How the crowd draws

1,428 drawings of its land border and 2,825 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.

Draw Connecticut

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 27 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	13,000 km²4,986 sq mi	13,000 km²5,053 sq mi1.3% bigger
Outline	548 km340 mi	522 km324 mi4.7% shorter
Centre	72.73° W, 41.62° N72.7° W, 41.6° N	72.73° W, 41.60° N72.7° W, 41.6° N2 km south1 mi south
Westernmost	73.73° W, 41.10° N73.7° W, 41.1° N	73.69° W, 41.10° N73.7° W, 41.1° N3 km short2 mi short
Easternmost	71.79° W, 41.62° N71.8° W, 41.6° N	71.80° W, 41.42° N71.8° W, 41.4° N1 km short1 mi short
Southernmost	73.66° W, 40.99° N73.7° W, 41.0° N	73.66° W, 40.98° N73.7° W, 41.0° N1 km beyond0 mi beyond
Northernmost	73.42° W, 42.05° N73.4° W, 42.1° N	72.82° W, 42.04° N72.8° W, 42.0° N2 km short1 mi short

Near the land border, 53% of the crowd’s lines run inside Connecticut. Near the coast, 32% run inland.

Borders and coast

3 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Massachusetts	149 km in the game	142 km the crowd’s4.7% shorter
New York	133 km in the game	124 km the crowd’s6.8% shorter
Rhode Island	80 km in the game	82 km the crowd’s2.5% longer
The coast	184 km in the game	170 km the crowd’s7.6% shorter

How it is measured

The crowd’s Connecticut: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Connecticut 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 4,253 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 4,253.

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