How the crowd draws

31 drawings of its land border and 22 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 28 September 2026 to 28 October 2026.

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RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 28 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	7,157 km²2,763 sq mi	6,361 km²2,456 sq mi11.1% smaller
Outline	503 km313 mi	529 km329 mi5.1% longer
Centre	2.91° W, 54.58° N2.9° W, 54.6° N	2.91° W, 54.58° N2.9° W, 54.6° N0 km north0 mi north
Westernmost	3.64° W, 54.51° N3.6° W, 54.5° N	3.57° W, 54.54° N3.6° W, 54.5° N4 km short3 mi short
Easternmost	2.16° W, 54.47° N2.2° W, 54.5° N	2.18° W, 54.47° N2.2° W, 54.5° N1 km short1 mi short
Southernmost	3.21° W, 54.04° N3.2° W, 54.0° N	3.16° W, 54.06° N3.2° W, 54.1° N2 km short1 mi short
Northernmost	2.69° W, 55.19° N2.7° W, 55.2° N	2.69° W, 55.13° N2.7° W, 55.1° N6 km short4 mi short

Near the land border, 65% of the crowd’s lines run inside Cumbria. Near the coast, 67% run inland.

Borders and coast

6 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Northumberland	89 km in the game	135 km the crowd’s51.7% longer
Lancashire	51 km in the game	56 km the crowd’s9.8% longer
North Yorkshire	51 km in the game	51 km the crowd’sthe same
Dumfries	49 km in the game	55 km the crowd’s12.2% longer
Durham	48 km in the game	51 km the crowd’s6.3% longer
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale	17 km in the game	17 km the crowd’sthe same
The coast	216 km in the game	175 km the crowd’s19.0% shorter

Watch the drawings

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The worst 20% and the best 20%By how close a drawing comes to the countyDownload (0.3 MB)

Not enough drawings yet

Another country and the UKFrom where are you from; no answer left out7 of 10 drawings from another country needed

The fastest and the slowest thirdBy time spent drawingDownload (0.3 MB)

Quickest and slowest to startBy time before the first lineDownload (0.3 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 (1.7 MB)

How it is measured

The crowd’s Cumbria: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Cumbria 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 53 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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