Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Benedict in π?

It is. Benedict is waiting at decimal place 13,068,280.

Spelling Benedict on a phone

  1. B2
  2. E3
  3. N6
  4. E3
  5. D3
  6. I4
  7. C2
  8. T8

Letter by letter, Benedict becomes 23633428 (8 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 13,068,280. You'd read about 13.1 million digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 7,026 digits back to heifers
  • 13,931 digits back to jujitsu
  • fictions, 3,354 digits on
  • militate, 7,601 digits on

fictions is the nearest famous face, 3,354 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Your name took the scenic route: 13.1 million digits of π first.

Distance to your name: 435,609 pizzas, side by side. Extra cheese, please.

How early is Benedict?

In the race through π, Benedict comes in at number 1,755 of 2,007, ahead of 12% of the 2,007 names.

Benedict's neighbours on this list

Benedict made our list from the baby-name charts for England and Wales.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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