It’s hard to believe, but we’ve been doing whichWMATA now for 25 weeks, and you’ve guessed on 125 images. Let’s take a look back at the series to date.

On April 16, I asked you to try to identify the first set of images. Thanks to a link from Politico, week one got over 5,000 pageviews. Though, we only got 40 guesses.

Greenbelt, from week 1. Only one person got this one right.

I’m glad so many of you enjoy the series. I’ve had quite a lot of fun putting it together, but it’s not easy. In fact, sometimes I wonder if my job is harder than yours.

It’s a fine line to walk, and it’s made much harder by the uniformity of design features across the system. In Atlanta, for example, I could take a picture of blue glazed platform tiles and it could only be Garnett. But here, if I take a picture of the floor tiles, you can only narrow it down to 80 or so stations.

So I have to take photos that are unique enough that you all have a fighting chance of guessing. But the photo also has to be obscure enough that it’s not too easy. It’s a fine line to walk.

Some stations have few distinguishing features, so it’s very hard to include those stops. It’s one of the costs of uniform design.

U Street, from week 7.

On the other hand, it’s fun to help you exercise your deductive reasoning, as I did in week 7. 17 of you figured out that image 5 was U Street, despite relatively few clues. Here’s my blurb from the answers that week:

As I indicated in the clue on Tuesday, there was enough information to narrow this down to 3 stations. 32 stations have the waffle-style vaults. Of that subset, 20 stations have a center platform like the one pictured, but 4 of those have full-length mezzanines. Of the 16 remaining, only three have floating mezzanines at both ends of the station: U Street, Shaw, and Navy Yard. But Shaw and Navy Yard have short names that don’t require the station nameplates to be double-height as those at U Street are.

And I haven’t been alone. We’ve had guest photographers in four of the sets: week 6, week 14, week 18, and week 22. I’m thankful to Ben Schumin, DC Transit Nerd, Peter K, and Sand Box John for submitting photos, so I could go on vacation.

If any of you ever want to try your hand, feel free to submit photos to whichwmata@ggwash.org.

Mount Vernon Square, from week six. Photo by DC Transit Nerd.

Through the first 25 weeks of this series, people have guessed 903 times. On average, 36 people play each week. The fewest guesses we ever got came in week 21, when only 14 people played.

At the other end of the spectrum, the most guesses we ever got in a week was last week, when all five images depicted elements of L’Enfant Plaza station. We got 84 guesses in week 25.

Georgia Avenue, from week 24. Only two people knew this one.

Over the weeks, I’ve tried to balance the distribution of the stations across the system. But it’s not always easy.

I ride the Red and Green (or Yellow) daily, and so pictures of the other lines are generally the product of a photo safari. Some of them are older pictures that I’ve taken and pressed into service for whichWMATA. But the other complicating factor is that some lines have more stations with unique features than others.

In the past, we’ve gotten some complaints that Virginia stations weren’t featured enough, and with only 34 featured photos, Virginia does come in last. But we’ve only featured 35 Maryland photos, so it doesn’t trail by much.

And in fact, in two weeks, we’ve featured Virginia stations exclusively: week 12 and week 16.

Eisenhower Avenue, from week 12.

In several weeks, we’ve had themed sets, including week 16, which featured the newly-opened Silver Line stations. Other themes included station art (week 4) and the pylons outside station entrances (week 11).

Rosslyn, from week 4.

I’m going to keep running the series for as long as I can find material to share. But I’d like to get your feedback on how I can improve whichWMATA.

What would you like to see included? What are we missing? Is it too hard? Too easy? Tell me in the comments (and don’t worry: this time there are no wrong answers).

WhichWMATA will return in a few weeks.

Thanks for playing! Good luck!

Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.