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.
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| 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 | 8.9 | 297 | 0.00 | 26433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | Wed | Aug | 3157 |
| Ann-Christine H. | 53 | 9.0 | 62 | 0.02 | 2930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 3 | Mon | Aug | 3150 |
| Ariane B. | 209 | 9.2 | 16 | 0.06 | 1465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 210 | 4 | Sat | Aug | 1410 |
| Balthasar S. | 136 | 9.2 | 25 | 0.04 | 1575 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 137 | 5 | Sat | Mar | 2773 |
| Bernd D. | 113 | 9.5 | 31 | 0.03 | 2665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 114 | 7 | Wed | Jun | 2323 |
| Carsten P. | 476 | 10.7 | 8 | 0.12 | 198 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 463 | 5 | Fri | May | 40 |
| Erik | 75 | 9.3 | 45 | 0.02 | 1128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 76 | 3 | Sun | Apr | 1060 |
| Heike | 106 | 9.7 | 34 | 0.03 | 3153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 97 | 5 | Mon | Apr | 718 |
| Jana | 287 | 9.1 | 12 | 0.09 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 288 | 5 | Thu | May | 2022 |
| Karla | 34 | 6.0 | 65 | 0.02 | 4274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 2 | Sun | Aug | 494 |
| Lea S. | 100 | 9.1 | 33 | 0.03 | 3342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 101 | 5 | Sat | Jun | 3161 |
| Lena W. | 49 | 9.1 | 68 | 0.01 | 3446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 2 | Thu | Jun | 3068 |
| Michael A. | 56 | 9.2 | 60 | 0.02 | 2636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 4 | Sun | May | 3162 |
| Michael B. | 92 | 8.6 | 34 | 0.03 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 93 | 4 | Mon | Nov | 2894 |
| Michael S. | 32 | 9.1 | 104 | 0.01 | 7102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 3 | Tue | Jun | 3228 |
| Mirjam | 35 | 8.9 | 93 | 0.01 | 6041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 3 | Sat | Jun | 3140 |
| Richard | 83 | 9.1 | 40 | 0.02 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 84 | 4 | Sat | May | 3085 |
| Robert F. | 6 | 9.0 | 545 | 0.00 | 51261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | Sun | May | 3270 |
| Sascha | 308 | 9.7 | 12 | 0.09 | 1062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 307 | 5 | Sat | Aug | 284 |
| Sigrid | 341 | 9.2 | 10 | 0.10 | 583 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 331 | 4 | Sat | May | 12 |
| Teresa D. | 71 | 9.5 | 49 | 0.02 | 1414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 5 | Mon | Jun | 3127 |
| ‘active mean’ | 408.5 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 0.111 | 390.6 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 97 | 4.5 | Sat | May | 26.0 |
There’s currently 21 (two) 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% | 4.5% | 8.1% | 12.4% | 14.3% | 11.5% | 8.3% | 13.6% | 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 |
476 – 500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55.9d | 7.3d | 10.6d | 8.3d | 10.9d | 5.5d | 11.3d | 6.4d | 10.4d | 6.8d | 10.5d | 16.1d | 26.1d | 15.6d | 6.4d | 9.5d | 15.0d | 19.9d | 42.4d | 10.0d |
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