diff --git a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.test.ts b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.test.ts
index 84c9b7f3b..635c99482 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.test.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,66 @@ describe("PreparedMaps - resolvePreparedForTheBracket", () => {
 
 		expect(prepared).toBeNull();
 	});
+
+	test("multiple starting brackets (RR) feeding into SE brackets at same depth should share maps", () => {
+		const tournamentWithTwoStartingBrackets = testTournament({
+			ctx: {
+				settings: {
+					bracketProgression: [
+						{
+							type: "round_robin",
+							name: "Group A",
+							requiresCheckIn: false,
+							settings: {},
+						},
+						{
+							type: "round_robin",
+							name: "Group B",
+							requiresCheckIn: false,
+							settings: {},
+						},
+						{
+							type: "single_elimination",
+							name: "SE from Group A",
+							requiresCheckIn: false,
+							settings: {},
+							sources: [
+								{
+									bracketIdx: 0,
+									placements: [1, 2],
+								},
+							],
+						},
+						{
+							type: "single_elimination",
+							name: "SE from Group B",
+							requiresCheckIn: false,
+							settings: {},
+							sources: [
+								{
+									bracketIdx: 1,
+									placements: [1, 2],
+								},
+							],
+						},
+					],
+				},
+			},
+		});
+
+		const prepared = PreparedMaps.resolvePreparedForTheBracket({
+			tournament: tournamentWithTwoStartingBrackets,
+			bracketIdx: 3,
+			preparedByBracket: [
+				null,
+				null,
+				{ authorId: 1, createdAt: 1, maps: [] },
+				null,
+			],
+		});
+
+		expect(prepared).not.toBeNull();
+	});
 });
 
 describe("PreparedMaps - eliminationTeamCountOptions", () => {
diff --git a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.ts b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.ts
index c4fff984a..12f432ae6 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/PreparedMaps.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ import type { PreparedMaps } from "~/db/tables";
 import { nullFilledArray } from "~/utils/arrays";
 import invariant from "~/utils/invariant";
 import type { Bracket } from "./Bracket";
+import * as Progression from "./Progression";
 import type { Tournament } from "./Tournament";
 
-/** Returns the prepared maps for one exact bracket index OR maps of a "sibling bracket" i.e. bracket that has the same sources  */
+/** Returns the prepared maps for one exact bracket index OR maps of a "sibling bracket" i.e. bracket that has the same depth in progression  */
 export function resolvePreparedForTheBracket({
 	preparedByBracket,
 	bracketIdx,
@@ -23,19 +24,20 @@ export function resolvePreparedForTheBracket({
 	}
 
 	const bracketPreparingFor = tournament.bracketByIdx(bracketIdx)!;
+	const bracketProgression = tournament.ctx.settings.bracketProgression;
+	const targetDepth = Progression.bracketDepth(bracketIdx, bracketProgression);
 
 	// lets look for an "equivalent" prepared bracket to use
 	// e.g. SoS RR -> 4x SE style the SE brackets can share maps
-	for (const [
-		anotherBracketIdx,
-		bracket,
-	] of tournament.ctx.settings.bracketProgression.entries()) {
+	for (const [anotherBracketIdx, bracket] of bracketProgression.entries()) {
+		const depth = Progression.bracketDepth(
+			anotherBracketIdx,
+			bracketProgression,
+		);
+
 		if (
 			bracket.type === bracketPreparingFor.type &&
-			R.isDeepEqual(
-				bracket.sources?.map((s) => s.bracketIdx),
-				bracketPreparingFor.sources?.map((s) => s.bracketIdx),
-			) &&
+			depth === targetDepth &&
 			R.isDeepEqual(bracket.settings, bracketPreparingFor.settings)
 		) {
 			const bracketMaps = preparedByBracket?.[anotherBracketIdx];
diff --git a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.test.ts b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.test.ts
index a9cacd296..bb4dd1c6e 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.test.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.test.ts
@@ -814,3 +814,53 @@ describe("validatedBracketsToInputFormat", () => {
 		]);
 	});
 });
+
+describe("bracketDepth", () => {
+	it("returns 0 for starting bracket with no sources", () => {
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(0, progressions.singleElimination)).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	it("returns 0 for starting bracket and 1 for bracket sourced from it", () => {
+		expect(
+			Progression.bracketDepth(0, progressions.roundRobinToSingleElimination),
+		).toBe(0);
+		expect(
+			Progression.bracketDepth(1, progressions.roundRobinToSingleElimination),
+		).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	it("handles complex progression with multiple depth levels", () => {
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(0, progressions.lowInk)).toBe(0);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(1, progressions.lowInk)).toBe(1);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(2, progressions.lowInk)).toBe(1);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(3, progressions.lowInk)).toBe(2);
+	});
+
+	it("handles multiple starting brackets", () => {
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(0, progressions.manyStartBrackets)).toBe(0);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(1, progressions.manyStartBrackets)).toBe(0);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(2, progressions.manyStartBrackets)).toBe(1);
+		expect(Progression.bracketDepth(3, progressions.manyStartBrackets)).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	it("handles underground brackets", () => {
+		expect(
+			Progression.bracketDepth(
+				0,
+				progressions.doubleEliminationWithUnderground,
+			),
+		).toBe(0);
+		expect(
+			Progression.bracketDepth(
+				1,
+				progressions.doubleEliminationWithUnderground,
+			),
+		).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	it("throws if given idx is out of bounds", () => {
+		expect(() =>
+			Progression.bracketDepth(1, progressions.singleElimination),
+		).toThrow();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.ts b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.ts
index 812037a9a..8ba8dd3b8 100644
--- a/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.ts
+++ b/app/features/tournament-bracket/core/Progression.ts
@@ -598,6 +598,27 @@ export function isUnderground(idx: number, brackets: ParsedBracket[]) {
 	return !resolveMainBracketProgression(brackets).includes(idx);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the depth of a bracket in the tournament progression.
+ * Depth is the distance from a starting bracket (bracket with no sources).
+ * Starting brackets have depth 0, brackets sourced from them have depth 1, etc.
+ */
+export function bracketDepth(idx: number, brackets: ParsedBracket[]): number {
+	invariant(idx < brackets.length, "Bracket index out of bounds");
+
+	const bracket = brackets[idx];
+
+	if (!bracket.sources || bracket.sources.length === 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	const sourceDepths = bracket.sources.map((source) =>
+		bracketDepth(source.bracketIdx, brackets),
+	);
+
+	return Math.max(...sourceDepths) + 1;
+}
+
 function resolveMainBracketProgression(brackets: ParsedBracket[]) {
 	if (brackets.length === 1) return [0];