Number 11

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 11 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 0.0
• 2nd smallest8 · chance 0.0
• 3rd smallest33 · chance 15.4
• 4th smallest68 · chance 81.9
• 5th smallest60 · chance 71.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 56.3 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 12 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →