Premier League · resolved market
West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: O/U 2.5
https://tailmypicks.com/m/0x5f3929d94099c67a87621490fa5066f79fe5443de3e1d5698686157984c82bb9
Rebuilt .
What this market resolved to
- Winning outcome
- Underof Over, Under
- Resolved
- US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
- Scored in
- Premier Leagueevery record on this page is that Category’s
- Volume Polymarket published
- $234,213
- Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
- $242,038
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 $234,213 — 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
All 81 wallets that hold a qualified pick on this market, biggest position first. 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 Premier League is on its own row, so one correct call here is not mistaken for a track record.
| On this market | This wallet’s whole record in Premier League | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallet | Entry | Position | Result | P/L held | Qualified picks | Win rate | vs expected | Realizable edge | Avg entry | ROI per pick | Tail Score |
| 0x9165…5b98backed Under | 50c | 145,396$73,219 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$72,177.46 | 23 | 47.8%11 W · 12 L | -0.6wins | -0.03per pick | 50cpaid | -5.7%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x204f…5e14backed Over | 47c | 68,453$32,236 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$32,235.51 | 6,117 | 45.8%2,803 W · 3,314 L | -28.6wins | 0.00per pick | 46cpaid | -12.4%equal weight | 490.00 edge/pick |
| 0x507e…beaebacked Over | 49c | 27,555$13,502 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$13,501.95 | 2,212 | 49.3%1,091 W · 1,121 L | -9.3wins | 0.00per pick | 50cpaid | -4.7%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x4133…5e70backed Over | 41c | 19,946$8,227 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$8,227.25 | 2,661 | 45.5%1,210 W · 1,451 L | -11.1wins | 0.00per pick | 46cpaid | -9.7%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x11e2…26ccbacked Over | 50c | 17,000$8,500 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$8,500 | 61 | 37.7%23 W · 38 L | -3.3wins | -0.05per pick | 43cpaid | -15.8%equal weight | 46-0.04 edge/pick |
| 0xd6a3…9489backed Over | 50c | 10,645$5,322 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$5,322.37 | 1,004 | 46.3%465 W · 539 L | +25.8wins | +0.03per pick | 44cpaid | -2.3%equal weight | 53+0.03 edge/pick |
| 0xc8b4…f05dbacked Over | 49c | 10,000$4,900 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$4,900 | 308 | 51.3%158 W · 150 L | -4.7wins | -0.02per pick | 53cpaid | -5.2%equal weight | 48-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xb230…4193backed Under | 50c | 9,313$4,656 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$4,656.27 | 211 | 54.5%115 W · 96 L | +4.3wins | +0.02per pick | 52cpaid | +0.1%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x7b2c…af48backed Over | 50c | 7,900$3,954 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$3,954.44 | 1,283 | 48%616 W · 667 L | -5.9wins | 0.00per pick | 48cpaid | -2.8%equal weight | 490.00 edge/pick |
| 0xe86c…2d4abacked Under | 49c | 6,859$3,381 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$3,478 | 2 | 50%1 W · 1 L | 0.0wins | +0.01per pick | 49cpaid | +1.4%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x2005…75eabacked Over | 48c | 6,737$3,260 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$3,259.54 | 4,744 | 41.8%1,983 W · 2,761 L | +28.2wins | +0.01per pick | 41cpaid | -14.3%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xd903…bf9dbacked Over | 49c | 5,070$2,484 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$2,484.32 | 219 | 65.3%143 W · 76 L | +20.8wins | +0.09per pick | 56cpaid | +19%equal weight | 59+0.09 edge/pick |
| 0x9fad…5a9fbacked Under | 49c | 5,000$2,450 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$2,550 | 506 | 44.3%224 W · 282 L | -14.0wins | -0.03per pick | 47cpaid | -5.5%equal weight | 47-0.03 edge/pick |
| 0x9731…9b35backed Under | 49c | 4,512$2,211 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$2,301.37 | 1,006 | 46.6%469 W · 537 L | -20.5wins | -0.02per pick | 49cpaid | -5.7%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xd146…9bf0backed Over | 52c | 4,000$2,080 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$2,079.99 | 459 | 36.2%166 W · 293 L | +4.7wins | +0.01per pick | 35cpaid | -1.8%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xe90b…5da2backed Under | 50c | 3,549$1,775 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$1,774.64 | 277 | 50.9%141 W · 136 L | +3.7wins | +0.01per pick | 50cpaid | +0.9%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xb9fc…da76backed Over | 50c | 2,500$1,250 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$1,250 | 159 | 52.2%83 W · 76 L | +6.8wins | +0.04per pick | 48cpaid | +1.7%equal weight | 54+0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x16b2…a881backed Under | 48c | 2,454$1,178 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$1,276.03 | 218 | 53.2%116 W · 102 L | +5.9wins | +0.03per pick | 50cpaid | +5.9%equal weight | 53+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xa1f3…d99cbacked Under | 49c | 2,041$1,000 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$1,040.82 | 59 | 47.5%28 W · 31 L | -1.1wins | -0.02per pick | 49cpaid | -5.8%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xe6ee…b3aabacked Under | 51c | 2,000$1,020 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$980 | 26 | 46.2%12 W · 14 L | -1.0wins | -0.04per pick | 50cpaid | -12.4%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x0a26…1851backed Under | 64c | 2,000$1,284 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$715.9 | 196 | 52%102 W · 94 L | -2.9wins | -0.01per pick | 54cpaid | -7%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x5487…a014backed Over | 50c | 1,560$780 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$780 | 722 | 49.9%360 W · 362 L | +5.4wins | +0.01per pick | 49cpaid | +2.5%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xa7b7…0adbbacked Over | 51c | 1,556$793 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$793.48 | 109 | 56%61 W · 48 L | +10.2wins | +0.09per pick | 47cpaid | +28.7%equal weight | 58+0.08 edge/pick |
| 0x13fa…3facbacked Over | 50c | 1,500$750 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$750 | 607 | 28%170 W · 437 L | +2.7wins | 0.00per pick | 28cpaid | -2.4%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x775e…6541backed Over | 51c | 1,468$749 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$748.87 | 56 | 25%14 W · 42 L | -9.4wins | -0.17per pick | 42cpaid | -50.4%equal weight | 37-0.12 edge/pick |
| 0xf332…3c89backed Over | 45c | 1,000$450 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$450 | 92 | 44.6%41 W · 51 L | +0.9wins | +0.01per pick | 44cpaid | +7.4%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xd923…a13fbacked Under | 49c | 1,000$490 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$510 | 1 | 100%1 W · 0 L | +0.5wins | +0.51per pick | 49cpaid | +104.1%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xba26…23c9backed Over | 50c | 978.85$487 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$486.98 | 391 | 56%219 W · 172 L | +12.8wins | +0.03per pick | 53cpaid | +10.8%equal weight | 53+0.03 edge/pick |
| 0x0ca2…79abbacked Under | 49c | 906.12$444 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$462.12 | 3 | 66.7%2 W · 1 L | +0.5wins | +0.16per pick | 50cpaid | +27.6%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xb0d7…f9fabacked Over | 50c | 566.51$285 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$284.98 | 118 | 46.6%55 W · 63 L | -6.2wins | -0.05per pick | 52cpaid | -18.4%equal weight | 45-0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x4a9b…f4edbacked Over | 50c | 500$250 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$250 | 62 | 41.9%26 W · 36 L | -7.1wins | -0.11per pick | 53cpaid | -19%equal weight | 41-0.08 edge/pick |
| 0x96ec…fcc4backed Over | 46c | 440$202 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$202.4 | 66 | 42.4%28 W · 38 L | -4.2wins | -0.06per pick | 49cpaid | -16.6%equal weight | 45-0.05 edge/pick |
| 0xa529…635fbacked Under | 49c | 406.57$199 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$207.35 | 1 | 100%1 W · 0 L | +0.5wins | +0.51per pick | 49cpaid | +104.1%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x1d94…9100backed Over | 50c | 405$203 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$202.5 | 1,264 | 33.7%426 W · 838 L | +13.1wins | +0.01per pick | 33cpaid | -1.7%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x2322…82c0backed Under | 79c | 379.75$300 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$79.75 | 3 | 66.7%2 W · 1 L | -0.2wins | -0.08per pick | 75cpaid | -12.8%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xa266…67f7backed Over | 51c | 325.49$166 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$166 | 198 | 26.3%52 W · 146 L | -14.0wins | -0.07per pick | 33cpaid | -22.5%equal weight | 43-0.06 edge/pick |
| 0x1ccd…5330backed Over | 50c | 300$150 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$150 | 165 | 52.7%87 W · 78 L | +0.5wins | 0.00per pick | 52cpaid | -4%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0xc599…2cecbacked Over | 49c | 300$147 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$147 | 599 | 58.9%353 W · 246 L | +26.4wins | +0.04per pick | 55cpaid | +7.6%equal weight | 55+0.04 edge/pick |
| 0xc210…39fcbacked Over | 50c | 300$150 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$150 | 193 | 57.5%111 W · 82 L | +16.3wins | +0.08per pick | 49cpaid | +16.9%equal weight | 58+0.07 edge/pick |
| 0xe50b…c2a8backed Under | 51c | 250$128 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$122.5 | 179 | 55.3%99 W · 80 L | +3.3wins | +0.02per pick | 53cpaid | +6%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x75ef…cb71backed Under | 50c | 213.2$107 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$106.65 | 46 | 56.5%26 W · 20 L | +4.0wins | +0.09per pick | 48cpaid | +15.3%equal weight | 56+0.06 edge/pick |
| 0x3fbc…9cf6backed Over | 50c | 200$100 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$100 | 32 | 43.8%14 W · 18 L | -1.0wins | -0.03per pick | 47cpaid | -9.1%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xfcb5…9bf1backed Over | 51c | 199.96$102 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$101.98 | 373 | 42.6%159 W · 214 L | -7.3wins | -0.02per pick | 45cpaid | -5.8%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xe92c…d27ebacked Over | 54c | 185.19$100 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$100 | 87 | 43.7%38 W · 49 L | -8.5wins | -0.10per pick | 53cpaid | -25%equal weight | 42-0.08 edge/pick |
| 0x3a09…f9f7backed Over | 50c | 169.96$85 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$85.49 | 584 | 45.9%268 W · 316 L | -8.8wins | -0.02per pick | 47cpaid | +8.2%equal weight | 48-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x77bc…b91bbacked Over | 45c | 155.73$70 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$70.33 | 1,934 | 42.4%820 W · 1,114 L | -43.1wins | -0.02per pick | 45cpaid | -18%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x5565…4b3bbacked Over | 50c | 142.16$71 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$71.31 | 426 | 58%247 W · 179 L | +24.6wins | +0.06per pick | 52cpaid | +5.2%equal weight | 56+0.05 edge/pick |
| 0x0df8…3e3dbacked Over | 42c | 125.39$52 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$52.11 | 104 | 33.7%35 W · 69 L | -4.8wins | -0.05per pick | 38cpaid | -32.1%equal weight | 46-0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x6db2…9289backed Under | 49c | 120.65$59 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$61.53 | 9 | 66.7%6 W · 3 L | +1.5wins | +0.16per pick | 50cpaid | +37.3%equal weight | 55+0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x4157…04f9backed Over | 50c | 120$60 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$60 | 87 | 46%40 W · 47 L | -2.4wins | -0.03per pick | 49cpaid | -7.8%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xb460…041fbacked Under | 48c | 104.17$50 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$54.17 | 45 | 31.1%14 W · 31 L | +1.5wins | +0.03per pick | 28cpaid | -0.8%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x8d67…cf38backed Under | 48c | 103$49 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$53.56 | 20 | 60%12 W · 8 L | +2.2wins | +0.11per pick | 49cpaid | +17.8%equal weight | 55+0.05 edge/pick |
| 0x68e0…a3a6backed Under | 48c | 99$48 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$51.48 | 42 | 57.1%24 W · 18 L | +2.8wins | +0.07per pick | 51cpaid | +8.4%equal weight | 55+0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x4eb7…5984backed Over | 50c | 99$50 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$49.5 | 27 | 37%10 W · 17 L | -1.8wins | -0.07per pick | 44cpaid | -17.5%equal weight | 46-0.03 edge/pick |
| 0x47d3…4255backed Over | 52c | 96.15$50 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$50 | 24 | 54.2%13 W · 11 L | -0.4wins | -0.02per pick | 56cpaid | -2%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x8d14…1eb4backed Over | 53c | 94.34$50 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$50 | 65 | 53.8%35 W · 30 L | -1.7wins | -0.03per pick | 57cpaid | -4.8%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x2104…82d7backed Over | 53c | 94.34$50 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$50 | 87 | 59.8%52 W · 35 L | -2.2wins | -0.03per pick | 62cpaid | -4.4%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xfa49…949ebacked Under | 49c | 92$45 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$46.92 | 25 | 48%12 W · 13 L | -1.3wins | -0.05per pick | 53cpaid | -27.1%equal weight | 47-0.03 edge/pick |
| 0xf292…1cc7backed Over | 47c | 85.11$40 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$40 | 100 | 46%46 W · 54 L | -1.0wins | -0.01per pick | 47cpaid | -2.4%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x79df…1661backed Over | 20c | 75$15 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$15 | 297 | 35.4%105 W · 192 L | +7.1wins | +0.02per pick | 33cpaid | +5.4%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x0e84…b7f6backed Under | 51c | 63.86$33 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$31.29 | 17 | 29.4%5 W · 12 L | -2.2wins | -0.13per pick | 42cpaid | -6.2%equal weight | 44-0.05 edge/pick |
| 0x7b17…e2c1backed Under | 48c | 62.5$30 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$32.5 | 27 | 55.6%15 W · 12 L | +0.4wins | +0.02per pick | 54cpaid | -2.9%equal weight | 51+0.01 edge/pick |
| 0x7cae…bf8abacked Over | 51c | 60$31 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$30.6 | 330 | 57%188 W · 142 L | +17.9wins | +0.05per pick | 52cpaid | +12.1%equal weight | 56+0.05 edge/pick |
| 0xf6e9…6613backed Over | 52c | 49$25 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$25.48 | 10 | 50%5 W · 5 L | -1.3wins | -0.13per pick | 62cpaid | -31.4%equal weight | 46-0.04 edge/pick |
| 0xcc36…1b11backed Over | 52c | 48.08$25 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$25 | 51 | 52.9%27 W · 24 L | +1.6wins | +0.03per pick | 50cpaid | +4.9%equal weight | 52+0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xc3bd…2bf8backed Under | 51c | 42.59$22 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$20.87 | 14 | 42.9%6 W · 8 L | -0.8wins | -0.06per pick | 49cpaid | -21.6%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x0da9…9d56backed Over | 50c | 40$20 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$20 | 38 | 50%19 W · 19 L | -0.1wins | 0.00per pick | 50cpaid | -4.4%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x7dfa…0c5cbacked Over | 50c | 40$20 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$20 | 33 | 39.4%13 W · 20 L | -3.3wins | -0.10per pick | 50cpaid | -27%equal weight | 44-0.06 edge/pick |
| 0x7203…c123backed Over | 50c | 40$20 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$20 | 12 | 25%3 W · 9 L | -1.4wins | -0.12per pick | 37cpaid | -40.2%equal weight | 46-0.04 edge/pick |
| 0xb0ad…1052backed Under | 49c | 39.61$19 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$20.2 | 2 | 100%2 W · 0 L | +1.1wins | +0.53per pick | 47cpaid | +110.7%equal weight | 54+0.04 edge/pick |
| 0x0d20…f812backed Over | 52c | 38.46$20 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$20 | 357 | 43.1%154 W · 203 L | +1.1wins | 0.00per pick | 43cpaid | -2.3%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x3dcf…4eb4backed Over | 50c | 30.04$15 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$15.02 | 170 | 53.5%91 W · 79 L | -2.0wins | -0.01per pick | 55cpaid | -1.1%equal weight | 49-0.01 edge/pick |
| 0xd2ae…f36bbacked Over | 50c | 30$15 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$15 | 178 | 49.4%88 W · 90 L | +0.8wins | 0.00per pick | 49cpaid | -7.4%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x37e8…441fbacked Over | 52c | 26$14 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$13.52 | 15 | 53.3%8 W · 7 L | -0.9wins | -0.06per pick | 60cpaid | -20.2%equal weight | 47-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x426a…128bbacked Over | 43c | 24.57$11 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$10.52 | 139 | 41%57 W · 82 L | -0.3wins | 0.00per pick | 41cpaid | -11.7%equal weight | 500.00 edge/pick |
| 0x194f…81b6backed Over | 52c | 24$12 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$12.48 | 15 | 46.7%7 W · 8 L | -2.3wins | -0.15per pick | 62cpaid | -30.4%equal weight | 44-0.06 edge/pick |
| 0x4390…e842backed Over | 52c | 22$11 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$11.44 | 10 | 50%5 W · 5 L | -1.0wins | -0.10per pick | 60cpaid | -22.1%equal weight | 47-0.03 edge/pick |
| 0x5585…dd3ebacked Over | 49c | 20.91$10 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$10.27 | 15 | 26.7%4 W · 11 L | -0.8wins | -0.05per pick | 32cpaid | -47.4%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x6474…7ab8backed Over | 50c | 20$10 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$10 | 85 | 36.5%31 W · 54 L | -2.5wins | -0.03per pick | 39cpaid | -1.7%equal weight | 47-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0xaab6…607ebacked Over | 53c | 20$11 in | Lost — open this pick on its own page | -$10.5 | 396 | 51.5%204 W · 192 L | -7.1wins | -0.02per pick | 53cpaid | -2.8%equal weight | 48-0.02 edge/pick |
| 0x2ec1…f195backed Under | 51c | 19.76$10 in | Won — open this pick on its own page | +$9.68 | 7 | 71.4%5 W · 2 L | +1.6wins | +0.23per pick | 48cpaid | +36.3%equal weight | 56+0.05 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 Premier League and say nothing about this market.
The rest of this event
Polymarket sells these questions together. 6 in all. TailMyPicks has no name for an event — the venue publishes an identifier and no title — so they are listed by their own questions.
- West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: O/U 2.5this page
- Spread: Fulham FC (-1.5)West Ham United FC won
- West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: Both Teams to ScoreNo won
- West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: O/U 1.5Under won
- West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: O/U 3.5Under won
- West Ham United FC vs. Fulham FC: O/U 4.5Under won
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.