Gather Round: four days, three grounds
GR-02Flag an issue - Everyone travels to Gather Round
GR-03Flag an issue - King's Birthday Eve
MQ-09Flag an issue - Port Adelaide's Anzac tribute game
MQ-10Flag an issue - Fremantle's Len Hall Tribute
MQ-11Flag an issue - Victorian clubs travel at least five times
OH-02Flag an issue - Everyone visits Western Australia
OH-04Flag an issue - Derbies are played twice
OH-07Flag an issue - Games fixed in advance stay put
RA-01Flag an issue - Six rounds between the two meetings
RA-02Flag an issue - No return games before mid-season
RA-05Flag an issue - Final round is for return games only
RA-06Flag an issue - Sold home games: the exact count
SM-01Flag an issue - Three Giants home games in Canberra
SM-05Flag an issue - The ground must be free that day
VA-01Flag an issue - Everyone plays at the MCG
VT-03Flag an issue - At least 45 games at the MCG
VT-04Flag an issue - At least 40 games at Docklands
VT-05Flag an issue - Derbies are always double-ups
WR-02Flag an issue - Grand Final rematch is a double-up
WR-04Flag an issue - Every game has one date
internal:date.DATE-ASSIGN-01Flag an issue - Big Victorian games on separate days
internal:date.DATE-BIG-CLUB-SAME-DATEFlag an issue - Games per day
internal:date.DATE-DAY-CAPACITYFlag an issue - internal:date.DATE-FRIDAY-FLOOR
internal:date.DATE-FRIDAY-FLOORFlag an issue - Same-state derbies per day
internal:date.DATE-MARKET-CAPACITYFlag an issue - Thursday and Friday caps per club
internal:date.DATE-PRIMETIME-CLUB-CAPFlag an issue - Thursdays spread across the season
internal:date.DATE-PRIMETIME-THIRD-SPREADFlag an issue - At least six Saturdays, three to twelve Sundays
internal:date.DATE-PRIMETIME-WEEKEND-BANDFlag an issue - Each club's own weekday range
internal:date.DATE-WEEKDAY-ENVELOPEFlag an issue - Banned double-up pairs
internal:stage1.forbidden_pairsFlag an issue - Big Victorian games at the MCG
internal:venue.BIG-CLUB-MCGFlag an issue - Gold Coast's Darwin games back to back
internal:venue.GC-DARWIN-BLOCKFlag an issue - Ten Geelong home games at Kardinia Park
internal:venue.GEELONG-KARDINIA-COUNTFlag an issue - At most three rounds without a home game
internal:venue.HA-AWAY-RUN-CAPFlag an issue - Eleven home, eleven away
internal:venue.HA-BALANCEFlag an issue - Melbourne's Alice Springs game
internal:venue.MEL-TRAEGER-GAMEFlag an issue - Venue caps for interstate visitors
internal:venue.SM-CLUB-INTERSTATE-VENUE-MAXFlag an issue - Victorian venue caps
internal:venue.SM-CLUB-VENUE-MAXFlag an issue - Every state gets footy most weeks
internal:venue.STATE-ROUND-PRESENCEFlag an issue
3 switched off — no checker yet, switched off by these settings The independent checker for this rule had not been built when this version was published. The fixture may well obey the rule; nobody could confirm it.
2 switched off by these settings, switched off by these settings This version’s settings deliberately left the rule out.
1 doesn't apply here, doesn't apply here The rule is about a part of the season this model does not cover. Finals are not modelled.
- Short breaks only in the home-and-away season
CBA-03Doesn't apply here
Explore this version
- Fixture explainedThe season walked through, headline games to fairness
- RoundsEvery round, grouped by day
- ClubsOne page per club: 23 games and the bye
- Whole seasonEvery game on one page
- Club × round gridHome, away and bye at a glance
- RulesEvery rule by family, with its verdict here
- EvidenceWhere it came from: earlier versions and file fingerprints
Related versions
Same release
- 2025 demo: season as played 2025 season (operator refinement demo)
- 2025 demo: before the tweak 2025 season (operator refinement demo)