Grand Master of Memory
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First awarded in 1995,[1] the title Grand Master of Memory is awarded to people who are able to successfully negotiate the following three memory feats:
- Memorise 1,000 random digits in an hour
- Memorise the order of 10 decks of cards in an hour
- Memorise the order of 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.[2]
Joshua Foer wrote in 2005 that there were 36 memory Grand Masters in the world, including one in the United States.[3] There are many more than 36 now.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Chambers, Phil; Day, Christopher. The Mind Sport of Memory 2008 Yearbook. Filament Publishing. ISBN 978-1-905493-17-3. http://www.filamentpublishing.com/cactushop/product.asp?cookiecheck=yes&numRecordPosition=3&P_ID=121&strPageHistory=&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=70.
- ^ World Memory Championships website
- ^ Forget Me Not: How to win the U.S. memory championship, by Joshua Foer. Slate. Wednesday, March 16, 2005.
