Number 18

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 18 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 smallest8 · chance 7.6
• 2nd smallest40 · chance 35.3
• 3rd smallest49 · chance 47.0
• 4th smallest11 · chance 18.1

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 10.8 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 30 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →