Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Mikey in π?

Mikey is in π. First stop: decimal place 36,994.

From letters to digits

  1. M6
  2. I4
  3. K5
  4. E3
  5. Y9

Mikey turns into 64539 on the keypad, 5 digits long.

The spot

Decimal place 36,994. That's about 36,994 digits into π.

Who lives nearby

  • 321 digits back to clicked
  • 1,526 digits back to funkier
  • shushes, 722 digits on
  • belying, 1,315 digits on

clicked is the nearest famous face, 321 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

Got it! Your name is in π, start to finish.

Unroll π at one digit per cm and you'd walk 370 m to reach your name.

The name race

Number 537 of 2,007: Mikey beats 73% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Mikey's neighbours on this list

Mikey is on our list of popular first names in the UK.

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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