Hi. As some of you might know, I’ve learned some digits of pi and I’d like to “officially” validate my performance in the future. The website Pi-Ranking-List (https://www.pi-world-ranking-list.com/?page=lists&category=pi&sort=digits) seems to be kind of a reference, I don’t know if there are some other similar lists/leaderboards somewhere. I emailed them a few weeks ago but they never responded (btw, does someone know why ? the list seems to be active though), so I’m trying to have answers to my questions here.
Firstly, do I need to record the performance, and have a video of it, or do I only need witnesses ? What is enough of a proof ?
Am I allowed to say the digits like this : one hundred and forty-one (or in french, cent quarante et un), or should I say one-four-one (un-quatre-un) ?
Do you have details on what they mean exactly by an ‘academic or scientific witness’ for 10k+ digits ? For instance, is an university teacher one of them ? or should he/she represent an official structure or institution ?
Ultimately, who do I send this to, if Pi-Ranking-List doesn’t answer ?
On a side note, how do I make sure the pi digits I find on the internet are correct ? I don’t wanna throw an attempt or waste x hours of work because the numbers are simply not pi. I’ve checked them on several websites and they seem consistent, but I’ve also seen a pdf where the digits seem wrong from the 411 536th or something. Maybe it’s stupid and I’m worrying for nothing… anyways. If someone has a reliable source for the first 100k digits of pi, just to be sure, I’ll take it.
Also, do you know if there are pi day competitions in France ? How are they typically organized ? I’ve never seen them by myself and I’d love to participate in one next year. I know we are 4 months before, but I can’t seem to find any clue about 2022-pi-day-competition near my home.
When I did this some years ago, three witnesses were required, including one with academic/scientific background (" 10. Performances of 10,000 digits or more must be certified by an additional academic or scientific witness. Alternatively this may be an official such as a lawyer, notary, or minister, who must be present and certify the performance. If this is absolutely impossible, please contact us."). No video was required and it was ok to know the judges.
I assume that you’ll need to say the individual digits, it’s easy for a judge to hear “cent vingt-trois” and interpret it as 100 023 if they aren’t fully aware of the rules …
I don’t think this rule was very strict, I had found a university professor…
DM me if you can’t reach them, I can try to ping them for you via other channels and ask them to reply to you
Haven’t heard of any. I did mine in Sweden and I was the only one competing! Are you in touch with the ASM (asmemoire.fr)? The French community might be keen to organize something if there are others who are interested.
Hi! I have done a pi recitation and contacted Pi World Ranking list via email on 2.11 but haven’t got a reply yet. Is there anyway to contact them please? Anyone could kindly let me know please?
Cheers!
I did my Pi performance last September. Emailed that day. Didn’t get a response until March (6 months later.) I then mailed the completed form to an address in Germany that he gave me. Didn’t get any confirmation that he’d received it. In August, I saw that the leaderboard was updated and I was on it.
It took nearly a year from when I first emailed to complete the process and get listed, so be patient.
PLEASE…
Could anyone kindly help me to register my attempt ? I sent the completed form of my succesful attempt to [[email protected]] - the email given in the rules section back in last October ( 2023) but haven’t got a response yet.
Leader board is updated with entries as recent as March 2024.
Is this email still working?
Is there any other contact you know?
