Number 19

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 19 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 smallest2 · chance 1.8
• 2nd smallest15 · chance 12.1
• 3rd smallest25 · chance 29.5
• 4th smallest36 · chance 31.5
• 5th smallest14 · chance 14.7
• 6th smallest0 · chance 2.4

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.1 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 35 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →