Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Chance in π?

It is. Chance is waiting at decimal place 2,086,168.

From letters to digits

  1. C2
  2. H4
  3. A2
  4. N6
  5. C2
  6. E3

Letter by letter, Chance becomes 242623 (6 digits).

Where it sits

Decimal place 2,086,168. You'd read about 2.1 million digits of π before you reached it.

Next door in π

  • 2,886 digits back to visibly
  • 3,036 digits back to noxious
  • turbine, 497 digits on
  • squirrel, 2,282 digits on

Nearest of all: turbine, just 497 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

Ta-da! Every single digit, right where it should be.

Line up 109,798 pencils and the last one points at your name (one digit per cm).

Among popular names

Number 1,471 of 2,007: Chance beats 26% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Names close to Chance

Chance made our list from the US baby-name charts.

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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