Hobbies - Consecutive Number Plate Spotting

Consecutive Number Plate Spotting

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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 9.3 310 0.00 27590 0 0 0 2 12 3 Wed Aug 3300
Ann-Christine H. 53 9.4 65 0.02 3057 0 0 0 5 54 3 Mon Aug 3293
Ariane B. 209 9.6 17 0.06 1527 0 0 0 9 210 4 Sat Aug 1553
Balthasar S. 136 9.6 26 0.04 1642 0 0 0 7 137 5 Sat Mar 2916
Bernd D. 113 9.9 32 0.03 2776 0 0 0 6 114 7 Wed Jun 2466
Carsten P. 480 11.1 8 0.12 170 4 2 0 9 463 5 Fri May 11
Erik 75 9.7 47 0.02 1176 0 0 0 9 76 3 Sun Apr 1203
Heike 106 10.1 35 0.03 3279 0 0 0 10 107 5 Mon Apr 861
Jana 287 9.5 12 0.08 157 0 0 0 7 288 5 Thu May 2165
Karla 34 6.4 69 0.01 4552 0 0 0 4 35 2 Sun Aug 637
Lea S. 100 9.5 35 0.03 3485 0 0 0 8 101 5 Sat Jun 3304
Lena W. 49 9.5 70 0.01 3595 0 0 0 4 50 2 Thu Jun 3211
Michael A. 56 9.6 62 0.02 2748 0 0 0 5 57 4 Sun May 3305
Michael B. 92 9.0 36 0.03 287 0 0 0 10 93 4 Mon Nov 3037
Michael S. 32 9.5 109 0.01 7406 0 0 0 4 33 3 Tue Jun 3371
Mirjam 35 9.3 97 0.01 6307 0 0 0 5 36 3 Sat Jun 3283
Richard 83 9.5 42 0.02 710 0 0 0 8 84 4 Sat May 3228
Robert F. 6 9.3 569 0.00 53502 0 0 0 4 7 1 Sun May 3413
Sascha 311 10.1 12 0.08 1058 3 0 0 12 307 5 Sat Aug 85
Sigrid 346 9.6 10 0.10 548 6 3 1 6 342 4 Sat May 2
Teresa D. 71 9.9 51 0.02 1473 0 0 0 5 72 5 Mon Jun 3270
‘active mean’ 379.0 10.3 10.2 0.100 592.1 4.3 1.7 0.3 9.0 97 4.7 Sat May 32.7

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
15.0% 12.6% 11.0% 12.5% 13.9% 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% 4.4% 8.0% 12.3% 14.3% 11.6% 8.3% 13.7% 5.9% 8.5% 4.4% 4.8%
average time it took to find numbers in a given range
1
–
25		 26
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50		 51
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75		 76
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100		 101
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125		 126
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150		 151
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175		 176
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200		 201
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225		 226
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250		 251
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275		 276
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300		 301
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325		 326
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350		 351
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375		 376
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400		 401
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425		 426
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450		 451
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475		 476
–
500
57.5d 7.3d 10.6d 8.3d 10.9d 5.5d 11.3d 6.4d 10.4d 6.8d 10.5d 16.1d 30.5d 17.2d 6.4d 9.5d 15.0d 19.9d 42.4d 36.4d

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