[abababba]

https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2018-08-13&p=2

55th position

[ddtaylor]

Wow! I didn't know you could look at the homepage based on day. That's awesome, thanks!!

[js2]

https://news.ycombinator.com/lists includes that option among other lists. The story from yesterday is currently number 11 on the best list.

[Max_Mustermann]

You can also check them by order of votes with waybackhn: http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2018-08-13