Number 11

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 11 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

• 1st smallest12 · chance 13.3
• 2nd smallest38 · chance 31.6
• 3rd smallest20 · chance 25.8
• 4th smallest9 · chance 9.0
• 5th smallest2 · chance 1.3
• 6th smallest0 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.6 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 35 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →