World Memory Championships: in numbers
Thousands of facts and figures must be checked to decide who will be crowned World Memory champion of 2013, as England hopes to win its ninth title.
• A total of 112 people from 30 countries across the world are taking part in the World Memory Championships 2013
• This is the first year that Mongolia has entered the competition, which has been running for 22 years. On Sunday the team were second in the rankings.
• To determine the memory champions judges will need to check more than 450,000 pieces of information during the course of the three day competition. This includes 115,000 random numbers, 71,000 individual playing cards and 13,000 abstract images
• Competitors from England have been crowned overall champion the most times, notching up 15 titles in 21 competitions. Germany has the next highest number of overall victories, at four.
• Dominic O’Brien, who has won eight times, has the most titles
• The average age of competitors is 33 – with the youngest 19 and the oldest 46
• China has the highest number of Grand Masters of Memory, at 73. To attain the grand master title people must succeed in three 'Grand master norms'; memorise 1,000 random digits in an hour, memorise the order of ten decks of cards in an hour and memorise the order of one deck of 52 cards in under two minutes. England has the next highest number, at 13.
• A total of 112 people from 30 countries across the world are taking part in the World Memory Championships 2013
• This is the first year that Mongolia has entered the competition, which has been running for 22 years. On Sunday the team were second in the rankings.
• To determine the memory champions judges will need to check more than 450,000 pieces of information during the course of the three day competition. This includes 115,000 random numbers, 71,000 individual playing cards and 13,000 abstract images
• Competitors from England have been crowned overall champion the most times, notching up 15 titles in 21 competitions. Germany has the next highest number of overall victories, at four.
• Dominic O’Brien, who has won eight times, has the most titles
• The average age of competitors is 33 – with the youngest 19 and the oldest 46
• China has the highest number of Grand Masters of Memory, at 73. To attain the grand master title people must succeed in three 'Grand master norms'; memorise 1,000 random digits in an hour, memorise the order of ten decks of cards in an hour and memorise the order of one deck of 52 cards in under two minutes. England has the next highest number, at 13.
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