How the crowd draws
30 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Mexico map, 18 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 248,000 km²96,000 sq mi | 234,000 km²90,000 sq mi↓5.5% smaller |
| Outline | 2,754 km1,711 mi | 3,004 km1,867 mi↑9.1% longer |
| Centre | 106.46° W, 28.79° N106.5° W, 28.8° N | 106.45° W, 28.91° N106.4° W, 28.9° N↑13 km north8 mi north |
| Westernmost | 109.07° W, 28.27° N109.1° W, 28.3° N | 109.06° W, 28.30° N109.1° W, 28.3° N→1 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 103.31° W, 29.00° N103.3° W, 29.0° N | 103.32° W, 29.02° N103.3° W, 29.0° N←1 km short0 mi short |
| Southernmost | 106.65° W, 25.56° N106.7° W, 25.6° N | 106.74° W, 25.66° N106.7° W, 25.7° N↑11 km short7 mi short |
| Northernmost | 107.08° W, 31.79° N107.1° W, 31.8° N | 107.45° W, 31.83° N107.4° W, 31.8° N↑5 km beyond3 mi beyond |
Near the land border, 58% of the crowd’s lines run inside Chihuahua.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| United States of America | 803 km in the game | 804 km the crowd’s↑0.1% longer |
| Sonora | 782 km in the game | 883 km the crowd’s↑12.9% longer |
| Durango | 661 km in the game | 771 km the crowd’s↑16.6% longer |
| Coahuila | 339 km in the game | 313 km the crowd’s↓7.7% shorter |
| Sinaloa | 324 km in the game | 400 km the crowd’s↑23.5% longer |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Mexico →How it is measured
The crowd’s Chihuahua: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Chihuahua or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 30 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Mexico map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Chihuahua yourself and add your line to the next update.