A method of optimizing the stabilization of a contact lens, comprising: defining a matrixed set of contact lens peripheral geometries having a noncircularity and a thickness differential, wherein noncircularity is the ratio of the diameter of the largest inscribed circle within the periphery of the lens to the diameter of the smallest circumscribed circle around the periphery of the lens and ranges from 0.95 to 0.60, and thickness differential is the difference between the maximum peripheral thickness of the lens and the thickness of the lens along the meridian of minimum peripheral thickness at a proportionally equivalent radial distance to that of the maximum thickness of the lens and ranges from 0.1mm to 0.4mm, wherein the matrixed set includes a minimum of two noncircularity values and a minimum of two thickness differential values; using a contact lens on eye model and for each contact lens peripheral geometry in the matrixed set having a given noncircularity and a given thickness differential, calculating the time it takes for a lens having the given noncircularity and the given thickness differential to stabilize on the eye within 10 degrees of its final resting position in accordance with the prediction of the model; creating a contour plot of the calculated time to stabilize for each contact lens peripheral geometry in the matrixed set as a function of noncircularity and thickness differential; assessing the contour plot and defining a preferred region based upon optimizing at least one of the following three variables: comfort, which is defined as a decreasing function of thickness differential and is to be maximized; the calculated time to stabilize, which is to be minimized; and manufacturing difficulty, which is defined as a decreasing function of noncircularity, and is to be minimized; and selecting a peripheral geometry with a noncircularity, a thickness differential and a time to stabilize within the preferred region; and manufacturing a contact lens with the selected peripheral geometry. defining a matrixed set of contact lens peripheral geometries having a noncircularity and a thickness differential, wherein noncircularity is the ratio of the diameter of the largest inscribed circle within the periphery of the lens to the diameter of the smallest circumscribed circle around the periphery of the lens and ranges from 0.95 to 0.60, and thickness differential is the difference between the maximum peripheral thickness of the lens and the thickness of the lens along the meridian of minimum peripheral thickness at a proportionally equivalent radial distance to that of the maximum thickness of the lens and ranges from 0.1mm to 0.4mm, wherein the matrixed set includes a minimum of two noncircularity values and a minimum of two thickness differential values; using a contact lens on eye model and for each contact lens peripheral geometry in the matrixed set having a given noncircularity and a given thickness differential, calculating the time it takes for a lens having the given noncircularity and the given thickness differential to stabilize on the eye within 10 degrees of its final resting position in accordance with the prediction of the model; creating a contour plot of the calculated time to stabilize for each contact lens peripheral geometry in the matrixed set as a function of noncircularity and thickness differential; assessing the contour plot and defining a preferred region based upon optimizing at least one of the following three variables: comfort, which is defined as a decreasing function of thickness differential and is to be maximized; the calculated time to stabilize, which is to be minimized; and manufacturing difficulty, which is defined as a decreasing function of noncircularity, and is to be minimized; and comfort, which is defined as a decreasing function of thickness differential and is to be maximized; the calculated time to stabilize, which is to be minimized; and manufacturing difficulty, which is defined as a decreasing function of noncircularity, and is to be minimized; and selecting a peripheral geometry with a noncircularity, a thickness differential and a time to stabilize within the preferred region; and manufacturing a contact lens with the selected peripheral geometry.