Find Your Percentage

9.4k · February 3, 2004

There have been a few threads about nearby caches, your percentage of unfound caches, etc.

I've figured out how to make this a more meaningful stat.

Do a search from your home coordinates without filtering your finds. Count the number of unfound caches on the first 5 pages. This will give you a number of unfound caches out of the nearest 100 to your home. List this number and the distance of the 100th cache.

This will show both the percentage of unfound caches in your area relative to your cache density.

You could also do an unfiltered search and a filtered search to get the numbers for 100 miles, but I imagine the majority of cachers have most of their finds within the first 30 miles from their house. (I have 214 unfound out of 338 within 100 miles)

Here are my stats:

I have 12 unfound caches out of my closest 100. This means I have found 88% of the caches nearest my home (see how easy the math is?)

The 100th cache is 13.8 miles away

Also, out of those 12 caches:

2 are virts, 2 are multis, 8 are traditionals

The closest unfound is #35 on my list, but has never been found

#38 is a virtual

#45 is a 4/2.5 multi

#50 is a 4/3 puzzle cache

#52 is a 3/3 traditional

I was quite surprised that I have that many caches near my house. There are 62 caches within 10 miles!

1.6k · February 3, 2004

How are you supposed to be figuring your placed caches?

CR

3.9k · February 3, 2004

95% found out of 100

100th cache is: 12.9 miles

1 virtual

1 Never been found

3 multis

9.4k · February 3, 2004

How are you supposed to be figuring your placed caches?

CR

Since filtering finds also filters out your own caches, I'd count them as finds (they aren't unfound, are they?)

2k · February 3, 2004

How are you supposed to be figuring your placed caches?

CR

Since filtering finds also filters out your own caches, I'd count them as finds (they aren't unfound, are they?)

So I could just hide a bunch to get my score up?

I'd think you would throw out your own hides.

9.4k · February 3, 2004

How are you supposed to be figuring your placed caches?

CR

Since filtering finds also filters out your own caches, I'd count them as finds (they aren't unfound, are they?)

So I could just hide a bunch to get my score up?

I'd think you would throw out your own hides.

I suppose the person that has placed 50 caches would skew the numbers, but this is meant to be a simple exercise. Most cachers haven't placed that many caches. The first 5 pages on your search equal 100 caches. Count the number of unfound and subtract from 100 for your percentage of finds.

Edited February 3, 2004 by Team GPSaxophone

1.6k · February 3, 2004

97 out of the first 100 are unfound. Leading for a whopping find of 3% of my local caches, with the 100th cache being a whopping 20.1 miles away...

You know, I always thought my area wasn't very cache dense compared to some metro areas, but if you go to places like my aunts house in Wheeling, WV, there's like no caches around there...

February 4, 2004

I'm almost embarassed to admit this. I came up with 67%. I moved a few months ago, about 50 miles north of where I was primarily caching. I haven't had much time to find caches (not to mention it's cache bare around here) since I moved to the new digs. So my numbers would be slightly higher if I were using my old home coordinates, I think.

Edit: My 100th cache is 29.7mi away.

Edited February 4, 2004 by Mr. 0

1.6k · February 4, 2004

#100 is 39.1 miles away.

10 have not been found which gives me 90%.

Four days ago it would have been:

41.7 miles and 5 not found for 95%. 6 popped up over the past few days.

CR

9.4k · February 4, 2004

I've had several new caches appear in the last few weeks, but I found 3 caches yesterday and 3 more today. What get me is that my cache density is very similar to JMBella's and he's in New York! (Our 100th caches are within 14 miles of home)

February 4, 2004

84% for us. With the 100th falling at 15.3 miles from our home.

Of the 16 left, one is a multi, 2 are subscriber only (one of them still unfound,(gcgtf9).

The 16 caches all have a consolidated (d+t) rating of 4 or greater. The highest terrain rating is 4.5 (for the subscriber only unfound cache). The highest difficulty rating is a 3 and there are 3 of those.

These are the 13 caches that tease and terrorize my dreams with their proximity and unreachableness (for my current fitness level):

(1.5/2.5) Hellgate 11 by Leonata (GCF319)

(1/3) Bag'N'Tag V by asatruar (GCF860)

(1.5/3) Everest? by Leonata (GCF31C)

(1/3.5) A Mass for the Micros: 2nd Movement by Rye_and_Leigh (GCGZD3)

(2/3) Davis Point Cache by Rye_and_Leigh (GCAFAD)

(1/4) A Mass for the Micros: 3rd Movement by skydiver (GCGZB1)

(2/3) Happy Meal by four S (GCG102)

(2/3.5) Dam the Bass by Macduff (GCGXKC)

(3/3) Moveable Feast #1 by asatruar (GC9B85)

(3/3) Back in the Saddle Again by Leonata (GCF440)

(2.5/3.5) The Sentinel Cache (aka Mountain Troll's Revenge) by Rye_and_Leigh (GC5705)

(1.5/4.5) Patron of a Happy Death by Rye_and_Leigh (GCGTF9)

(3/4) Close Enough Cache by asatruar (GC8420)

-Jennifer

February 4, 2004

68 found out of the first 100

100th cache is 5.8 miles

232 caches within 10 miles!!

119 found out of the 232.

1520 caches within 100 miles.

Looks like I better get busy

Edited February 4, 2004 by Eagles61

February 4, 2004

My score is 26%.

#100 is 19.2 miles.

I'm in a suburb 20 miles north east of Detroit.

I've only been active since November '03, but I am seriously addicted.

I'm out just about every weekend, even in the recent snow we've been having.

(about 2 feet accumulated on the ground in the woods now)

2k · February 4, 2004

Okay my score is 63% but I didn't count my caches. It wasen't that hard to filter manualy. No excuses for the 37 closest caches I haven't found. I really need to get out more.

February 4, 2004

Mine is 19%

100th is 21.0 miles away

I have the lowest so far, hmmm.

February 4, 2004

Do a search from your home coordinates without filtering your finds. Count the number of unfound caches on the first 5 pages. This will give you a number of unfound caches out of the nearest 100 to your home. List this number and the distance of the 100th cache.

I have found all 100 that are closest to me (including about 5 that I have hidden). The 100th cache is 21.1 miles away.

9.4k · February 4, 2004

Do a search from your home coordinates without filtering your finds. Count the number of unfound caches on the first 5 pages. This will give you a number of unfound caches out of the nearest 100 to your home. List this number and the distance of the 100th cache.

I have found all 100 that are closest to me (including about 5 that I have hidden). The 100th cache is 21.1 miles away.

We have our first winner! Your cache density is also pretty low, not bad!

20.7k · February 4, 2004

I've visited 90 of the nearest 100 caches. Three of them are brand new and I haven't tried them yet. Two are in areas that I rarely visit. One is a puzzle cache that I have yet to get decrypted. Four of them I've tried and failed.

Number 100 is 11.4 miles away.

6.5k · February 4, 2004

Now this stat would be very interesting to compare to 'spread maps' for comparison.

For me I have to go the fourth page for unfound caches. On the first 5 pages 17 are unfound, so im at 83%. The 100th cache is 34.9 miles away.

For 50miles 169 -72 unfound=97/169= 57%

For 100miles 444-336 unfound= 108/444= 24%

February 4, 2004

99% in 23.0 miles.

I could get that last one but it's much more fun not to find it!

38.2k · February 4, 2004

Of the nearest 100 caches:

I own - 35

I helped place - 2

Found - 54

Unfound - 9

Which means I've found 54% of the closest 100 caches. The closest not found that I'm able to log is 9.3 miles away and number 100 is 10.6 miles away.

Edited February 4, 2004 by briansnat

1.1k · February 4, 2004

This is a fresh and interesting stat...

97% found

3 unfound caches as follows:

#1 - within walking distance...just haven't bothered yet

#93 - couldn't find it, neither could the last 3 others...burried under a couple feet of snow.

#96 - close to #93...haven't tried it yet

100th cache is 23.1 km from home.

February 4, 2004

14% and 27miles to the 100th. but within the first 11 miles there are only 8 and I own or have found all but 1 of those. About half of my caching is in Phoenix 80+miles away as the GPS reads.

5.3k · February 4, 2004

63% found...#100 is only 8.6 miles away.

1.8k · February 4, 2004

67%

The 100th closest is 22 miles away.

If you take the closest 100 from where I work, that number jumps up to 74% with the 100th closest being only 15.1 miles away.

February 4, 2004

Man, I'm a sucker for stats. Of my closest 100,

the closest unfound is 29.3km from the house.

the furthest unfound is 63.4km from the house.

There are

6 unfound virts

27 unfound traditional

2 unfound multis.

All told, the found percentage is a wopping 65%. A month ago, it would have been much higher, but there has been a flurry of new caches in the area, about 10 of them.

4k · February 4, 2004

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1.2k · February 4, 2004

Math makes my brain hurt.

1.3k · February 4, 2004

24 out of the nearest 100 I have yet to find. That makes 76% and the furthest of the 100 is 8.8 miles. Not that the numbers matter. Still, this seems to be a much more interesting statistic than raw total finds. (Because I'm not doing so bad.)

4k · February 4, 2004

Math makes my brain hurt.

A thousand different threads about stats in a week make my brain hurt............

February 4, 2004

Found all of the caches on my first 5 pages. 100th cache is about 15 miles away.

9.2k · February 4, 2004

My percentage is at 88% just like the Saxman. Cache 100 is 13.1 miles away here in Pittsburgh. Looking at the unfound ones, two are webcams I'm just not very interested in, two have beaten me with unresolved DNF's, four are multicaches or puzzle caches that I'll enjoy more when the weather is better, and the rest are fairly recent placements. If I sweep through an area and clean it free of unfound caches, I try not to head back there every time a new one pops up. The closest unfound cache is 4.5 miles but it was placed on the same day when I found all the other new caches in that part of town.

I would agree with Quest Master that sometimes it is more fun to NOT find a cache.

February 4, 2004

Total posts x Time spent reading posts + Number of personal posts - Time editing posts / Total users on forums + (Number of bathroom trips x Caffinated Beverages consumed) - Number of times wife nags about taking out trash while in forums + (Sugary snacks / Distance to refrigerator) x what-the-hell-was-I-posting-about-again? = _______

1.8k · February 4, 2004

Total posts x Time spent reading posts + Number of personal posts - Time editing posts / Total users on forums + (Number of bathroom trips x Caffinated Beverages consumed) - Number of times wife nags about taking out trash while in forums + (Sugary snacks / Distance to refrigerator) x what-the-hell-was-I-posting-about-again? = _______

Now there's a stat I can live with!

9.4k · February 4, 2004

Math makes my brain hurt.

A thousand different threads about stats in a week make my brain hurt............

Well, with only 22 finds, I can guess your percentage

February 4, 2004

I am at 94% on the 1st 5 pages out of 520 total from my zip. #100 is 43.1 miles away. Now if it would just quit snowing so I can get back out there.

February 4, 2004

53 unfound caches out of 100 in a 6.4 mile radius...out of those about 40 are disabled caches.

February 4, 2004

I found ALL the closest 100 except for 5 that are mine and 1 event cache that is over a month away. I'd say 100%, but that's just me.

Number 100 is only 10.1 miles away! Didn't realize that there were that many that close. I just find 'em.

I kept going out to my 10th page to find my closest 'findable' cache - number 194 - which is 15.1 miles away. There are 3 'temporarily disabled'(since last summer - but thats another thread) currently in my closest 200. The 200th is only 15.4 miles away so I'm rather 'cache rich'.

Edited February 4, 2004 by maleki

February 4, 2004

53 unfound caches out of 100 in a 6.4 mile radius...out of those about 40 are disabled caches.

40 ot of 100 'temporarily disabled' - THATS TERRIBLE!

What's your zip?

Nevermind...

Clicked on your profile for the answer. Why so many disabled? I'm annoyed by the 6 currently on my first page of unfound caches.

Edited February 4, 2004 by maleki

February 4, 2004

I found 100% of the first 120+ caches in my area. number 100 is 31.3 miles away.

2.7k · February 4, 2004

34/100 not found (66% found)

31.8 miles to the 100th

I have not counted disabled caches.

February 4, 2004

40 ot of 100 'temporarily disabled' - THATS TERRIBLE!

Remember, it's only a 6 mile radius. They've been tearing up a main artery highway here, so most of them should probably be archived since they most likely no longer exist.

February 4, 2004

I've found 91% of the 100 nearest, and I'm including my hides as finds in that total. Of the not-founds, 4 are multis, 4 are virts (but all four should really be classified as locationless), and the last one is a traditional. The 100th cache is 17.8 miles away. The unfound caches are spread far and wide - I usually wait until there is a "critical mass" of caches so I can make a day of the trip with the least amount of driving per cache.

I need to move somewhere where you can find 100 caches within 10 miles of your house!

Edited February 4, 2004 by ZingerHead

5.3k · February 4, 2004

100%, 9.6 mi. I'm surprised there aren't more. Maybe all those that have gotten all the nearby ones are out caching instead of posting.

February 4, 2004

56 not found out of closest 100 (44%)

#100 is 57.5 miles away.

How do you fit 100 caches in a 10 mile or or 6 mile or less radius. Are they in every bodies back yards, corn fields and creeks?

There are only 10 caches in a 10 mile radius from my home. I guess I got some cache placing to do.

Happy Caching.

GEO.JOE

4k · February 4, 2004

Math makes my brain hurt.

A thousand different threads about stats in a week make my brain hurt............

Well, with only 22 finds, I can guess your percentage

Don't forget my 2 hides......and 2300 forum posts!

1.8k · February 4, 2004

Hmm... Finds to Posts ratio... 346/547=0.63

Sparky?

4k · February 4, 2004

Hmm... Finds to Posts ratio... 346/547=0.63

Sparky?

Well, due to the weather, I haven't kept up with my 100 posts per find goal, and need to get out and find two more caches to do so.......sorry.....I'll try harder next time.....or maybe I could just start making 200 posts per find?

February 4, 2004

Of the 100 caches nearest my house:

10 are ours (10%)

5 are unfound by us* and are active so we've found or hidden 95%,

1 is unfound by us but is archived (94% total)

100th cache is only 8.4 miles away - what a difference a couple of years makes!

*I have decided to not cross post my finds - 4 of our finds were posted else where but I have included them as finds.

George

February 4, 2004

39/100 caches found meaning 39% :blink:

4 unknowns

2 virtuals

1 webcam

9 multi's

#100 is 46 miles away from home!

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