Number 24

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 24 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 0.2
• 2nd smallest6 · chance 3.3
• 3rd smallest15 · chance 15.9
• 4th smallest30 · chance 33.5
• 5th smallest34 · chance 30.4
• 6th smallest8 · chance 9.6

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 13.3 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 →