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NHL · resolved market

Lightning vs. Canadiens

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Lightningof Lightning, Canadiens
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NHLevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$610,960
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$668,956

Both are shown because TailMyPicks only trusts a market it can reconcile: it reads every trade itself and compares its own total against the venue’s before scoring anything. The threshold below was applied to $610,960 the venue’s figure.

Every figure here describes what TailMyPicks scored — positions held to resolution in markets that cleared the thresholds below. It is not a Polymarket account balance, and open positions are not counted anywhere on this site.

Who was on this market

The 100 largest positions, of 540 wallets holding a qualified pick here — biggest first. This page details 100 at most, and the number beside it is the real one. Ordered by position size rather than by score, because this is a post-mortem of one market — a strong wallet’s small pick does not belong above a large committed one. Each wallet’s record in NHL is on its own row, so one correct call here is not mistaken for a track record.

On this marketThis wallet’s whole record in NHL
WalletEntryPositionResultP/L heldQualified picksWin ratevs expectedRealizable edgeAvg entryROI per pickTail Score
0xef54…d1eebacked Lightning49c155,143$76,751 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$78,392.5217749.2%87 W · 90 L+6.4wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+5.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x9165…5b98backed Lightning52c109,448$56,717 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$52,730.8611955.5%66 W · 53 L+3.6wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+6.8%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xe90b…5da2backed Canadiens51c80,000$40,400 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$40,40038748.3%187 W · 200 L+1.6wins0.00per pick48cpaid-6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x9c16…09cbbacked Canadiens50c44,730$22,365 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$22,365.258354.2%45 W · 38 L+5.2wins+0.06per pick48cpaid+14.3%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Canadiens48c25,536$12,203 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$12,203.252,66451.6%1,375 W · 1,289 L+58.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd696…8a49backed Canadiens51c23,526$11,998 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11,998.451452.3%269 W · 245 L+17.1wins+0.03per pick49cpaid+7.9%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x07c8…2696backed Lightning50c23,222$11,611 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$11,6117844.9%35 W · 43 L-1.6wins-0.02per pick47cpaid-7.9%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x3e88…28e6backed Lightning50c22,177$11,089 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$11,088.66333.3%1 W · 2 L-0.6wins-0.19per pick52cpaid-33.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x16b2…a881backed Canadiens48c20,719$9,945 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9,94588151.2%451 W · 430 L+10.4wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+1.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xb3dd…a7e0backed Lightning49c17,559$8,553 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,005.363100%3 W · 0 L+1.7wins+0.56per pick44cpaid+134.6%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x8e68…d99bbacked Canadiens50c16,087$7,999 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,999.3928652.4%150 W · 136 L+6.1wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x52b4…34a8backed Canadiens48c15,828$7,637 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,636.8822150.2%111 W · 110 L+8.4wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+11.3%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xf68a…5b1bbacked Canadiens49c15,506$7,593 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,592.721,44149.2%709 W · 732 L+6.5wins0.00per pick49cpaid+0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xf2f6…5817backed Canadiens48c15,295$7,342 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$7,341.654650%23 W · 23 L+1.3wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xd6ce…0772backed Canadiens51c10,310$5,300 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,3005848.3%28 W · 30 L-2.4wins-0.04per pick52cpaid-7.7%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xee61…debfbacked Canadiens49c10,000$4,927 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,926.692,89451.3%1,484 W · 1,410 L+58.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+4.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x64b5…7543backed Canadiens48c10,000$4,833 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,833.3514253.5%76 W · 66 L+9.9wins+0.07per pick47cpaid+15.9%equal weight57+0.06 edge/pick
0x187b…26bfbacked Canadiens50c10,000$5,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5,00010145.5%46 W · 55 L-2.8wins-0.03per pick48cpaid-5.5%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xf5f2…0234backed Lightning48c10,000$4,800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,199.9810554.3%57 W · 48 L+8.7wins+0.08per pick46cpaid+15.7%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0x2652…2a1dbacked Canadiens51c9,390$4,762 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,761.841,67954.4%914 W · 765 L+36.6wins+0.02per pick52cpaid+2.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6d3c…d294backed Canadiens48c9,000$4,360 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,359.91,55551.4%800 W · 755 L+12.2wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+1.2%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x9f13…e0fdbacked Canadiens49c6,949$3,404 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,404.2447951.4%246 W · 233 L-5.6wins-0.01per pick53cpaid-2.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x35ac…92a7backed Lightning48c6,577$3,157 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,420.0427548.7%134 W · 141 L+0.9wins0.00per pick48cpaid-0.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x781c…db68backed Canadiens3c6,449$209 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$209.3782043%353 W · 467 L-1.9wins0.00per pick43cpaid-8.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xbce9…03e9backed Canadiens1c6,055$37 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$37.362504.8%12 W · 238 L+6.2wins+0.02per pick2cpaid+159.7%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x14ac…cb21backed Lightning52c5,653$2,936 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,717.6721755.3%120 W · 97 L+0.3wins0.00per pick55cpaid+0.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xce4d…a7fabacked Lightning48c5,620$2,698 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,922.4525555.3%141 W · 114 L+10.0wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+3.6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x8717…49a8backed Canadiens50c5,442$2,740 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,739.8130152.5%158 W · 143 L+17.8wins+0.06per pick47cpaid+12.6%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x1117…3532backed Canadiens51c5,000$2,550 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,55056649.5%280 W · 286 L-7.3wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-3.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x7b45…41e3backed Canadiens49c4,000$1,970 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,9701060%6 W · 4 L+1.2wins+0.12per pick48cpaid+31.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xa4ea…ad03backed Canadiens52c4,000$2,080 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,080933.3%3 W · 6 L-1.6wins-0.18per pick51cpaid-43.7%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0x1733…1e15backed Canadiens52c3,368$1,751 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,751.3953050.6%268 W · 262 L0.0wins0.00per pick51cpaid+1.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x0a77…9d74backed Canadiens48c3,333$1,600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,599.8452050%260 W · 260 L+6.8wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+3.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc8b4…f05dbacked Lightning51c3,258$1,661 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,596.2219555.4%108 W · 87 L+9.2wins+0.05per pick51cpaid+8.9%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x977a…f2cabacked Canadiens0c3,000$12 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$121,1632.3%27 W · 1,136 L-10.7wins-0.01per pick3cpaid-87.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xe7ca…a175backed Canadiens51c3,000$1,530 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,53013333.1%44 W · 89 L-11.9wins-0.09per pick42cpaid-22%equal weight42-0.08 edge/pick
0xc17f…50aabacked Canadiens51c2,854$1,456 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,455.7116346%75 W · 88 L-9.9wins-0.06per pick52cpaid-11.9%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0x6239…c24fbacked Canadiens52c2,640$1,373 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,372.9769550.1%348 W · 347 L-4.2wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-1.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x42b5…b5b6backed Lightning48c2,600$1,248 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,352.181,37749.1%676 W · 701 L+39.2wins+0.03per pick46cpaid+5.5%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x8ee0…5233backed Canadiens52c2,560$1,326 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,3262250%11 W · 11 L-0.6wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-3.6%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x2bc7…e411backed Canadiens48c2,500$1,200 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,2009250%46 W · 46 L-2.3wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-3.2%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x0ac9…9678backed Canadiens49c2,500$1,225 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,2254847.9%23 W · 25 L+2.8wins+0.06per pick42cpaid+6%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xeb74…997cbacked Lightning48c2,467$1,184 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,282.711942.1%8 W · 11 L+0.1wins+0.01per pick42cpaid-8.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe2d7…da62backed Canadiens33c2,383$790 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$789.5518840.4%76 W · 112 L+4.8wins+0.03per pick38cpaid-1.3%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x6d46…84fcbacked Canadiens52c2,100$1,092 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0921172.7%8 W · 3 L+1.9wins+0.17per pick55cpaid+29.3%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xa63c…27a4backed Canadiens52c2,071$1,077 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0771963.2%12 W · 7 L+2.2wins+0.11per pick52cpaid+24.9%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xd48a…6e90backed Lightning49c2,041$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,040.8285250.2%428 W · 424 L-26.2wins-0.03per pick53cpaid-6.9%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xe504…600ebacked Canadiens46c2,016$919 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$919.127044.4%120 W · 150 L-3.1wins-0.01per pick46cpaid-7.1%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xefbd…65fabacked Lightning50c2,000$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,0004344.2%19 W · 24 L-5.2wins-0.12per pick56cpaid-23.3%equal weight42-0.08 edge/pick
0xcd7c…d563backed Canadiens52c2,000$1,040 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,040475%3 W · 1 L+0.8wins+0.20per pick55cpaid+38.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x6ac5…4b6ebacked Canadiens48c2,000$960 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9601,19050.7%603 W · 587 L+13.3wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+2.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x29b0…3f3cbacked Canadiens50c2,000$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0002740.7%11 W · 16 L-3.1wins-0.11per pick52cpaid-16.5%equal weight43-0.06 edge/pick
0x3e58…3864backed Canadiens51c1,990$1,015 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0156246.8%29 W · 33 L-1.4wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x371a…34b0backed Canadiens1c1,988$12 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11.987450.7%5 W · 740 L-13.2wins-0.02per pick2cpaid-94.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x08a4…5c3fbacked Lightning47c1,980$931 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,049.3130551.5%157 W · 148 L+10.1wins+0.03per pick48cpaid+4.3%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x48cd…206fbacked Canadiens51c1,961$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,000955.6%5 W · 4 L+0.7wins+0.07per pick48cpaid+11.1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x96ca…5a71backed Lightning52c1,923$1,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$923.0855446.4%257 W · 297 L-0.2wins0.00per pick46cpaid-3.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x0eb3…f766backed Canadiens51c1,903$977 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$976.7654047.6%257 W · 283 L-15.9wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-5.6%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x5a04…ad88backed Lightning48c1,800$864 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$936955.6%5 W · 4 L+0.8wins+0.09per pick47cpaid+4.7%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x9731…9b35backed Lightning50c1,771$885 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$885.3493953.6%503 W · 436 L+29.6wins+0.03per pick50cpaid+8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x7263…9422backed Canadiens51c1,765$900 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$9001241.7%5 W · 7 L-1.0wins-0.08per pick50cpaid-14.7%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xba26…23c9backed Canadiens50c1,748$872 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$871.851,14350.8%581 W · 562 L+11.8wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x1244…c851backed Canadiens50c1,608$800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$799.622248.2%107 W · 115 L-5.2wins-0.02per pick51cpaid-5.4%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x1455…e5cdbacked Canadiens50c1,582$792 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$791.7279350.1%397 W · 396 L-11.5wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-3.2%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x29c0…efaabacked Canadiens52c1,557$805 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$804.861,63650.4%825 W · 811 L-20.9wins-0.01per pick52cpaid-1.4%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xb875…68a8backed Lightning54c1,548$836 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$712.0824654.5%134 W · 112 L+9.2wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+9.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x81f5…70afbacked Canadiens48c1,500$720 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$72020751.2%106 W · 101 L+10.9wins+0.05per pick46cpaid+11.9%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0x5c57…5b16backed Canadiens51c1,500$772 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$772.491,47548.3%712 W · 763 L+2.7wins0.00per pick48cpaid+1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x88f9…325dbacked Canadiens51c1,255$640 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6404055%22 W · 18 L+1.8wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+13%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x99e4…e4c4backed Canadiens50c1,250$625 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$62510938.5%42 W · 67 L-9.2wins-0.08per pick47cpaid-20.2%equal weight42-0.07 edge/pick
0xfcca…c460backed Canadiens50c1,112$555 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$5557546.7%35 W · 40 L-1.4wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-1.7%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0xd6a3…9489backed Canadiens18c1,063$193 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$193.4262951.2%322 W · 307 L+18.5wins+0.03per pick48cpaid+1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xf819…d410backed Lightning51c1,005$512 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$492.8920951.7%108 W · 101 L+7.6wins+0.04per pick48cpaid+7.1%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x6d01…0ab1backed Canadiens50c1,000$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$50075946.6%354 W · 405 L-3.3wins0.00per pick47cpaid-0.4%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xfa85…8542backed Canadiens51c1,000$510 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$510540%2 W · 3 L-0.4wins-0.09per pick49cpaid-18.8%equal weight48-0.01 edge/pick
0x7e48…656bbacked Lightning48c1,000$480 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$520520%1 W · 4 L-1.5wins-0.29per pick49cpaid-58.3%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xd360…d86abacked Canadiens52c999.97$520 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$519.98475%3 W · 1 L+0.9wins+0.24per pick51cpaid+47.2%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x93bc…8ca3backed Canadiens9c999.97$90 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$901,02540.8%418 W · 607 L+15.6wins+0.02per pick39cpaid-3.7%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x97e0…8194backed Canadiens51c999.95$510 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$509.9730552.5%160 W · 145 L+6.2wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.8%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xba8d…009dbacked Canadiens30c999.29$302 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$301.8114140.4%57 W · 84 L-3.8wins-0.03per pick43cpaid-11.5%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x78f7…2c5dbacked Canadiens51c992.29$506 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$505.8720552.2%107 W · 98 L+1.5wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+3.7%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x59bd…06d2backed Canadiens53c943.4$500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$500366.7%2 W · 1 L+0.3wins+0.10per pick56cpaid+15.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xeb89…46f1backed Canadiens49c935.94$459 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$458.616157.4%35 W · 26 L+3.1wins+0.05per pick52cpaid+8.3%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xd4c2…e215backed Lightning48c927.08$445 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$482.082100%2 W · 0 L+1.0wins+0.52per pick48cpaid+108.3%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0xb6a0…2fdcbacked Canadiens2c913.98$21 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$21.38633.3%2 W · 4 L+0.8wins+0.13per pick20cpaid-38.6%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x9fc9…fa88backed Canadiens17c907.37$150 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1503650%18 W · 18 L+4.1wins+0.11per pick39cpaid+19.9%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0xe20a…e469backed Canadiens51c900$456 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$45639047.9%187 W · 203 L-13.2wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-6.2%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x5674…8b14backed Lightning50c888$448 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$439.64955.6%5 W · 4 L+0.5wins+0.06per pick50cpaid+20.4%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x3e04…564dbacked Lightning47c881.42$414 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$467.151,89152.4%991 W · 900 L+36.3wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.6%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x4a86…d3e0backed Canadiens49c875.99$429 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$429.2491653.9%494 W · 422 L+39.6wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+8.7%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x7330…ea0abacked Canadiens2c872.59$15 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1530%0 W · 3 L-0.1wins-0.04per pick4cpaid-100%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x5529…86d2backed Lightning50c849.48$425 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$424.746547.7%31 W · 34 L-1.9wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-10.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x14c4…1a5ebacked Canadiens9c824.61$74 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$74.22425%1 W · 3 L-0.7wins-0.17per pick42cpaid-68.8%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0xed61…9aa3backed Lightning60c816.44$487 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$329.2858467.5%394 W · 190 L+93.1wins+0.16per pick52cpaid+32.9%equal weight67+0.15 edge/pick
0xe83c…5e8fbacked Canadiens50c800$400 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$40072847.9%349 W · 379 L-1.7wins0.00per pick48cpaid-0.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xcacf…35ffbacked Canadiens1c782.36$11 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$11.171458.3%12 W · 133 L+4.9wins+0.03per pick5cpaid+135.4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x60b6…eb2bbacked Lightning50c680.62$340 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$340.3115839.9%63 W · 95 L-4.0wins-0.03per pick42cpaid-9.1%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x7da6…4ff3backed Canadiens51c666$340 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$339.6616241.4%67 W · 95 L-6.4wins-0.04per pick45cpaid-10%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x4a59…eb2ebacked Canadiens50c642$319 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$319.2437649.7%187 W · 189 L-3.0wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-2.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x066f…b576backed Lightning48c638$306 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$331.762343.5%10 W · 13 L-1.0wins-0.04per pick48cpaid-6.7%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick

Entry is the average price this wallet paid on the side it backed, so being right at 20c is distinguishable from being right at 95c. Position is what it was left holding in shares, with what it spent underneath. Result opens that one pick on a page of its own, which is the link to send somebody. P/L held is what that position would have been worth held to resolution — not cash the wallet withdrew, because selling early is still a correct forecast. The seven columns on the right describe the wallet’s whole record in NHL and say nothing about this market.

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Not every trade counts. A Pick has to clear four thresholds to be scored.

TailMyPicks scores a wallet on what it can actually be judged on: positions held to resolution, in markets with enough volume to be real, at prices where being right was not already priced in.

  • The market traded at least $500.
  • The entry price was between 0.00 and 0.80 — a near-certainty is not a call.
  • The position was at least $10 — dust is not a position.
  • The market has resolved, so there is a right answer to grade against.

Thresholds behind these numbers: set by an operator decision, not measured.