USA Memory Championship
The USA Memory Championship is an annual memory competition that takes place in New York City.[1][2][3][4][5]
Events
There are four qualifying events in the first part of the competition:[6]
- Names and Faces: memorize up to 117 names and faces in 15 minutes
- Speed Numbers: memorize as many random digits as possible within five minutes
- Speed Cards: memorize a shuffled deck of playing cards as quickly as possible
- Poetry: memorize an unpublished poem within 15 minutes
Eight mental athletes then advance to the final rounds:
- Spoken Words: memorize a long list of spoken words
- Three Strikes You’re Out: memorize facts about strangers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, hobbies, and more
- Double Deck O’Cards: whichever of the remaining competitors survives this elimination round is the champion
Champions
This is a list of USA memory champions since 1998:[7]
- 1998 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt
- 1999 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt
- 2000 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt
- 2001 - Scott Hagwood
- 2002 - Scott Hagwood
- 2003 - Scott Hagwood
- 2004 - Scott Hagwood
- 2005 - Ram Kolli
- 2006 - Joshua Foer
- 2007 - David Thomas
- 2008 - Chester Santos
- 2009 - Ron White
- 2010 - Ron White
- 2011 - Nelson Dellis
- 2012 - Nelson Dellis
- 2013 - Ram Kolli
- 2014 - Nelson Dellis
- 2015 - Nelson Dellis
See also
- Art of memory
- Memory sport
- Method of loci
- Mnemonist
- World Memory Championships
- Grand Master of Memory
- Moonwalking with Einstein
- Nelson Dellis
- Chester Santos
References
- ↑ Official Website
- ↑ U.S. Memory Champion On How To Remember Names, Faces And Where You Put Your Keys
- ↑ How to Train Your Brain and Boost Your Memory Like a USA Memory Champion
- ↑ Following Joshua Foer to the USA Memory Championship
- ↑ Miami Man Can Memorize 303 Random Numbers In 5 Min
- ↑ Competition Events
- ↑ List of USA Memory Champions