Visualisations
The puzzles are built on real numbers, and some of those numbers make good pictures on their own. These are the nicest ones, made with the same renderer as the games.
Which chess pieces capture each other most often?All 32 pieces round a ring, joined by who takes whom, in 1.8 million captures.
The honeycomb TubeEvery station as one cell, coloured by weekend travel, passengers or quiet Fridays.
The family tree of programming languages59 languages from Fortran to Zig, and which are still alive on GitHub.
Story: Monopoly, priced for realLondon and Atlantic City against real home prices, back to an 1898 poverty map and the 1930 census.
Where do kings get checkmated?The mated king’s square in 1.6 million online checkmates, by the piece that gave mate.
How much does each element cost per kilogram?The periodic table by price per kilo, from 8 cents to $660,000.
When do we break which bone?The median age of people who break each bone, from 11 to 77.
What does Magnus Carlsen play first with White?His first move as White, 2003 to 2026, as ribbons.
The honeycomb TubeEvery station as one cell, coloured by weekend travel, passengers or quiet Fridays.
The body explorerOrgans, bones, injuries and teeth: 39 charts of the human body, drawn live.
The family tree of programming languages59 languages from Fortran to Zig, and which are still alive on GitHub.
Where does UK public money go?Every line of UK public spending in 2025-26, from the NHS to prisons, as boxes you can re-cut.
What were Netflix's most watched shows and films in early 2026?The top 50 shows and films of early 2026: by views, or by hours, where the long series take over.
Which Marvel films made the most at the box office?The 38 MCU films as boxes you can re-cut: by box office, views or mentions; by series, phase or director.
Story: Monopoly, priced for realLondon and Atlantic City against real home prices, back to an 1898 poverty map and the 1930 census.
Which Monopoly square is furthest from a Tube station?Every London square by its distance to the Tube and the pubs around it.
When do we break which bone?The median age of people who break each bone, from 11 to 77.
How much does each element cost per kilogram?The periodic table by price per kilo, from 8 cents to $660,000.
Which country plays the most chess?Active rated players and titled players for every country’s population.
Where does Magnus Carlsen move his pieces?Carlsen's landing squares against strong online players'.
Where do kings get checkmated?The mated king’s square in 1.6 million online checkmates, by the piece that gave mate.
What does Magnus Carlsen play first with White?His first move as White, 2003 to 2026, as ribbons.
Where does Magnus Carlsen move his king?Where his king moves, against strong online players.
Which areas of England and Wales have lost the most pubs?Pubs gained and lost in every area of England and Wales since 2010.
Which Tube stations are the poshest, by supermarket?Every Tube station by whether Waitrose and M&S or Lidl and Aldi are nearer.
What do rich and poor households buy differently?What the richest fifth of UK households spend in each aisle, against the poorest fifth.
How expensive is each country? Prices with the US at 100What the same things cost around the world, with the US at 100.
Which countries have the most GitHub developers per person?GitHub developer accounts for every 1,000 people, country by country.
Which Eurovision countries sing in their own language?How often each country has sung in its own language since 1999.
Which playing card appears most in books?All 52 cards by how often books mention them, Victorian and modern.
Which key does Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude play most?Every key on the piano by how often Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude strikes it.
Which chess pieces capture each other most often?All 32 pieces round a ring, joined by who takes whom, in 1.8 million captures.
Which chess captures lead to a win?Every capture in 120,000 online games: which piece took which, and the sixteen pawns.