Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Benson in π?

Yes, Benson is in there, starting at decimal place 2,509,202.

From letters to digits

  1. B2
  2. E3
  3. N6
  4. S7
  5. O6
  6. N6

Type Benson on a phone keypad and you get 236766: 6 digits to hunt for.

The spot

Decimal place 2,509,202. Roughly 2.5 million digits in, give or take.

Next door in π

  • 641 digits back to typhoid
  • 9,976 digits back to Wrexham
  • rumored, 943 digits on
  • stomped, 943 digits on

Nearest of all: typhoid, just 641 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Search complete. Mission: success!

At one digit per cm, that's 0.6 marathons. Lace up!

How early is Benson?

Number 1,505 of 2,007: Benson beats 25% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Benson's neighbours on this list

Benson is on our list of popular first names in the US.

See every name

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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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