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Gap Distribution
How far apart are your two selves?
The distance between the self you show and the self you keep. Bigger gaps are rarer. Percentiles appear once there are enough results.
Take the test to see your main-self / shadow-self gap and how rare it is.
Take the test, see my gapPopulation gap distribution
Distribution and percentiles unlock once enough samples arrive
How to read the outer and inner self gap
What the gap measures
It is a score from 0 to 100 for how differently your outer self (with people) and your inner self (when alone) behave. The test asks about the two settings separately and only computes a gap for responses that finished all three stages. A test stopped halfway gets no gap.
The closer to 0, the more the two selves move alike; the higher it is, the more your character shifts from one setting to the other.
How the distribution and the top % are worked out
Every response's gap is sorted into score ranges and shown as bars. If you have a gap, the top % tells you what share of all responses sits in ranges above yours.
Until enough responses come in, a single person's result could be recognized, so the distribution and percentages stay hidden.
What a large gap means
A higher gap means your answers differ more between being around people and being alone; a lower gap means they are more similar. The score combines differences in five personality traits, instinctive needs and responses to situations.
The score alone cannot explain why those differences occur, how well you adapt or how tired you feel. Neither a higher nor a lower score is better or worse.
Bar differences do not simply add up
The example's gap is not the sum of every visible difference between paired bars. Small differences contribute nothing, clearly large differences contribute their entire weighted amount, and the traits carry unequal weights. Examples with the same total bar difference can therefore produce different gaps, depending on where the differences lie.
These bars show only the five-trait part of the calculation. A wide separation in a particular pair of bars identifies where those trait answers differ. It cannot tell you how much the other parts contribute, so do not use that pair alone to explain the overall gap.
The five-trait part of the gap Five-trait gap 30
The distribution gives context, not a grade
Read each distribution bar as a range of scores, rather than a collection of identical answers. Responses in the same range can have different trait patterns, so a crowded range does not mean those respondents change in the same ways. The shape shows where scores cluster without explaining the experiences behind them.
When reading the top percentage, remember that it compares ranges rather than placing every response in an exact order. Responses within your range are not separated into those above and below you. Use that broader comparison for context, then return to your own answers to explore what differs.
Compare situations after seeing your gap
Choose a situation with people and a situation alone that you remember clearly. Describe what you wanted and how you responded in each, then compare those descriptions with the parts of your result that differ. Ask a friend which version they tend to see, giving them a specific occasion rather than asking them to judge your whole character.
Separate what you chose to do from what the setting required. You may have waited to speak because others were still talking, or stayed quiet because you wanted time to think. Similar actions can have different reasons, and those reasons help you interpret the contrast.
Please keep in mind
The gap comes from one set of answers, so it can move with how you felt that day. Use it as a reference point for reflection, not a diagnosis or a grade. Take the test again later to see whether your two selves are drawing closer or further apart.