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 smallest3 · chance 2.9
• 2nd smallest25 · chance 21.5
• 3rd smallest42 · chance 45.4
• 4th smallest27 · chance 27.2

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 9.7 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 30 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →