Welcome to the Official website for the Mind Sport of Memory and the home of the World Memory Championships, the greatest test of Memory in the world. You can register here to compete, find out how the sport works, follow the achievements of competitors or see the results of competitions worldwide. If you are interested in forming a memory club, or staging a competition you will find our contact details on the About Us page.

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Chris Day, General Secretary, World Memory Championships

 

Celebrating Two Decades of Memory Competitions

It all started in 1991 with a conversation between Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene OBE. "Why," asked Tony "when there are competitions for almost everything else, are there no competitions for memory, the most important function of the brain?"  So it was that two two founders of the sport, took the decision to invite the top memorisers in the world at that time, to join a competition to establish the first World Memory Champion. This took place as Memoriad '91 on Saturday October 26th 1991 in London's Athenaeum Club in front of over 100 spectators, journalist and film crews.  News of the event shot round the world and made an overnight star of the first winner, Dominic O'Brien, who went on to win a total of eight times. It was from this modest begining that the sport started, and is now practiced in over 30 countries aound the world.

WANG FENG from China wins the 20th World Memory Championships for the second time with 8477 points and three new world records.

Eight World Records Broken this year.

5 min Historic Dates:  Ni Ziqiang  China  (Kids Category) 42 memorised

15 min Abstract Images:  Konstantin Skudler (Kids category) 200 memorised

Hour Cards: Wang Diandian  China  (Junior Category) 728 memorised 

5 min Speed Numbers: Wang Feng   China (adult)  500 memorised

Hour Numbers: Liu Su  China (adult) 2640 memorised 

Hour Numbers: Wang Feng  China (adult)  2660 memorised 

Spoken Number: Wang Feng  China (adult) 300 spoken numbers memorised

15min Abstract Images: Konstantin Scudler (Kid Category) 200 images

5min Historic Dates: Ni Ziqiang (Kids Category) 42 dates

60 min Cards: Wang Diandian (Junior Category) 728 cards

For the FINAL SCORES CLICK HERE . For further information go to the WMC China link above

 To find out more about the 10 Memory Disciplines that are used in the competition click here

 

NEWSFLASH  Guangzhou Friday 9th December.

TONY BUZAN, co-founder of the World Memory Championships, launches the MAGNA MEMORIA - the Great Memory Charter. The reasons for holding a memory championship.  CLICK HERE 

Ashish Rao Wins Third Indian National Memory Championships

Hyderabad, India - Sunday 23rd October 2011 -  Full Report by Phil Chambers on the News Page