Grand Master of Memory
First awarded in 1995,[1][2][3] the title Grand Master of Memory is awarded to people who are able to successfully perform the following three memory feats:
- Memorize 1,000 numbers in an hour
- Memorize 10 decks of cards in an hour
- Memorize one deck of cards in under two minutes
The standards need not be achieved at the World Memory Championships, nor do they need to be achieved at a single competition, but they must be achieved at competitions that have been officially approved and arbitrated by the World Memory Sport Council.[4]
Joshua Foer wrote in 2005 that there were 36 memory Grand Masters in the world, including one in the United States.[5] As of September 12, 2012, there were 122 Grand Masters of Memory worldwide.[6]
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Qualifying Competitions
Here are some of the memory competitions that qualify for performing Grand Master of Memory feats:
- World Memory Championships
- Cambridge Memory Championships
- Welsh Open Memory Championships
- UK Open Memory Championships
- North German Memory Championships
- Chinese Competitions
List of Grand Masters of Memory
Take up the Challenge
There is a group of people aiming to reach Grand Master of Memory level by 2012. Click here to view and join the group.
References
- ↑ The Mind Sport of Memory 2008 Yearbook by Phil Chambers and Christopher Day
- ↑ http://www.worldmemorysportscouncil.com/grand_master_of_memory.asp
- ↑ http://zoomy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/grand-master-of-memory.html
- ↑ World Memory Championships website
- ↑ Forget Me Not: How to win the U.S. memory championship, by Joshua Foer. Slate. Wednesday, March 16, 2005.
- ↑ http://www.world-memory-statistics.com/grandmasters.php
