How the crowd draws

2,270 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 27 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	287,000 km²111,000 sq mi	267,000 km²103,000 sq mi7.1% smaller
Outline	2,342 km1,455 mi	2,235 km1,389 mi4.5% shorter
Centre	116.63° W, 39.34° N116.6° W, 39.3° N	116.82° W, 39.37° N116.8° W, 39.4° N16 km west10 mi west
Westernmost	120.00° W, 41.97° N120.0° W, 42.0° N	120.10° W, 40.05° N120.1° W, 40.1° N8 km beyond5 mi beyond
Easternmost	114.04° W, 41.99° N114.0° W, 42.0° N	114.21° W, 36.06° N114.2° W, 36.1° N14 km short9 mi short
Southernmost	114.64° W, 35.00° N114.6° W, 35.0° N	114.63° W, 35.35° N114.6° W, 35.3° N38 km short24 mi short
Northernmost	117.31° W, 42.03° N117.3° W, 42.0° N	117.86° W, 42.00° N117.9° W, 42.0° N3 km short2 mi short

Near the land border, 59% of the crowd’s lines run inside Nevada.

Borders

5 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
California	984 km in the game	957 km the crowd’s2.7% shorter
Utah	555 km in the game	544 km the crowd’s2.0% shorter
Arizona	316 km in the game	278 km the crowd’s12.0% shorter
Idaho	249 km in the game	223 km the crowd’s10.4% shorter
Oregon	241 km in the game	238 km the crowd’s1.2% shorter

How it is measured

The crowd’s Nevada: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Nevada 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 2,270 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 2,270.

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