Event Title
One Hour Cards
Aim To commit to memory and recall as many separate packs (decks) of 52 playing cards as possible.
Time to memorize 60 minutes
Time to recall 120 minutes (there is a 15 minute break between memorizing and recall to allow for the collection of the packs of cards)
Memorizing paper

1. A number (specified by the contestant), of separate and individual shuffled packs (decks) of 52 playing cards. The contestant may bring his/her own cards, these must be handed to the adjudicator in sufficient time to be shuffled

2. The cards can be looked at repeatedly and more than one card can be looked at simultaneously.

3. The packs must be numbered in sequence, initialed and bound with an elastic band. The order of memorization (top to bottom or bottom to top) should also be indicated. This can be done during memorization or immediately after. Elastic bands and labels will be provided to the competitor for this purpose.

4. Contestants submit the number of completely memorized packs and indicate if the last pack has been only partially committed to memory.
Recall paper

1. Contestants will be handed the Recall Papers.

2. If a contestant wishes to use his/her own Recall Papers, these must be approved by the adjudicator before the competition

3. Contestants must write down the order of each pack of cards so that the value (e.g. A,2,3….J.Q.K) and suit (§¨©ª/C,D,H,S) is clear for each card in each pack.

4. Contestants must make it clear on their Recall Papers, to which pack the list of cards is referring.
Scoring

1. 52 points are awarded for every pack (deck) correctly recalled.

2. 26 points are awarded if there is a single mistake in a pack.

3. 0 points are awarded if there are two or more mistakes.

4. For the last pack only. If the last pack is incomplete (e.g. only the first 38 cards were memorized) and all of the cards recalled are correct, then the points awarded will equal the number of cards recalled (38 in this example).

5. If the last pack is incomplete and there is one mistake then the points awarded will equal half the number of cards recalled. (For an odd number of cards the fraction is rounded up e.g. for 19 cards and one mistake, the score would be 19/2 rounded up equals 10).

6. Two or more mistakes in the last pack scores 0.

7. In the case of tied winning scores the winner will be decided by looking at the extra decks the contestant has tried to recall but for which he/she got 0 points. For every correctly positioned card 1 decision point will be given. The contestant with more of those decision points is the winner.