In a very successful competition on the 16th and 17th of August 2008 we have seen World Class performances that put even Team GB's performance at the Olympics in the shade:
World Ranking Changes:
Ben moves from number two, back to World Ranked Number One (the top spot was taken from him by Gunther Karsten in the 2007 German Championships) - Ben has 7798 championship points against Gunther's 7631.
With a score of 6356, Boris Konrad moves into the top ten in the world (from 11 place to 9th place). This means Dominic O'Brien, for the first time ever, finds himself outside the top 10!
Katie Kermode, in only her second competition moves up 20 places from world ranking 46 to 26th place (with a score of 4383) - Katie is predicted to rival Astrid Plessl from Austria (the greatest Woman Mnemonist to date). - And she's British!
Trophies:
Gold - UK Open Champion 2008 - Ben Pridmore Runner up (UK Competitors) - Katie Kermode (overall 4th place) Bronze (UK Competitors) - James Ponder (overall 5th) Best International competitor - Boris Konrad (overall 2nd)
A special mention should be made to Gaby Kappus - The top females competitor in overall 3rd place (not eligible for a trophy as she is second placed international competitor)
World Records:
5 minute random words - Boris Konrad 106 words (previous record 84 held by fellow German Johannes Mallow)
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5 minute Binary numbers - Ben Pridmore 930 digits (Ben attempted 930 and recalled them perfectly - no errors) - Ben previously held the record with 795.
15 minute numbers - Ben Pridmore 819 digits (previous record 700 held by Clemens Mayer) - This score also beats the Millennium Standard of 800.
10 minute cards - Ben Pridmore 364 cards (attempted and perfectly recalled 7 decks) - previous record 312 also held by Ben - This score also beats the Millennium Standard of 333.
5 minute Historic and Future Dates - Ben Pridmore 91 - Not a world record but just beats the millennium standard.
Speed Cards interesting observation:
Gold - Boris - 54.41 seconds
Silver - Gaby - 54.50 seconds
Bronze - Ben - 56.41 seconds
Note only 9 hundredths of a second between Boris and Gaby. (Ben is slower as he need to make certain of the pack to clinch the top spot in the World Ranking
