Number 18

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 18 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 smallest1 · chance 2.2
• 2nd smallest16 · chance 13.1
• 3rd smallest28 · chance 28.0
• 4th smallest26 · chance 26.3
• 5th smallest8 · chance 10.8
• 6th smallest3 · chance 1.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 11.7 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 →