diff --git a/app/features/sendouq/components/GroupCard.tsx b/app/features/sendouq/components/GroupCard.tsx
index e1ade32bd..8bea40c26 100644
--- a/app/features/sendouq/components/GroupCard.tsx
+++ b/app/features/sendouq/components/GroupCard.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { useUser } from "~/features/auth/core/user";
 import { MATCHES_COUNT_NEEDED_FOR_LEADERBOARD } from "~/features/leaderboards/leaderboards-constants";
 import { ordinalToRoundedSp } from "~/features/mmr/mmr-utils";
 import type { TieredSkill } from "~/features/mmr/tiered.server";
-import { useMainContentWidth } from "~/hooks/useMainContentWidth";
 import { languagesUnified } from "~/modules/i18n/config";
 import { SPLATTERCOLOR_SCREEN_ID } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/weapon-ids";
 import { inGameNameWithoutDiscriminator } from "~/utils/strings";
@@ -34,11 +33,7 @@ import type {
 	SQGroupMember,
 	SQOwnGroup,
 } from "../core/SendouQ.server";
-import {
-	FULL_GROUP_SIZE,
-	IS_Q_LOOKING_MOBILE_BREAKPOINT,
-	SENDOUQ,
-} from "../q-constants";
+import { FULL_GROUP_SIZE, SENDOUQ } from "../q-constants";
 import { resolveFutureMatchModes } from "../q-utils";
 import styles from "./GroupCard.module.css";
 
@@ -58,6 +53,7 @@ export function GroupCard({
 	showAddNote,
 	showNote = false,
 	ownGroup,
+	layout = "desktop",
 }: {
 	group: SQGroup | SQOwnGroup;
 	action?: "LIKE" | "UNLIKE" | "GROUP_UP" | "MATCH_UP" | "MATCH_UP_RECHALLENGE";
@@ -68,6 +64,7 @@ export function GroupCard({
 	showAddNote?: SqlBool;
 	showNote?: boolean;
 	ownGroup?: SQOwnGroup;
+	layout?: "mobile" | "desktop";
 }) {
 	const { t } = useTranslation(["q"]);
 	const user = useUser();
@@ -88,7 +85,11 @@ export function GroupCard({
 	const enableKicking = group.usersRole === "OWNER" && !displayOnly;
 
 	return (
-		<GroupCardContainer groupId={group.id} isOwnGroup={isOwnGroup}>
+		<GroupCardContainer
+			groupId={group.id}
+			isOwnGroup={isOwnGroup}
+			layout={layout}
+		>
 			<section className={styles.group} data-testid="sendouq-group-card">
 				{group.members ? (
 					<div className="stack md">
@@ -240,15 +241,14 @@ export function GroupCard({
 function GroupCardContainer({
 	isOwnGroup,
 	groupId,
+	layout,
 	children,
 }: {
 	isOwnGroup: boolean;
 	groupId: number;
+	layout: "mobile" | "desktop";
 	children: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
-	const width = useMainContentWidth();
-	const layout = width < IS_Q_LOOKING_MOBILE_BREAKPOINT ? "mobile" : "desktop";
-
 	// we don't want it to animate
 	if (isOwnGroup) return <>{children}</>;
 
diff --git a/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.looking.tsx b/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.looking.tsx
index a7ab4e48d..fde36a96a 100644
--- a/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.looking.tsx
+++ b/app/features/sendouq/routes/q.looking.tsx
@@ -229,15 +229,19 @@ function Groups() {
 
 	const width = useMainContentWidth();
 
-	if (!isHydrated) return null;
+	// width === 0 means the main content hasn't been measured yet; rendering the
+	// Flipper before measurement makes it snapshot the width-0 (mobile) default
+	// layout and then morph every card into the real layout on first navigation
+	if (!isHydrated || width === 0) return null;
 
 	const isMobile = width < IS_Q_LOOKING_MOBILE_BREAKPOINT;
+	const layout = isMobile ? "mobile" : "desktop";
 	const isFullGroup =
 		data.ownGroup && data.ownGroup.members.length === FULL_GROUP_SIZE;
 
 	const invitedGroupsDesktop = (
 		<div className="stack sm">
-			<ColumnHeader>
+			<ColumnHeader isMobile={isMobile}>
 				{t(
 					isFullGroup
 						? "q:looking.columns.challenged"
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ function Groups() {
 							action="UNLIKE"
 							showNote
 							ownGroup={data.ownGroup}
+							layout={layout}
 						/>
 					);
 				})}
@@ -264,7 +269,9 @@ function Groups() {
 
 	const ownGroupElement = data.ownGroup ? (
 		<div className="stack sm">
-			<ColumnHeader>{t("q:looking.columns.myGroup")}</ColumnHeader>
+			<ColumnHeader isMobile={isMobile}>
+				{t("q:looking.columns.myGroup")}
+			</ColumnHeader>
 			<GroupCard group={data.ownGroup} showNote ownGroup={data.ownGroup} />
 			{data.ownGroup.inviteCode ? (
 				<MemberAdder
@@ -330,7 +337,9 @@ function Groups() {
 						</SendouTabList>
 						<SendouTabPanel id="groups">
 							<div className="stack sm">
-								<ColumnHeader>{t("q:looking.columns.available")}</ColumnHeader>
+								<ColumnHeader isMobile={isMobile}>
+									{t("q:looking.columns.available")}
+								</ColumnHeader>
 								{(isMobile
 									? data.groups.filter(
 											(group) =>
@@ -353,6 +362,7 @@ function Groups() {
 											}
 											showNote
 											ownGroup={data.ownGroup}
+											layout={layout}
 										/>
 									);
 								})}
@@ -380,6 +390,7 @@ function Groups() {
 											action={action()}
 											showNote
 											ownGroup={data.ownGroup}
+											layout={layout}
 										/>
 									);
 								})}
@@ -390,7 +401,7 @@ function Groups() {
 				</div>
 				{!isMobile ? (
 					<div className="stack sm">
-						<ColumnHeader>
+						<ColumnHeader isMobile={isMobile}>
 							{t(
 								isFullGroup
 									? "q:looking.columns.challenges"
@@ -417,6 +428,7 @@ function Groups() {
 									action={action()}
 									showNote
 									ownGroup={data.ownGroup}
+									layout={layout}
 								/>
 							);
 						})}
@@ -427,11 +439,13 @@ function Groups() {
 	);
 }
 
-function ColumnHeader({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-	const width = useMainContentWidth();
-
-	const isMobile = width < IS_Q_LOOKING_MOBILE_BREAKPOINT;
-
+function ColumnHeader({
+	isMobile,
+	children,
+}: {
+	isMobile: boolean;
+	children: React.ReactNode;
+}) {
 	if (isMobile) return null;
 
 	return <div className={styles.header}>{children}</div>;