How the crowd draws

14 drawings of its land border and 45 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s United Kingdom map, 27 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.

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RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 28 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	5,057 km²1,953 sq mi	4,714 km²1,820 sq mi6.8% smaller
Outline	436 km271 mi	456 km283 mi4.7% longer
Centre	2.07° W, 55.24° N2.1° W, 55.2° N	2.06° W, 55.25° N2.1° W, 55.2° N1 km north-east0 mi north-east
Westernmost	2.69° W, 55.19° N2.7° W, 55.2° N	2.67° W, 55.17° N2.7° W, 55.2° N1 km short1 mi short
Easternmost	1.46° W, 55.08° N1.5° W, 55.1° N	1.40° W, 55.06° N1.4° W, 55.1° N4 km beyond2 mi beyond
Southernmost	2.22° W, 54.78° N2.2° W, 54.8° N	2.23° W, 54.79° N2.2° W, 54.8° N1 km short1 mi short
Northernmost	2.03° W, 55.81° N2.0° W, 55.8° N	2.03° W, 55.81° N2.0° W, 55.8° Nthe same

Near the land border, 57% of the crowd’s lines run inside Northumberland. Near the coast, 60% run inland.

Borders and coast

5 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Cumbria	90 km in the game	118 km the crowd’s31.1% longer
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale	87 km in the game	103 km the crowd’s18.4% longer
Tyne and Wear	52 km in the game	52 km the crowd’sthe same
Durham	49 km in the game	43 km the crowd’s12.2% shorter
Berwickshire	36 km in the game	33 km the crowd’s8.3% shorter
The coast	136 km in the game	113 km the crowd’s16.9% 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 out5 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 (1.3 MB)

How it is measured

The crowd’s Northumberland: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Northumberland 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 59 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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