Repdigit numbers are those expressed by a single repeated digit, such as 11, 22, 33, ..., 111, 222, ..., etc.
Retention for all team numbers is somewhere in the neighborhood of 1226/2235 = 55% per today's
registration figures.
For repdigit numbered teams, retention is a bit higher. Six repdigit teams appear to be inactive: 44, 55, 77, 99, 666, and 777. Fourteen repdigit teams are active: 11, 22, 33, 66, 88, 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 888, 999, 1111, and 2222. So retention for repdigit teams is 14/20 = 70%. Or 13/18 = 72% if we neglect 666 (which may never have existed) and 2222 (a 2007 rookie).
Are repdigit numbered teams more likely to succeed?
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