Number 4

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 4 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 smallest139 · chance 127.9
• 2nd smallest47 · chance 57.5
• 3rd smallest4 · chance 5.5
• 4th smallest1 · chance 0.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 22.9 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 →