Hobbies - Consecutive Number Plate Spotting

Consecutive Number Plate Spotting

Consecutive Number Plate Spotting (CNPS) is a typical time-killer / leisure game. It’s simple, though highly addictive, so be warned!
I learned about CNPS as being one of the many national sports in Finland, but apparently it has quite some tradition in the UK as well.

Here’s a quick summary of the rules … as I play them ;)

you have to spot each and every number on number plates, in consecutive order
(your start could look like the plates shown at the top)
the number you are looking for has to be the only one on the plate
(not a single extra digit on the plate)
only number plates from one country count
(you can play several games, one for each country, though)
you have to be sure you spotted the number
(not just a glimpse or an idea or something you’re not sure of)
it has to be consecutive
(even seeing the correct numbers within five minutes, but in the wrong order doesn’t count)
you have to see the number plates in person
(no videos, pictures, or people telling you, that you just passed one)

Enjoy :)
And yes, it’s just for fun.

Here’s the stats for some friends trying to spot number plates in Germany.
If you wanna join our little circle, just drop me an email!

Click on a column header to sort by that quantity!

name	current count	years since first find	average number of days to next find	average number of finds per day	expected number of days to next century	finds in past six months	finds in past 30 days	finds in past seven days	most finds on a single day	number hardest to spot	most days with findings in a row	best day of the week	best month of the year	days since last find
Andreas W.	11	8.6	286	0.00	25438	0	0	0	2	12	3	Wed	Aug	3034
Ann-Christine H.	53	8.7	60	0.02	2821	0	0	0	5	54	3	Mon	Aug	3027
Ariane B.	209	8.9	16	0.06	1412	0	0	0	9	210	4	Sat	Aug	1287
Balthasar S.	136	8.8	24	0.04	1517	0	0	0	7	137	5	Sat	Mar	2650
Bernd D.	113	9.1	30	0.03	2571	0	0	0	6	114	7	Wed	Jun	2200
Carsten P.	472	10.4	8	0.12	226	7	2	0	9	463	5	Fri	May	13
Erik	75	8.9	43	0.02	1087	0	0	0	9	76	3	Sun	Apr	937
Heike	106	9.4	32	0.03	3043	0	0	0	10	97	5	Mon	Apr	595
Jana	287	8.8	11	0.09	145	0	0	0	7	288	5	Thu	May	1899
Karla	34	5.7	61	0.02	4036	0	0	0	4	34	2	Sun	Aug	371
Lea S.	100	8.8	32	0.03	3219	0	0	0	8	101	5	Sat	Jun	3038
Lena W.	49	8.7	65	0.02	3318	0	0	0	4	50	2	Thu	Jun	2945
Michael A.	56	8.8	58	0.02	2539	0	0	0	5	57	4	Sun	May	3039
Michael B.	92	8.3	33	0.03	263	0	0	0	10	93	4	Mon	Nov	2771
Michael S.	32	8.8	101	0.01	6840	0	0	0	4	33	3	Tue	Jun	3105
Mirjam	35	8.6	89	0.01	5813	0	0	0	5	36	3	Sat	Jun	3017
Richard	83	8.8	39	0.03	655	0	0	0	8	84	4	Sat	May	2962
Robert F.	6	8.6	525	0.00	49334	0	0	0	4	7	1	Sun	May	3147
Sascha	308	9.4	11	0.09	1025	1	0	0	12	307	5	Sat	Aug	161
Sigrid	339	8.9	10	0.10	584	7	1	0	6	331	4	Sat	May	22
Teresa D.	71	9.1	47	0.02	1364	0	0	0	5	72	5	Mon	Jun	3004
‘active mean’	373.0	9.6	9.6	0.106	611.7	5.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	97	4.7	Sat	May	65.3

There’s currently 21 (three) people (actively) keeping their stats on this page.

fraction of spottings on a given weekday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
14.9%	12.6%	11.0%	12.5%	13.8%	18.0%	17.1%

fraction of spottings in a given month
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
3.8%	4.5%	8.0%	12.4%	14.3%	11.6%	8.3%	13.7%	5.8%	8.5%	4.4%	4.8%

average time it took to find numbers in a given range
1 – 25	26 – 50	51 – 75	76 – 100	101 – 125	126 – 150	151 – 175	176 – 200	201 – 225	226 – 250	251 – 275	276 – 300	301 – 325	326 – 350	351 – 375	376 – 400	401 – 425	426 – 450	451 – 475
55.5d	7.3d	10.6d	8.3d	10.9d	5.5d	11.3d	6.4d	10.4d	6.8d	10.5d	16.1d	26.1d	13.0d	6.4d	9.5d	15.0d	19.9d	44.3d

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