Riddler - Solutions to "Pick A Number, Any Number": low_numbers.csv
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Link | rowid ▲ | Your Number | Show Your Work |
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3660 | 3660 | W, where W is equal to the lowest legal answer from the set of all answers not submitted by me, minus six. | Unless someone else submits a conditional answer, W will always be lower than any other answer. And if they do, I'll have to hope that someone else submitted it using the same name. |
3659 | 3659 | Seven | Seven has mystical significance in a series I read. So seven. |
3658 | 3658 | Point nine repeating = .999999... = 1 | It is a unique expression of the number 1 |
3657 | 3657 | no | 37, rng |
3656 | 3656 | epsilon/(Googolplex) | two of the most identifiable numbers, the machine bit epsilon over an entire Googolplex of Google searches |
3655 | 3655 | BB(9999999) | Second order Ackermann sequence. http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html |
3654 | 3654 | 2 (this is my second answer, ignore if only one is allowed.) | Some people will think of 1 and then realize that others will too, and go thru the same process so will raise their answer but once they get into raising they won't stop at 2. |
3653 | 3653 | 18446744073709551616 | Depending on your analysis approach this number may wrap-around and appear to be low again. |
3652 | 3652 | 10^16 | Might just be crazy enough to work |
3651 | 3651 | 0.999... | The number above, affectionately known as Infininine, is exactly equal to 1, the lowest positive integer. But it *is* a unique number, it *is* an integer, and it *isn't* 1 . It just happens to equal to 1, the way something like j**4 also = 1; however, j**4 isn't a number, but an expression, so it would be disqualified. I'm also betting that no one else will submit Infininine as an answer, of course. See Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...#Skepticism_in_education |
3650 | 3650 | $-(8{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^{9{\uparrow}^9}}}}}})$ | Anything positive immediately loses, so it's now a game of making the largest unique number negative. My number is written using LaTeX, and can be properly rendered that way. I started with an 8 for making it different. I also decided to not just keep adding even more, even though there's not a text limit in the field. It's already pretty damn low. |
3649 | 3649 | -9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999969999999999999999999999999969999999999888889888888888699999999999999999999999999999999999999999999699999999999999999999999899888899999999999999999999999999999999999899999999999999999999999999999999999991999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999998999999999999999999999699999999999999959999999999999999999999999999999699999999999999999999999999999999996999969999599999999599999999969999999999999995999999999999969999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999699999999999999999995999999999999999999999999999999996999999999999999699999999999999999999999999999999999995999999999999999999969999999999999999999999999996999999999999999999999999999999999999999999599999969999999999999999999999999999999999999599999999999888899999999999999999999999999994999999999999999999999999999199999999999999996996959959595959595955959595959595595959595958585858585858585858585855858585858585858585858585855858585858585858585858585858585585858584858484848474585858696868585856886586858585858585858585858585858585858855858585858585858585858555858585858585858585858585858585858585858585858585858585858585857585858585858585858585857575757575857474747474757574758585859595959595959585858585858585858585959595959595959595959595959596996969669696966969696969696969696969696969696996969969696968869858585858858585858585859596969696969696969688596969696969696969696969696969696969696969686969696969696968696969686858699688888888888888888888888888888887777777777777777777777777777777776666666666667666666666665555555555555555555444444444444454555545554444444444444444444444444454444555444433333333333333333339999999888888888888888888888888899999999999099999999999999999999999999999999999999999999191918181818181919191919197966969696969696969686959585868696969696969696969696969696969696966969699696969696969696969696969695969685969696969696969696969699696969696969696969696969696969696969696969696969696969696969696996966996969669959669969686969696866968866886686969696969595885586868855… | I pressed the minus button and then a bunch of numbers until the Buffalo Wild Wings waitress showed up with my check |
3648 | 3648 | -1.05686798621 * 10 ^ 105636585589 | Lowest doesn't imply closest to zero. Assuming -1 is lower than 0. Above is a really big negative number. The arbitrary decimal points and exponent make it more likely to be unique. |
3647 | 3647 | 262464195387 | I took the last 12 digits of Graham's number |
3646 | 3646 | 11907536 | Maths |
3645 | 3645 | 1248632 | Random |
3644 | 3644 | 1000006 | People are going to program bots to submit a bunch of answers for them. 1 million seems like a good place for the bots to put on the breaks, so I went just above that. |
3643 | 3643 | 1000005 | My husband just submitted 1000006. This has a chance of beating that. |
3642 | 3642 | 755782 | ? |
3641 | 3641 | 737373 | The number is an inside joke and large enough and non random enough to where I believe no one else will pick it |
3640 | 3640 | 696,969 | Random guess |
3639 | 3639 | 696969 | 3 are better than 1 |
3638 | 3638 | 289737 | Intuition. |
3637 | 3637 | 193419 | 19 and 34 were my jersey numbers when I played sports |
3636 | 3636 | 126,121 | Felt like it |
3635 | 3635 | 119752 | I expect you'll get millions of responses. If the responses follow a zipf distribution and you get around 2.45 million responses, the first number that is chosen once would be somewhere around here. |
3634 | 3634 | 111112 | Cause |
3633 | 3633 | 103429 | I guess it depends on how many people slammed with bots 😂 |
3632 | 3632 | 83649 | Just felt right. |
3631 | 3631 | 71083 | It's a date. |
3630 | 3630 | 62881 | my zip code is relatively low, no one else from my zip code can read so it's probably unique |
3629 | 3629 | 54312 | Completely random |
3628 | 3628 | 37927 | I used a RNG to choose it. It is unlikely that anyone chose the same number. |
3627 | 3627 | 32754 | I looked at the typical WAU of fivethirtyeight across a few sources, and estimated a number around 1/300th of that, on the assumption that only about 20% of your WAU will submit a solution to this riddler, and that of them, they would probably cluster around 60 responses/number. None of that has any basis in any fact. |
3626 | 3626 | 22908 | (2*3*23+2+3+23)*2*3*23 |
3625 | 3625 | 20403 | Any number with four or fewer digits feels like too obvious a choice. And I think many people will submit a number that starts with a 1, so I tried to next level with a 2. I then skewed toward the lower end of the 20,000 range, basically trying to pick a number by feel that was low, but not too low. |
3624 | 3624 | 19683 | (3^3)^3 |
3623 | 3623 | 17322 | $echo $RANDOM |
3622 | 3622 | 14381 | I wished to write a 5-digit integer and chose one at random. |
3621 | 3621 | 12853 | I supposed that the traffic to the site is on the order 10^6 and the share of traffic to the puzzles is in the single digits of the percentile. I therefore chose a number on the lower end of the order 10^4. I chose a prime number because, well, prime numbers are the best numbers. |
3620 | 3620 | 11629 | According to the Wikipedia about "full" numbers, the smallest integer that does not appear in an entry of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences was originally found to be 11630 on 12 June 2009. So I picked the previous one. |
3619 | 3619 | 10002 | I'm predicting that some person is going to use a bot to make multiple submissions for every number below their "real" submission. My hope is that this number is large enough to be bigger than that number, and that that person picked a number someone else will give as well. |
3618 | 3618 | 10001 | Totally random |
3617 | 3617 | 9627 | randomly selected one starting with 9 |
3616 | 3616 | 9476 | It was random |
3615 | 3615 | 8411 | I guessed... |
3614 | 3614 | 8267 | Smallest number that appears only once in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. |
3613 | 3613 | 8136 | Asked excel to pick a random 4-digit number, figuring there are enough responses that all 3-digits will likely be picked |
3612 | 3612 | 8068 | randomly selected |
3611 | 3611 | 8032 | It's a number |
3610 | 3610 | 7903 | I went to random.org, put the range from 1000 to 10000 and submitted my first result. |
3609 | 3609 | 7541 | At random |
3608 | 3608 | 6969 | Nice |
3607 | 3607 | 6,969 | Random guess |
3606 | 3606 | 6881 | I have not done this before. I am estimating 2300 entries. I wanted a number approximately three times the number of entries and not prime or "interesting". 6833 and 6917 are prime. Average is 6875. That is divisible by '25' and too 'interesting'. So, add 6. |
3605 | 3605 | 6771 | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
3604 | 3604 | 6377 | Random |
3603 | 3603 | 6193 | I choose a random number between 5000-7000 using random.org. Mostly a shot in the dark |
3602 | 3602 | 6149 | submitted numbers 1 through N... |
3601 | 3601 | 6148 | Though about writing a bot to spam the numbers 1-n in the form. |
3600 | 3600 | 5749 | Stag in numbers |
3599 | 3599 | 5642 | A guess |
3598 | 3598 | 4432 | Gut feeling |
3597 | 3597 | 4359 | Wild Assed Guess |
3596 | 3596 | 4326 | Random |
3595 | 3595 | 4,214 | 42 is Jackie Robinson's number, 14 is Larry Doby's number |
3594 | 3594 | 4147 | I typed the number 4147 |
3593 | 3593 | 4113 | Aiming for unique more than low! |
3592 | 3592 | 3988 | Random guess |
3591 | 3591 | 3751 | Lucky guess? |
3590 | 3590 | 3714 | Random |
3589 | 3589 | 3672 | I think lots of low numbers will be chosen so I chose a random higher number. |
3588 | 3588 | 3586 | about your Twitter followers / 4 |
3587 | 3587 | 3562 | I let random.org choose a random 4 digit number. |
3586 | 3586 | 3422 | Rng |
3585 | 3585 | 3375 | Favorite number!! |
3584 | 3584 | 3111 | Guessed. Sorry if I win. |
3583 | 3583 | 3084 | Trolls, maybe? |
3582 | 3582 | 3043 | Random? |
3581 | 3581 | 3012 | YOLO |
3580 | 3580 | 3001 | I generated a random number between 1 and 10,000, figuring that more than 1000 but less than 10,000 people would be likely to submit numbers. I suspect my number will be a bad choice because it's so close to a round number but I'm sticking with it... |
3579 | 3579 | 2859 | Complete guess!! |
3578 | 3578 | 2647 | I've tried to type in a four digit number without looking at the keyboard... :) |
3577 | 3577 | 2531 | I like the number and think it's big enough to be unique. |
3576 | 3576 | 2480 | Random number. |
3575 | 3575 | 2394 | Its the first number that came to mind. |
3574 | 3574 | 2381 | Wild guess |
3573 | 3573 | 2342 | It was the first one above 1000 that popped into my head! I reckon 1 to 1000 will all be taken or, at least, I thought I should go big or go home! |
3572 | 3572 | 2323 | good number |
3571 | 3571 | 2237 | It felt right |
3570 | 3570 | 2187 | why not? |
3569 | 3569 | 2168 | So obvious it barely needs explaining |
3568 | 3568 | 2052 | A lot of people read the riddler. All numbers in the first thousand are definitely going to be chosen. There aren't going to be 5000 submissions, so people who choose numbers above 5000 are going too high. 2052 is a happy medium. |
3567 | 3567 | 2017 | I'm not sure if many people will think of the current year. Or, it could seem ~too~ obvious. |
3566 | 3566 | 2007 | It was a very good year. |
3565 | 3565 | 2005 | Completely at random |
3564 | 3564 | 1961 | Because it's same number upside down. |
3563 | 3563 | 1799 | Combination of my birth day and birth year |
3562 | 3562 | 1733 | Just a guess. |
3561 | 3561 | 1730 | Taxi Cab Number +1...just picked it by trying to guess what numbers might be guessed by all of the people in Riddler Nation. Probably there'll be a number in the 3-digit range that doesn't get picked, but what the heck. |
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