Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ruby in π?

Yes, Ruby is in there, starting at decimal place 4,431.

Spelling Ruby on a phone

  1. R7
  2. U8
  3. B2
  4. Y9

On a phone, Ruby is 7829. That's the 4-digit run we look for.

The spot

Decimal place 4,431. It sits about 4,431 digits after the 3.

Famous neighbours

  • 58 digits back to Boca Juniors
  • 518 digits back to ranched
  • PSY, 10 digits on
  • ABBA, 471 digits on

PSY is the nearest famous face, 10 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

Hooray! Your name shows up in full.

Your tape of π would stretch across 0.4 football pitches.

How early is Ruby?

In the race through π, Ruby comes in at number 189 of 2,007, ahead of 90% of the 2,007 names.

Ruby's neighbours on this list

Ruby 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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