Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Neil in π?

It is. Neil is waiting at decimal place 2,485.

From letters to digits

  1. N6
  2. E3
  3. I4
  4. L5

On a phone, Neil is 6345. That's the 4-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 2,485. It sits about 2,485 digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 80 digits back to G. H. Hardy
  • 242 digits back to Bukayo Saka
  • ranched, 1,428 digits on
  • Boca Juniors, 1,888 digits on

Nearest of all: G. H. Hardy, just 80 digits to the left.

Chalk talk

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

Kick-off to your name: 0.2 football pitches, at a centimetre a digit.

Among popular names

In the race through π, Neil comes in at number 149 of 2,007, ahead of 92% of the 2,007 names.

Names nearby in π

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

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§ 3

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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