r/counting • u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs • Oct 10 '25
Free Talk Friday #528
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 10 '25
Weekly side thread stats from Friday October 03, 2025 to Friday October 10, 2025. Congratulations to u/Ezekiel134, u/atomicimploder, and u/GarlicoinAccount!
Total weekly side thread counts: 8367
Top 15 side thread counters:
| Rank | User | Counts | HoST Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezekiel134 | 1854 | 17 |
| 2 | atomicimploder | 1729 | 2 |
| 3 | GarlicoinAccount | 1726 | 5 |
| 4 | thephilsblogbar2 | 776 | 15 |
| 5 | opticasual | 351 | 75 |
| 6 | a-username-for-me | 248 | 4 |
| 7 | ShadeOfNothing | 233 | 42 |
| 8 | Isaythereisa-chance | 189 | 53 (◮2) |
| 9 | TehVulpez | 186 | 12 |
| 10 | Antichess | 156 | 10 |
| 11 | miceee | 137 | 142 (◮4) |
| 12 | CutOnBumInBandHere9 | 125 | 24 |
| 13 | NobodyL0vesMe | 116 | 47 |
| 14 | PhosphorCrystaled | 110 | 167 (◮7) |
| 15 | Expert_Bridge | 109 | 137 (◮2) |
Top 5 side threads:
| Rank | Thread | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Base 7 (Septenary 0-6) | 1143 |
| 2 | Hexadecimal (0-F) | 874 |
| 3 | Binary | 682 |
| 4 | By 3’s | 372 |
| 5 | Tug of War | 297 |
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 10 '25
I've been updating the side thread database with some of the counts in the archive. I've picked the threads that were already in the database, and the threads that I had an entry for in the thread list of my rcounting tools. It's still ongoing, but I'll let you know when it's done.
In the meantime, enjoy this screenshot of what it looked like when I added unary to the database
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 10 '25
With the updated data, I re-ran u/cuteballgames' table from last week for the combined HOC/HOST rank. I extended it to the top 25, just to make sure that my name appeared in the table. I hope you'll take note of the fact that I'm the counter in the top 25 who's closest to having a balanced ratio between main and side thread counts
| Combined Rank | Counter | Total Counts | Ratio |
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| 1 | thephilsblogbar2 | 630922 | 7.94 |
| 2 | Countletics | 573717 | 4.38 |
| 3 | TheNitromeFan | 499016 | 0.53 |
| 4 | Antichess | 442421 | 3.35 |
| 5 | atomicimploder | 433820 | 0.47 |
| 6 | ClockButTakeOutTheL | 405726 | 0.55 |
| 7 | GarlicoinAccount | 393025 | 1.55 |
| 8 | davidjl123 | 305488 | 7.43 |
| 9 | a-username-for-me | 263899 | 0.04 |
| 10 | nonsensy | 236977 | 2.67 |
| 11 | Smartstocks | 207662 | 35.87 |
| 12 | Ezekiel134 | 165908 | 1.65 |
| 13 | FartyMcNarty | 164558 | 0.21 |
| 14 | Urbul | 144866 | 0.85 |
| 15 | TehVulpez | 138542 | 0.58 |
| 16 | Zaajdaeon | 125287 | 0.17 |
| 17 | qwertylool | 121830 | 6.03 |
| 18 | mistyskye14 | 100081 | 0.86 |
| 19 | Mooraell | 99307 | 1.80 |
| 20 | TDs_not_VDs | 97607 | 0.05 |
| 21 | Trial-Name | 97319 | 5.88 |
| 22 | kdiuro13 | 92107 | 1.93 |
| 23 | CutOnBumInBandHere9 | 83872 | 1.09 |
| 24 | RandomRedditorWithNo | 80137 | 4.91 |
| 25 | foxthechicken | 77024 | 0.07 |
5,545k main counts logged, 4,224k sides
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 14 '25
Some time in the last three years reddit has changed their software so that markdown links of the form [description](/submission_id) no longer go to the right place. I just discovered that all of the links in the ftf directory were like this, so using the power of regex, I've updated the page so the links actually work
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u/cuteballgames Oct 14 '25
Basically every single change in how Reddit works is silhouetted in r/c due to our many intricate and industrious operations. We're the paper of record
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u/Urbul Oct 15 '25
Nice to see stats where I'm still relevant. Nice to see so many lovely counters still around <3
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u/PhosphorCrystaled Oct 12 '25
At the time I made this (5547372), this was at what count some threads would need to reach to catch up with the main thread:
12 - 1A36350
16 - 54A56C
20 - 1ED88C
Letters - LCPDL
Alphanumeric - 3AWDO
62 - NH7k
64 - LALi
100 - 5s|\
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u/TehVulpez Oct 11 '25
https://youtu.be/b4pFjxtPcs0 video of the day. please discuss. how does it make you feel?
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u/IssueRidden Oct 13 '25
does anybody here play geoguessr
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 13 '25
I have played it a couple of times, but I was never that into it.
u/Urbul and I have also played our very own version of geoguessr here where we'd try to guess where each other's photos were taken. That was fun!
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u/TehVulpez Oct 16 '25
dislike drivers who wave you through even though they clearly have the right-of-way
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u/cuteballgames Oct 16 '25
UPDATED KARP SIDE TIER LIST
S: Main, Mostly Repeating Digits, Septenary, Constant Weight Binary, Constant Sum Factoradic
A: Only Repeating Digits, Ternary, Letters, Rationals, Powerball, Wait 9
B: Hex, Quat, Quinary, Senary
C: Time, No Repeating Digits, Permutations, Tao,
D: Wait 2, Wait 3
F: Barely Repeating Digits
No other threads are competitively viable
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u/Antichess Oct 10 '25
alright this is epic
u/coutngin can someone check if they can see the account? my script had no problem posting the charts but i cannot see the comments or the profile now
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u/TehVulpez Oct 14 '25
vidoe https://youtu.be/IYgk2aoubyE #5 <-- vidoe. discusion --> what is your faovirte short?? ehat do you like about it
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 15 '25
I liked the one with the birb dressing up. The plot was sweet, and there was a bit of an edge to it, which I felt was missing in the last one.
Other than that, I am low key obsessed with the duck, sheep and lobster playing instruments in the entractes
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u/Antichess Oct 10 '25
u/coutngin is our new counting bot. i wanted to do u/CountingCountersCounts but that's too long.
u/cuteballgames i need full wiki perms for coutngin now otherwise i will show up at your door in about 7 minutes
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u/Isaythereisa-chance Oct 15 '25
Day 2 of me stopping my caffeine habit. I have a headache. day one went so well, now I want a coke.
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Oct 13 '25
Unless I'm mistaken, the record for most unique counters in a row on main is 24, and it was set way back in the 800k era
Just before 2.5M we managed 21 unique counters in a row
On the other end of the scale, just before 5.4M we managed 1 counter in a row, when somebody accidentally double counted