Result chart patterns: what random lists also do
A neat pattern in a list of results is easy to see and easy to over-read. Here is how often random lists show one, and what a list that swaps nearly every round looks like.
People read charts for patterns because the eye finds shapes, and random lists are full of them: streaks, zig-zags and repeats appear with no plan behind them. This page uses a list built to swap almost every round, the kind that looks like a code. It shows 48 runs (about 31 expected: unusual for random).
A pattern that has repeated twice has not promised a third. The checks count how often results switch and how long streaks run, then compare both with random lists; 15% of random lists this long look unusual on at least one check.
Paste your own list into the box above and every check updates. The example list was made by this site’s random generator, not taken from any app.
Common questions
Do random results contain patterns?
Yes, all the time. Streaks, runs of switching and repeating blocks all appear in random lists. Among random lists of 100 digits, about one in six is flagged by at least one of the five checks, so a neat pattern alone is no signal.
If a pattern has repeated before, will it repeat again?
Not because it repeated before. In random results each round starts fresh, so an earlier repeat gives the next round no push. A repeat can only be counted after it has happened.
What does unusual for random mean?
It means random results would rarely look like your list, with a chance below one in twenty. It does not say why the list looks that way, who made it, or that anything is wrong with an app. More results are the sensible next step.
Why does the page run several checks at once?
Each check looks for a different kind of pattern: counts, streaks, switching and a popular rule. Running several also shows how easily random lists trip at least one, which is why the simulation under the tool is worth a look.
Does this page keep or send the list I paste?
No. The list is read in your browser and nothing is stored or sent. The copy-link button puts the list in the link itself, after the # sign, which a website never receives.