Order from falling beads

Drop beads through left-or-right decisions to build a bell-shaped pile.

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How it works

How it works.

Final bin is a binomial count of right turns across independent rows.

Assumptions and limits

Idealized fair 50/50 turns; this is a probability model rather than a collision engine.

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