Number 16

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 16 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 smallest4 · chance 4.1
• 2nd smallest15 · chance 19.3
• 3rd smallest38 · chance 31.7
• 4th smallest23 · chance 22.9
• 5th smallest6 · chance 7.2
• 6th smallest0 · chance 0.8

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 12.3 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 35 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →