Braiding strands Any help appreciated

Hi all,

I'm currently trying to figure out how to recreate a particular kind of 'braiding system' which I've physically modeled. There are 9 strands in 3 groups, and the strands making up each group change at regular intervals along the length in such a way that at each interval the order of strands is completely unique, until the system comes full circle.

The rule established to create this pattern is shown in the attached excel file. It's clearer that way.System%20rule.xlsx

All I'm looking to achieve here is something to get me started. I don't need to completely recreate the system with all its complexities. (E.g. strands from one group crossing over strands of lower rank groups to get to their new groups...)

I feel like I need to be using lists to divide a set of curves and then rearrange them according to a pattern, but I'm not sure how to do that and I also have no idea how I could use the rearrangement of data to actually rearrange the geometry... Any thoughts on how to tackle this?

Here are some photos of the model: