Number 22

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 22 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 smallest3 · chance 0.4
• 2nd smallest18 · chance 12.8
• 3rd smallest85 · chance 85.1
• 4th smallest127 · chance 134.7

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 28.0 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 →