Number 21

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 21 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 0.9
• 2nd smallest23 · chance 18.6
• 3rd smallest87 · chance 88.4
• 4th smallest102 · chance 106.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 25.7 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 25 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →