How the crowd draws

1,787 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	219,000 km²84,000 sq mi	221,000 km²85,000 sq mi0.9% bigger
Outline	1,970 km1,224 mi	1,948 km1,210 mi1.1% shorter
Centre	111.67° W, 39.32° N111.7° W, 39.3° N	111.72° W, 39.31° N111.7° W, 39.3° N4 km west3 mi west
Westernmost	114.05° W, 37.02° N114.1° W, 37.0° N	114.13° W, 38.85° N114.1° W, 38.8° N7 km beyond4 mi beyond
Easternmost	109.04° W, 38.14° N109.0° W, 38.1° N	109.06° W, 38.14° N109.1° W, 38.1° N2 km short1 mi short
Southernmost	109.05° W, 37.00° N109.1° W, 37.0° N	112.80° W, 36.98° N112.8° W, 37.0° N2 km beyond1 mi beyond
Northernmost	111.67° W, 42.00° N111.7° W, 42.0° N	112.17° W, 42.06° N112.2° W, 42.1° N6 km beyond4 mi beyond

Near the land border, 49% of the crowd’s lines run inside Utah.

Borders

5 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Nevada	555 km in the game	555 km the crowd’sthe same
Colorado	448 km in the game	438 km the crowd’s2.2% shorter
Arizona	446 km in the game	443 km the crowd’s0.7% shorter
Wyoming	275 km in the game	267 km the crowd’s2.9% shorter
Idaho	247 km in the game	245 km the crowd’s0.8% shorter

How it is measured

The crowd’s Utah: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Utah 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 1,787 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 1,787.

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