If you ask most people what “pi” is, they’ll probably mention Thanksgiving or key lime. At WT, however, 3.14 is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important numbers. Every year WT gathers to celebrate Pi Day with a pi digit reciting contest followed by hungry teenagers fighting over actual pie.

Evan Park ‘26 put the “W” in WT this year by reciting over 600 digits of pi, making him the pi champ of 2024. This is no small feat. Here is an approximate visualization of what Evan recited: 

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028410270193852110555964462294895493038196442881097566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436789259036001133053054882046652138414695194151160943305727036575959195309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793818301194912983367336244065664308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513

But the craziest part of this whole feat is that Evan is rumored to still be reciting. Many sources have confirmed that he is still standing in the front of the auditorium reciting every last digit of an infinite number. The whispers of the digits of pi echo through the halls of the Molloy Posner Hall while the clock keeps ticking and ticking and ticking. 

Infinity was a concept I thought I could never understand until Evan Park won the 2024 pi day contest. Congratulations, Evan!