Number 3

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 3 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 smallest22 · chance 5.6
• 2nd smallest47 · chance 42.1
• 3rd smallest37 · chance 56.2
• 4th smallest10 · chance 14.0
• 5th smallest2 · chance 0.0
• 6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 65.6 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 9 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →