Rock Paper Scissors Wheel
Can't decide who throws what? Spin for rock, paper, or scissors with an equal one in three chance each and settle the round instantly.
Fair by design: each spin draws from your browser’s cryptographic random number generator, giving every entry an equal 1-in-3 chance. No server is involved.
3 entries on the wheel, up to 500.
Every entry has an equal 1-in-3 chance. Write "Rock *3" to make an entry three times as likely.
The entries travel in the part of the link after the #, which browsers never send to a server. Nobody, including us, can read a shared wheel from a log.
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Rock Paper Scissors Wheel at a glance
| Slices | 3, 120° each |
|---|---|
| Chance per slice, per spin | 1 in 3 (33.3%) |
| Chance of a given slice in 10 spins | 98.3% |
| A repeat becomes likely by | Spin 3 |
| Average spins to see every slice | 6 |
| Category | Game wheels |
| Randomness source | crypto.getRandomValues, tested |
| Last updated |
When to spin the Rock Paper Scissors Wheel
Rock paper scissors is supposed to be random, but human hands are not. Players fall into patterns, favor rock under pressure, and read each other's habits, which is exactly why tournaments exist for it. This wheel plays a truly unpredictable hand for you: spin it to decide your next throw, or let two players each spin and compare results for a bias free round. It is also a tidy way to settle a dispute remotely, since both sides can watch the same spin on a shared screen instead of trusting a hidden throw. Each of the three slices carries an equal one third chance, so no strategy can beat it and no streak means anything. Add Lizard and Spock to the entries if your group plays the five hand version, and the wheel splits the odds five ways automatically.
3 slices: odds, streaks and repeats
With three slices, each spin lands on any one of them 1 in 3 (33.3%). Small wheels repeat themselves more than people expect: spin three times and the chance of seeing Rock, Paper and Scissors once each is only 22.2%, and by spin 3 a repeat is more likely than not. Seeing all three at least once takes about 6 spins on average.
Tips for spinning it in front of a group
- With 3 slices of 120° each, even the longest label, "Scissors", prints large enough to read from the back of a room. Press Present for a full-screen wheel: Space or Enter spins and Esc returns to the page.
- Tick Remove after pick and each winner leaves the wheel: 3 spins work through all 3 entries with none drawn twice, and Reset round puts Rock and the rest back.
- To make one outcome more common, write "Rock *2": its slice grows to 50.0% of the wheel and every other slice shrinks to 25.0%.
Frequently asked questions
Can the Rock Paper Scissors wheel replace throwing hands?
Yes, a single spin lands on Rock, Paper, or Scissors with an equal 1 in 3 chance, so each player can spin instead of counting down and throwing.
Why spin a wheel instead of playing Rock Paper Scissors by hand?
A spin removes any chance of someone changing their throw a split second late, giving a clean, tamper-free result every round.
How do we decide a winner using the Rock Paper Scissors wheel?
Each player takes a spin and you compare results with the usual rules, rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock, spinning again on a tie.
Put this wheel on your own site
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