How the crowd draws
2,403 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 182,000 km²70,000 sq mi | 177,000 km²68,000 sq mi↓2.9% smaller |
| Outline | 2,413 km1,499 mi | 2,355 km1,464 mi↓2.4% shorter |
| Centre | 97.49° W, 35.60° N97.5° W, 35.6° N | 97.44° W, 35.58° N97.4° W, 35.6° N↘5 km south-east3 mi south-east |
| Westernmost | 103.00° W, 36.55° N103.0° W, 36.5° N | 103.00° W, 36.59° N103.0° W, 36.6° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 94.43° W, 35.38° N94.4° W, 35.4° N | 94.46° W, 34.93° N94.5° W, 34.9° N←2 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 94.52° W, 33.62° N94.5° W, 33.6° N | 94.52° W, 33.64° N94.5° W, 33.6° N↑2 km short1 mi short |
| Northernmost | 97.31° W, 37.03° N97.3° W, 37.0° N | 95.58° W, 36.99° N95.6° W, 37.0° N↓5 km short3 mi short |
Near the land border, 56% of the crowd’s lines run inside Oklahoma.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,263 km in the game | 1,221 km the crowd’s↓3.3% shorter |
| Kansas | 659 km in the game | 657 km the crowd’s↓0.3% shorter |
| Arkansas | 320 km in the game | 319 km the crowd’s↓0.3% shorter |
| Colorado | 85 km in the game | 77 km the crowd’s↓9.4% shorter |
| Missouri | 55 km in the game | 53 km the crowd’s↓3.6% shorter |
| New Mexico | 55 km in the game | 51 km the crowd’s↓7.3% shorter |
How it is measured
The crowd’s Oklahoma: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Oklahoma 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 2,403 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 2,403.
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