šŸŽÆ Countdown to 72 million registered cards

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25 to go!

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72 million postcards!! :tada: :tada: Congratulations, everyone!

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Postcard number 72 million traveled from Germany to the UK and was registered today at 13:36:21 (UTC)! :tada:

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The most talented diviners of this countdown:

Participant of Countdown Smallest Angular Deviation Theta, (Ā°)
@Herbstsommerwind 0,01
@Florallle 0,13
@lavender_teafish 0,85
@TheFirefly 1,20
@Silpa 1,65
@xxxxyyyyzzzz 1,70
@ehpersonal38 1,72
@LyudmilaS 2,26
@Sawwah 2,70
@tesc 2,73
@reiselustig 2,75
@Stevyy 2,78
@artdavinci 3,20
@nnniiina 3,37
@Bibiqueen 3,46
@valholl 4,16
@greenskull 4,18
@GrauBunt 4,19
@shootingstar7 4,25
@SchusterElse 4,39
@WiscoFamily 4,61
@Hobbyhistoriker 4,94
@Bookworm72 5,96
@ChocCrossie 7,47
@Aguaroble 7,92
@igneousidol 9,85
@Deo-Gratias 10,37
@sepatuholig 10,40
@Jarana 10,80
@WendyKaye 10,82
@BarbL 11,98
@Mayulia 14,10
@Lena1984 16,23
@Casehandler 20,23
@Annazon 35,97
@gailthesnail 48,04

Congrats to winners!

The Countdown Sheet is here.

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WOW!! You must love stats!! Any idea who registered the 72millionth card??

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See 2 posts above yours :arrow_up:

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Oh thanks!!! If it had been a snake it would have bitten me!! :laughing::laughing::snake:

It would be so cool getting a landmark card!!

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Oh, thatā€™s very cool! (Both the 72 mil cards and being so close to the target!) :grinning:

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Wow although I was not in the Top Ten, Place 11 is as Fine for only one guess :grinning:
Congratulations to @Herbstsommerwind !! Well done!!

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Itā€™s amazing how close this guess was! Over 2 months in advance and only off by 18 mins.

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wow - so close :astonished: - I didnā€™t expect this result. Iā€™m really happy about it :star_struck:. Thanks to @greenskull for all the stats :hugs:

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Congratulations! :postbox: :mailbox_with_mail: :smiley: :four_leaf_clover:

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It is interesting to hit as accurately as possible from a long distance (of time before Moment of Truth). Since as it gets closer, the exact moment becomes more or less obvious.
Therefore, I do not evaluate the proximity of the hit, but the ratio of the error to the distance from which the prediction was made.

And donā€™t worry, as Iā€™m choosing the smallest error to distance ratio for each participant :slight_smile:

Error/Distance = tan(Angular Deviation Theta)
Angular Deviation Theta = arctan(Error/Distance)

For example:
@Florallleā€™s Smallest Angular Deviation Theta = 0.13Ā° (It was the only prediction).
Error/Distance = tan(0.13Ā°) = 0.002269

If it were archery from a distance of 50 m, then @Florallleā€™s arrow would deviate from the center of the target by only Error = 50 m * 0.002269 = 11 cm.
An excellent result, which Louise shows not for the first time :slight_smile:

In any Countdown, someoneā€™s result will always be excellent.
But when this is repeated several times for the same participant, it indicates either a special talent for predictions, or the presence of a reliable calculation technology.

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Maybe someone wants to start the 73 million countdown? :slight_smile:

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Iā€™d be happy to do it in the morning, unless someone else wants to do it?

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If anyone wants to make a guess, hereā€™s the next countdown:

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