Thanks to some of my dear friends (you know who you are), I got infected with a virus called Geocaching back in 2011. Since then it has brought me to many places I wouldn’t have seen without it.
Statistics updated on 2020-02-21
I’ve found 1390 unique caches since my first cache find on 20 November 2011.
Difficulty – Terrain – Matrix
| T1.0 | T1.5 | T2.0 | T2.5 | T3.0 | T3.5 | T4.0 | T4.5 | T5.0 | Σ | ∅T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1.0 | 73 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 1.36 |
| D1.5 | 42 | 114 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 1.64 |
| D2.0 | 43 | 182 | 193 | 52 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 559 | 2.01 |
| D2.5 | 18 | 60 | 60 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 215 | 2.17 |
| D3.0 | 16 | 27 | 35 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 135 | 2.23 |
| D3.5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 2.37 |
| D4.0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2.27 |
| D4.5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.11 |
| D5.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2.00 |
| Σ | 204 | 471 | 366 | 133 | 121 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1390 | 1.95 |
| ∅D | 1.78 | 2.03 | 2.20 | 2.40 | 2.42 | 2.61 | 2.40 | 2.96 | 2.81 | 2.15 | 2.05 |
D1.0 and D1.5 are shaded as I try to follow a D2+ quality cache policy (few exceptions apply);
to get from ~2.15 to a difficulty average of ~2.30 it takes: 1023 D2.5s, 294 D3.0s, 172 D3.5s, 121 D4.0s, 94 D4.5s or 77 D5.0s;
to get from ~1.95 to a terrain average of ~2.00 it takes: 70611 T2.0s, 141 T2.5s, 71 T3.0s, 48 T3.5s, 36 T4.0s, 29 T4.5s or 24 T5.0s;
there are 9 holes in the matrix
Country overview
| Country | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 792 | 57.0% |
| Denmark | 345 | 24.8% |
| Austria | 44 | 3.2% |
| Japan | 41 | 2.9% |
| Italy | 36 | 2.6% |
| Australia | 28 | 2.0% |
| United States | 27 | 1.9% |
| Norway | 23 | 1.7% |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1.1% |
| China | 11 | 0.8% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 0.6% |
| Sweden | 7 | 0.5% |
| Czechia | 5 | 0.4% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 2 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.1% |
| France | 1 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.1% |
Cache type overview
| Cache type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional Cache | 1259 | 90.6% |
| Multi-cache | 63 | 4.5% |
| Unknown Cache | 56 | 4.0% |
| Earthcache | 6 | 0.4% |
| Letterbox Hybrid | 4 | 0.3% |
| Webcam Cache | 1 | 0.1% |
| Giga-Event Cache | 1 | 0.1% |
Cache container overview
| Container size | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Micro | 733 | 52.7% |
| Small | 425 | 30.6% |
| Regular | 159 | 11.4% |
| Other | 55 | 4.0% |
| Not chosen | 13 | 0.9% |
| Large | 5 | 0.4% |
Cache history
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Σ | % | ∅/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | – – | 27 | 75 | 102 | 7.3 | 2.49 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 20 | 33 | 25 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 255 | 18.3 | 0.70 |
| 2013 | 36 | 39 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 186 | 13.4 | 0.51 |
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 85 | 71 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 234 | 16.8 | 0.64 |
| 2015 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 240 | 17.3 | 0.66 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 134 | 9.6 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 6.4 | 0.24 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 93 | 6.7 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3.5 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – – | – – | – – | – – | 8 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| Σ | 89 | 61 | 75 | 97 | 118 | 119 | 82 | 231 | 180 | 105 | 120 | 113 | 1390 | 0.44 |
Find days overview
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Σ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 15/31 |
| Feb | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 13/29 | ||
| Mar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 20/31 |
| Apr | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 14/30 | |
| May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 18/31 |
| Jun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 119 | 14/30 | |
| Jul | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 82 | 23/31 |
| Aug | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 231 | 28/31 |
| Sep | 4 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 23/30 | |
| Oct | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 105 | 19/31 |
| Nov | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 120 | 24/30 | |
| Dec | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 113 | 23/31 |
| Σ | 34 | 50 | 44 | 48 | 28 | 47 | 52 | 40 | 46 | 31 | 50 | 57 | 41 | 49 | 52 | 110 | 55 | 66 | 52 | 41 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 64 | 60 | 28 | 23 | 44 | 52 | 27 | 1390 |
Alphanumeric challenges
| Name | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 33/36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 31/36 |
| Placed | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 31/36 |
Hiding days overview
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 27/31 |
| Feb | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24/29 | ||
| Mar | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30/31 |
| Apr | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 28/30 | |
| May | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 29/31 |
| Jun | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 28/30 | |
| Jul | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31/31 |
| Aug | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 30/31 |
| Sep | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 28/30 | |
| Oct | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28/31 |
| Nov | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25/30 | |
| Dec | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 26/31 |