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The World Memory Championships is an organized competition of memory sports in which competitors memorize as much information as possible within a given period of time. [1] The championship has taken place annually since 1991, with the exception of 1992. [ 2 ]
Alex Mullen (born 3 March 1992) is an American memory competitor, three-time world memory champion, and physician. [1] [2] The first American to win the world title, he won for three consecutive years the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Memory Championships and held the IAM world No. 1 ranking from 2016-2019.
At the 26th World Memory Championships in 2017, Enkhshur memorized 5,445 binary digits in 30 minutes and her twin sister Munkhshur memorized 37 decks of playing cards in an hour-long competition that earned both of them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Looking back on December's three-day World Memory Championships in Chengdu, China, Mullen still figures he was one of the "dark horses."
Andrea Muzii (born 13 October 1999) is an Italian memory competitor, former speedcuber, 3 times European Memory Champion (1 classic, 2 ML), who became IAM World Memory Champion in 2019 [1] [2] and IAM World No.1 ranked athlete. [1] [3] He was the first memory athlete to achieve the IAM title of Grandmaster of Memory-Gold. [1]
Pridmore's victory at the 2009 World Championship was his eighth consecutive memory competition win since coming second at the 2007 World Championship. He is the title holder for the UK Memory Champion for the years 2007–2011 and 2013 and Welsh Open Memory Champion 2009–2012 and 2014. [3]
The highest designation set up by the World Memory Sports Council, which organizes the World Memory Championships, is the Grand Master of Memory. Subclassifications include international grandmaster (IGM), grandmaster (GMM), and international master (IMM).
Yänjaa Westgate, sometimes simply Yanjaa, [1] [2] is a New York-based Swedish-Mongolian memory champion, comedian, and television personality. [3] She first gained international recognition for her achievements in memory sports before expanding into entertainment, appearing on numerous television shows, documentaries and performing stand-up and sketch comedy.