Horse Racing Combinations - Trifecta (Without Macro)

jmcalabaza

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Hello Everyone!

Well, I am trying to gather all possible combinations for 10 horses for 3 place finishers. The 3 place finish is to illustrate a trifecta ticket. Example:

1-2-3
1-2-4
1-2-5
1-2-6
.
.
.
2-3-6
2-4-5
2-8-9


I understand for 10 horses, I should have a total of 720 combinations for a trifecta group. I really need help and I cannot figure out what formulas to use to achieve this. Also, I would like the formula to immediately toss out duplicates like (1-2-2, 2-2-4, etc.) in which that the #2 horse cannot finish in 2nd or 3rd place - only one place.

Thank you for your attention to this headache and I hope to hear from someone soon!

Jon
 

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Much easier with VBA, but try these formulae, copied down the columns:

B2: =1+MOD(A2-1,NoHorses)
C2: =MOD(INT((A2-1)/NoHorses),NoHorses-1)+IF(1+MOD(INT((A2-1)/NoHorses),NoHorses-1)>=B2,1,0)+1
D2: =INT((A2-1)/NoHorses/(NoHorses-1))+1+IF(1+MOD(INT((A2-1)/NoHorses/(NoHorses-1)),NoHorses)>=MIN(B2:C2),IF(MOD(1+INT((A2-1)/NoHorses/(NoHorses-1)),NoHorses)+1>=MAX(B2:C2),2,1),0)

where NoHorses=10

The pattern will be easier to see if you Copy/Paste Values, and then sort on Column B/Column C.

Excel 2010
ABCD
Combinations

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