Mixed Mexicano (Mixicano)

Mixed Mexicano — also called Mixicano — is a fun, social padel format with a competitive edge: matchups are driven by the live leaderboard, so the better you play the tougher the opposition. The twist is that every team is always one man and one woman.

Every round, each team is always made up of one man and one woman.
Chance decides who you play with and against in your very first match.
From the second match onward, your matchups are set by the results of previous rounds.
Every new round is built entirely from the current standings on the leaderboard.
Players are grouped by rank in blocks of four: numbers 1 and 3 play against 2 and 4, 5 and 7 play against 6 and 8, and so on.
Once the leaderboard stabilizes after a few rounds, the matches become evenly balanced.
The better you play, the harder your opposition — and the harder your opposition, the more points are on the line.
In mixed Mexicano you can play with and against the same player more than once.

Each match is played to a set number of points — usually 16, 24 or 32 — or for a fixed time of 10–20 minutes per round.
Each team serves twice, then the serve passes to the opponents.
Every rally won gives one point to the winning team.
When a match ends, the score is credited to each player individually. If a 24-point match finishes 10–14, players 1 and 2 get 10 points each and players 3 and 4 get 14 points each.
After all rounds are played, the player with the most accumulated points across the tournament wins.

The number of padel courts you need depends on the number of participants — plan for 4 players per court.
It works best when the number of courts matches your player count and men and women are balanced.
Mixed Mexicano happily mixes players of different levels, because the leaderboard balances the matchups for you.
A typical mixed Mexicano lasts about 2 hours, with a 24-point match taking roughly 12 minutes to play.