How the crowd draws

32 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 28 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	4,955 km²1,913 sq mi	4,869 km²1,880 sq mi1.7% smaller
Outline	504 km313 mi	496 km308 mi1.5% shorter
Centre	2.68° W, 57.27° N2.7° W, 57.3° N	2.69° W, 57.27° N2.7° W, 57.3° N1 km south-west1 mi south-west
Westernmost	3.80° W, 56.94° N3.8° W, 56.9° N	3.80° W, 56.94° N3.8° W, 56.9° Nthe same
Easternmost	1.77° W, 57.50° N1.8° W, 57.5° N	1.81° W, 57.61° N1.8° W, 57.6° N2 km short2 mi short
Southernmost	3.47° W, 56.87° N3.5° W, 56.9° N	3.47° W, 56.87° N3.5° W, 56.9° Nthe same
Northernmost	2.08° W, 57.70° N2.1° W, 57.7° N	2.10° W, 57.68° N2.1° W, 57.7° N2 km short1 mi short

Near the coast, 61% run inland.

Borders and coast

6 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Banffshire	196 km in the game	196 km the crowd’sthe same
Kincardineshire	56 km in the game	56 km the crowd’sthe same
Angus	55 km in the game	55 km the crowd’sthe same
City of Aberdeen	49 km in the game	49 km the crowd’sthe same
Perth and Kinross	39 km in the game	39 km the crowd’sthe same
Inverness	23 km in the game	23 km the crowd’sthe same
The coast	99 km in the game	90 km the crowd’s9.1% shorter

Watch the drawings

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Not enough drawings yet

The worst 20% and the best 20%By how close a drawing comes to the county19 of 20 drawings needed on each side

Not enough drawings yet

Another country and the UKFrom where are you from; no answer left out5 of 10 drawings from another country needed

The fastest and the slowest thirdBy time spent drawingDownload (0.2 MB)

Quickest and slowest to startBy time before the first lineDownload (0.2 MB)

Where drawings start and endStarts teal, ends pink, piled up blackDownload (0.1 MB)

The drawings stacked as blocksWhere many drawings pass, the stack growsDownload (1.3 MB)

How it is measured

The crowd’s Aberdeenshire: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Aberdeenshire 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 32 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s United Kingdom 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.

Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).

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