How the crowd draws
1,626 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 26 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 271,000 km²105,000 sq mi | 256,000 km²99,000 sq mi↓5.5% smaller |
| Outline | 2,100 km1,305 mi | 2,071 km1,287 mi↓1.4% shorter |
| Centre | 105.55° W, 39.02° N105.5° W, 39.0° N | 105.54° W, 38.98° N105.5° W, 39.0° N↓5 km south3 mi south |
| Westernmost | 109.06° W, 38.28° N109.1° W, 38.3° N | 109.03° W, 38.77° N109.0° W, 38.8° N→3 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 102.04° W, 37.01° N102.0° W, 37.0° N | 102.05° W, 37.93° N102.0° W, 37.9° N←1 km short0 mi short |
| Southernmost | 102.05° W, 36.99° N102.0° W, 37.0° N | 106.85° W, 37.05° N106.9° W, 37.0° N↑6 km short4 mi short |
| Northernmost | 105.54° W, 41.05° N105.5° W, 41.1° N | 102.15° W, 40.93° N102.1° W, 40.9° N↓13 km short8 mi short |
Near the land border, 65% of the crowd’s lines run inside Colorado.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 538 km in the game | 531 km the crowd’s↓1.3% shorter |
| Utah | 449 km in the game | 446 km the crowd’s↓0.7% shorter |
| Wyoming | 413 km in the game | 410 km the crowd’s↓0.7% shorter |
| Kansas | 336 km in the game | 334 km the crowd’s↓0.6% shorter |
| Nebraska | 280 km in the game | 274 km the crowd’s↓2.1% shorter |
| Oklahoma | 83 km in the game | 78 km the crowd’s↓6.0% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Colorado: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Colorado 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 1,626 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s US 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. The map lays the 1,000 most recent; the heat map, the crowd’s shape and every figure use all 1,626.
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