TailMyPicks

Check any Polymarket wallet’s real record.

NHL · resolved market

Hurricanes vs. Wild

Rebuilt .

What this market resolved to

Winning outcome
Wildof Hurricanes, Wild
Resolved
US/Eastern, the zone Polymarket writes its markets in
Scored in
NHLevery record on this page is that Category’s
Volume Polymarket published
$1,035,718
Volume TailMyPicks’s own read summed
$1,032,198

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 $1,035,718 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 548 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
0x2c57…c94dbacked Hurricanes61c300,000$182,659 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$182,658.934264.3%27 W · 15 L+3.6wins+0.09per pick56cpaid+19.3%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x7606…2836backed Hurricanes59c291,505$172,065 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$172,064.612254.5%12 W · 10 L+0.6wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+11%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xe90b…5da2backed Wild43c239,172$103,646 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$135,526.5238748.3%187 W · 200 L+1.6wins0.00per pick48cpaid-6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xef54…d1eebacked Wild39c158,125$60,934 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$97,190.9717749.2%87 W · 90 L+6.4wins+0.04per pick46cpaid+5.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0xee00…cea1backed Wild54c116,893$63,645 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$53,247.6344848.9%219 W · 229 L+12.0wins+0.03per pick46cpaid-1.9%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xc3c3…eec8backed Hurricanes46c75,000$34,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$34,499.9342552.2%222 W · 203 L+25.0wins+0.06per pick46cpaid+9%equal weight56+0.06 edge/pick
0x9165…5b98backed Hurricanes62c59,314$36,774 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$36,774.4111955.5%66 W · 53 L+3.6wins+0.03per pick52cpaid+6.8%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0xd123…d341backed Wild39c50,600$19,734 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$30,866944.4%4 W · 5 L+0.4wins+0.04per pick40cpaid-11.9%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x507e…beaebacked Wild39c34,239$13,323 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$20,915.962,66451.6%1,375 W · 1,289 L+58.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+2.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xb875…68a8backed Wild38c23,000$8,740 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$14,26024654.5%134 W · 112 L+9.2wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+9.4%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x9cb9…32f2backed Wild39c17,500$6,825 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$10,6758952.8%47 W · 42 L+3.5wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+6.6%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x6a72…33eebacked Hurricanes28c17,005$4,781 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$4,780.671,34554.8%737 W · 608 L+21.0wins+0.02per pick53cpaid-1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x8f03…64d6backed Wild38c15,118$5,745 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,373.2410050%50 W · 50 L+3.2wins+0.03per pick47cpaid+4.8%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xa315…cabbbacked Wild39c14,882$5,842 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$9,040.0232251.9%167 W · 155 L+4.4wins+0.01per pick51cpaid+4.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x1433…56a0backed Hurricanes60c14,470$8,682 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$8,681.8522550.2%113 W · 112 L+1.0wins0.00per pick50cpaid+1.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd6a3…9489backed Wild53c12,370$6,557 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$5,813.0962951.2%322 W · 307 L+18.5wins+0.03per pick48cpaid+1%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xd063…e5b5backed Wild39c12,194$4,734 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$7,460.41825%2 W · 6 L-1.6wins-0.20per pick45cpaid-48.9%equal weight45-0.05 edge/pick
0xebc0…fa41backed Wild67c11,112$7,445 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,667.0717057.6%98 W · 72 L+15.0wins+0.09per pick49cpaid+25.4%equal weight59+0.08 edge/pick
0xa6a8…5009backed Wild62c9,672$5,960 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,711.791,40647%661 W · 745 L+58.6wins+0.04per pick43cpaid-0.8%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0xa49b…4c40backed Wild67c8,983$6,019 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,963.8226344.5%117 W · 146 L+0.7wins0.00per pick44cpaid-9.9%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa925…e1c8backed Hurricanes34c8,789$2,969 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,9692339.1%9 W · 14 L-0.6wins-0.03per pick42cpaid-24.3%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x01b4…372ebacked Hurricanes1c8,000$80 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$802174.1%9 W · 208 L+2.2wins+0.01per pick3cpaid+36.3%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xf68a…5b1bbacked Wild40c7,636$3,061 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,575.221,44149.2%709 W · 732 L+6.5wins0.00per pick49cpaid+0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x057a…3bacbacked Wild60c7,187$4,305 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,882.0127143.5%118 W · 153 L+1.7wins+0.01per pick43cpaid-7.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x7d5c…0182backed Wild39c6,676$2,633 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,043.3228353%150 W · 133 L+16.6wins+0.06per pick47cpaid+14.1%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x81e4…6f22backed Wild39c6,587$2,569 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$4,018.2413551.1%69 W · 66 L+0.4wins0.00per pick51cpaid-4.3%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xccec…1dfcbacked Wild39c6,225$2,428 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,797.258536.5%31 W · 54 L-11.4wins-0.13per pick50cpaid-29.9%equal weight39-0.10 edge/pick
0x5adf…a5e7backed Wild40c6,000$2,430 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,569.9463249.5%313 W · 319 L+2.8wins0.00per pick49cpaid+1.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x97e0…8194backed Wild39c6,000$2,310 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,689.9130552.5%160 W · 145 L+6.2wins+0.02per pick50cpaid+3.8%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x9fad…5a9fbacked Hurricanes52c5,799$2,998 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,997.5989547%421 W · 474 L-18.0wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-4.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xd2b2…d101backed Hurricanes62c5,645$3,500 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$3,5005648.2%27 W · 29 L-2.0wins-0.03per pick52cpaid-4.9%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x0eb3…f766backed Wild39c5,003$1,976 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$3,027.1654047.6%257 W · 283 L-15.9wins-0.03per pick51cpaid-5.6%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x3850…c4b4backed Hurricanes56c5,000$2,798 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,79810352.4%54 W · 49 L+6.4wins+0.06per pick46cpaid+14%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x21d6…86fdbacked Wild41c5,000$2,050 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,949.876657.6%38 W · 28 L+6.2wins+0.09per pick48cpaid+19.6%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x204f…5e14backed Wild55c4,587$2,513 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,074.521,30152.6%684 W · 617 L+23.7wins+0.02per pick51cpaid-6.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xec13…862bbacked Wild39c4,500$1,755 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,74522546.2%104 W · 121 L-3.3wins-0.01per pick48cpaid-1.9%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xcb43…3c74backed Wild39c4,500$1,755 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,74530447.4%144 W · 160 L-5.3wins-0.02per pick49cpaid-2.4%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xe9cb…d096backed Hurricanes24c4,240$1,024 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,024.1238738%147 W · 240 L-13.9wins-0.04per pick42cpaid-28.6%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x445e…9be0backed Wild49c4,200$2,076 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,12433652.1%175 W · 161 L-3.1wins-0.01per pick53cpaid-0.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xa196…5b78backed Hurricanes63c4,200$2,646 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$2,6461330.8%4 W · 9 L-2.6wins-0.20per pick50cpaid-42.7%equal weight43-0.07 edge/pick
0xfa21…1438backed Wild73c4,085$3,000 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,084.67149.3%35 W · 36 L-4.9wins-0.07per pick56cpaid-12.2%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xf9ea…380dbacked Wild39c4,036$1,574 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,461.93636.1%13 W · 23 L-5.8wins-0.16per pick52cpaid-28.5%equal weight39-0.10 edge/pick
0x93bc…8ca3backed Wild67c4,000$2,700 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,3001,02540.8%418 W · 607 L+15.6wins+0.02per pick39cpaid-3.7%equal weight52+0.01 edge/pick
0x6239…c24fbacked Wild38c3,970$1,509 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,461.3369550.1%348 W · 347 L-4.2wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-1.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x1f7b…d405backed Wild39c3,759$1,466 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,292.941163.6%7 W · 4 L+1.9wins+0.18per pick46cpaid+44%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0xee61…debfbacked Wild39c3,675$1,434 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,241.412,89451.3%1,484 W · 1,410 L+58.0wins+0.02per pick49cpaid+4.4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x50dd…c186backed Wild39c3,668$1,430 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,237.432955.2%16 W · 13 L+2.4wins+0.08per pick47cpaid+20.6%equal weight55+0.04 edge/pick
0x2005…75eabacked Hurricanes24c3,352$816 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$816.062,11242.9%907 W · 1,205 L-10.1wins0.00per pick43cpaid-9.5%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0xad6a…9dbdbacked Wild39c3,288$1,282 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$2,005.855259.6%31 W · 21 L+5.6wins+0.11per pick49cpaid+23.4%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x8717…49a8backed Wild39c3,264$1,273 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,991.1830152.5%158 W · 143 L+17.8wins+0.06per pick47cpaid+12.6%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x9f13…e0fdbacked Hurricanes62c3,174$1,968 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,967.9247951.4%246 W · 233 L-5.6wins-0.01per pick53cpaid-2.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0xbad2…5296backed Wild40c3,055$1,228 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,827.4189249.9%445 W · 447 L+10.2wins+0.01per pick49cpaid+1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x618d…aadcbacked Hurricanes60c3,000$1,800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,8002454.2%13 W · 11 L+1.0wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+11%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x3909…335fbacked Hurricanes60c3,000$1,800 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,8002962.1%18 W · 11 L+3.5wins+0.12per pick50cpaid+27.4%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0xe60a…6a47backed Wild39c2,946$1,155 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,791.121,94849.4%962 W · 986 L+24.9wins+0.01per pick48cpaid+2.1%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x045d…d649backed Hurricanes38c2,833$1,077 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,076.615837.9%22 W · 36 L-4.2wins-0.07per pick45cpaid-21.4%equal weight44-0.05 edge/pick
0xc44d…935cbacked Wild38c2,829$1,075 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,753.954252.4%22 W · 20 L+1.5wins+0.04per pick49cpaid+1%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x5b8e…5c3cbacked Hurricanes61c2,639$1,604 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,603.9414451.4%74 W · 70 L+1.7wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+9.6%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x5137…1556backed Wild39c2,496$986 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,510.2487447%411 W · 463 L+3.5wins0.00per pick47cpaid+1.7%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xd9ea…b781backed Wild39c2,490$961 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,528.947157.7%41 W · 30 L+5.1wins+0.07per pick51cpaid+17.5%equal weight56+0.05 edge/pick
0x88f9…325dbacked Wild39c2,321$905 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,415.514055%22 W · 18 L+1.8wins+0.04per pick51cpaid+13%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0x371a…34b0backed Hurricanes1c2,222$22 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$22.227450.7%5 W · 740 L-13.2wins-0.02per pick2cpaid-94.3%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x4762…ba70backed Wild71c2,108$1,497 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$611.45633.3%2 W · 4 L-1.0wins-0.17per pick50cpaid-45.7%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0x1733…1e15backed Wild39c2,051$800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,251.2853050.6%268 W · 262 L0.0wins0.00per pick51cpaid+1.8%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x8f7a…db40backed Wild38c2,000$760 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,24011946.2%55 W · 64 L-4.3wins-0.04per pick50cpaid-7.8%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0x44f0…67cdbacked Wild40c2,000$800 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,2001338.5%5 W · 8 L-0.6wins-0.05per pick43cpaid-26.6%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xf5f2…0234backed Wild39c1,856$724 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,132.1610554.3%57 W · 48 L+8.7wins+0.08per pick46cpaid+15.7%equal weight57+0.07 edge/pick
0xef23…5b60backed Wild38c1,833$696 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,136.2664242.2%271 W · 371 L-6.1wins-0.01per pick43cpaid-4.5%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x22ed…002bbacked Wild39c1,828$713 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,115.214546.7%21 W · 24 L-2.3wins-0.05per pick52cpaid-8%equal weight46-0.03 edge/pick
0xe2d7…da62backed Hurricanes44c1,803$799 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$799.4718840.4%76 W · 112 L+4.8wins+0.03per pick38cpaid-1.3%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x16b2…a881backed Wild38c1,800$684 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,115.8888151.2%451 W · 430 L+10.4wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+1.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0xc1f7…c4e5backed Hurricanes59c1,791$1,057 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,056.697459.5%44 W · 30 L+4.7wins+0.06per pick53cpaid+17.2%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0x5139…a8dbbacked Hurricanes61c1,778$1,085 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,084.5857453.8%309 W · 265 L+12.6wins+0.02per pick52cpaid+5.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0xce99…637ebacked Wild40c1,775$710 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,06526946.1%124 W · 145 L+3.1wins+0.01per pick45cpaid+1.8%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x429b…0688backed Wild40c1,767$704 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,063.731850%9 W · 9 L-0.2wins-0.01per pick51cpaid-2.4%equal weight490.00 edge/pick
0x3435…1913backed Wild39c1,730$675 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,055.32147.6%10 W · 11 L-0.9wins-0.04per pick52cpaid-8.2%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x9c95…ed41backed Wild39c1,730$675 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,055.35841.4%24 W · 34 L-1.3wins-0.02per pick44cpaid-8.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0xbde5…9c38backed Hurricanes59c1,651$978 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$978.0466951%341 W · 328 L-14.2wins-0.02per pick53cpaid-3.8%equal weight48-0.02 edge/pick
0x1331…3d82backed Hurricanes57c1,639$932 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$931.977163.4%45 W · 26 L+0.2wins0.00per pick63cpaid-2.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe401…7b88backed Wild49c1,625$792 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$833.493,70450.5%1,871 W · 1,833 L+105.5wins+0.03per pick48cpaid-4%equal weight53+0.03 edge/pick
0xc689…5250backed Wild37c1,590$588 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$1,001.573959%23 W · 16 L+1.2wins+0.03per pick56cpaid+4%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x559e…7fe2backed Hurricanes63c1,587$1,000 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$1,0003661.1%22 W · 14 L-0.4wins-0.01per pick62cpaid-3.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x84f7…ade1backed Wild40c1,577$633 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$944.121,02448.4%496 W · 528 L+1.3wins0.00per pick48cpaid-2.2%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0x96bc…7fb4backed Wild40c1,500$600 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$90024845.2%112 W · 136 L+9.5wins+0.04per pick41cpaid+9.7%equal weight54+0.03 edge/pick
0x4103…9b9ebacked Hurricanes41c1,451$589 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$589.228842%121 W · 167 L-12.4wins-0.04per pick46cpaid-13.3%equal weight46-0.04 edge/pick
0x5bc4…f44fbacked Wild38c1,300$491 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$808.9868449.9%341 W · 343 L-3.2wins0.00per pick50cpaid-0.6%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xf699…07e1backed Hurricanes13c1,148$148 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$148.1885464.2%548 W · 306 L+64.5wins+0.08per pick57cpaid+18.4%equal weight58+0.07 edge/pick
0x5487…a014backed Hurricanes35c1,130$397 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$396.6684953.8%457 W · 392 L+20.9wins+0.02per pick51cpaid+5%equal weight53+0.02 edge/pick
0x4614…6002backed Wild38c1,100$418 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$681.97966.7%6 W · 3 L+1.6wins+0.18per pick48cpaid+38.4%equal weight55+0.05 edge/pick
0xba26…23c9backed Wild39c1,034$405 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$628.561,14350.8%581 W · 562 L+11.8wins+0.01per pick50cpaid+2.5%equal weight51+0.01 edge/pick
0x669c…6c54backed Wild39c1,010$394 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$616.154967.3%33 W · 16 L+7.2wins+0.15per pick53cpaid+30.4%equal weight61+0.10 edge/pick
0x029b…1f75backed Hurricanes62c1,010$626 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6262653.8%14 W · 12 L+1.1wins+0.04per pick50cpaid+10.5%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x977a…f2cabacked Hurricanes1c1,000$10 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$101,1632.3%27 W · 1,136 L-10.7wins-0.01per pick3cpaid-87.6%equal weight49-0.01 edge/pick
0x30ef…70dfbacked Wild39c1,000$390 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$61053337.5%200 W · 333 L-0.6wins0.00per pick38cpaid-1.5%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xa9d1…4660backed Hurricanes6c1,000$60 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$6029412.9%38 W · 256 L+5.3wins+0.02per pick11cpaid+45.2%equal weight52+0.02 edge/pick
0x7393…9818backed Wild38c999.96$380 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$619.97837.5%3 W · 5 L-0.9wins-0.11per pick49cpaid-21%equal weight47-0.03 edge/pick
0xc7e5…2d3abacked Hurricanes61c983.61$600 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$60043743%188 W · 249 L+16.7wins+0.04per pick39cpaid+9.2%equal weight54+0.04 edge/pick
0x9dd9…08bdbacked Wild71c978.98$694 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$284.71,05442.5%448 W · 606 L-25.3wins-0.02per pick45cpaid-17.3%equal weight47-0.02 edge/pick
0x781c…db68backed Wild72c978.05$708 inWon — open this pick on its own page+$269.8182043%353 W · 467 L-1.9wins0.00per pick43cpaid-8.1%equal weight500.00 edge/pick
0xe5f3…bb7fbacked Hurricanes2c960.4$19 inLost — open this pick on its own page-$18.69540%2 W · 3 L+0.1wins+0.02per pick38cpaid-29.4%equal weight500.00 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.

The rest of this event

Polymarket sells these questions together. 4 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.

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.