Number 29

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 29 has a favourite seat — chance gives a large number the high positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

• 1st smallest0 · chance 0.7
• 2nd smallest8 · chance 8.2
• 3rd smallest26 · chance 30.3
• 4th smallest45 · chance 43.7
• 5th smallest25 · chance 21.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.1 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 41 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →