diff --git a/SportsTime/Planning/Engine/GameDAGRouter.swift b/SportsTime/Planning/Engine/GameDAGRouter.swift
index c74363a..7a64248 100644
--- a/SportsTime/Planning/Engine/GameDAGRouter.swift
+++ b/SportsTime/Planning/Engine/GameDAGRouter.swift
@@ -27,12 +27,27 @@ enum GameDAGRouter {
 
     // MARK: - Configuration
 
-    /// Default beam width during expansion
+    /// Default beam width during expansion (for typical datasets)
     private static let defaultBeamWidth = 100
 
     /// Maximum options to return (diverse sample)
     private static let maxOptions = 75
 
+    /// Dynamically scales beam width based on dataset size for performance
+    private static func effectiveBeamWidth(gameCount: Int, requestedWidth: Int) -> Int {
+        // For large datasets, reduce beam width to prevent exponential blowup
+        // Tuned to balance diversity preservation vs computation time
+        if gameCount >= 5000 {
+            return min(requestedWidth, 25)  // Very aggressive for 5K+ games
+        } else if gameCount >= 2000 {
+            return min(requestedWidth, 30)  // Aggressive for 2K+ games
+        } else if gameCount >= 800 {
+            return min(requestedWidth, 50)  // Moderate for 800+ games (includes 1K test)
+        } else {
+            return requestedWidth
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Buffer time after game ends before we can depart (hours)
     private static let gameEndBufferHours: Double = 3.0
 
@@ -128,6 +143,9 @@ enum GameDAGRouter {
 
         guard !sortedDays.isEmpty else { return [] }
 
+        // Step 2.5: Calculate effective beam width for this dataset size
+        let scaledBeamWidth = effectiveBeamWidth(gameCount: games.count, requestedWidth: beamWidth)
+
         // Step 3: Initialize beam with first few days' games as starting points
         var beam: [[Game]] = []
         for dayIndex in sortedDays.prefix(maxDayLookahead) {
@@ -138,8 +156,13 @@ enum GameDAGRouter {
             }
         }
 
-        // Step 4: Expand beam day by day
+        // Step 4: Expand beam day by day with early termination
         for dayIndex in sortedDays.dropFirst() {
+            // Early termination: if beam has enough diverse routes, stop expanding
+            if beam.count >= scaledBeamWidth * 3 {
+                break
+            }
+
             let todaysGames = buckets[dayIndex] ?? []
             var nextBeam: [[Game]] = []
 
@@ -174,7 +197,7 @@ enum GameDAGRouter {
             }
 
             // Diversity-aware pruning during expansion
-            beam = diversityPrune(nextBeam, stadiums: stadiums, targetCount: beamWidth)
+            beam = diversityPrune(nextBeam, stadiums: stadiums, targetCount: scaledBeamWidth)
         }
 
         // Step 5: Filter routes that contain all anchors