Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Ryan in π?

Ryan is in π. First stop: decimal place 5,887.

Spelling Ryan on a phone

  1. R7
  2. Y9
  3. A2
  4. N6

Letter by letter, Ryan becomes 7926 (4 digits).

Ryan in the digits

Decimal place 5,887. You'd read about 5,887 digits of π before you reached it.

Who lives nearby

  • 249 digits back to stirrup
  • 350 digits back to sketches
  • Asia, 64 digits on
  • Spain, 108 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is Asia, 64 digits to the right.

Chalk talk

A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.

Plot twist: π looked away 5,886 times before finally writing you down.

The name race

In the race through π, Ryan comes in at number 223 of 2,007, ahead of 88% of the 2,007 names.

Names close to Ryan

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

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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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