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World Memory Sports Council
Current Millennium Standards

(updated version: 30 July 2007)

  National Standard
International Standard
World Standard
Memo
Time
Recall
Time

Present
World
Record#

1000- points-
result
(millennium
standard)

Points
for
world
record

Date Calculation
factor

1 Speed Random Words
[20/column, (max. 200)]
5 min 10 min

81
J. Mallow

100 810 06
(GER)
10.00
2 1. spoken no. 100 1s
2. spoken no. 200 1s
3. spoken no. 300 1s
100 s
200 s
5 min
10 min
188/1s
C.Mayer
~200 960 06
(WMC)
*
3

Speed Names & Faces
(max. 50 faces presented)

5 mins 10 min 76
S.Reinhard
100 760 07
(S.GER)
10.00
4 15 min numbers
[40/line (max. 1000)]
15 min 30 min 700
C.Mayer
800 875 06
(CAM)
1.25
5 Speed Numbers
[40/line (max. 600)]
5 min 15 min 396
A.Bell
375 1056 07
(GER)
2.6667
6 Abstract Images
[5/line (max. 250)]
15 min 30 min 244
G.Karsten
250 976 07
(GER)
4
7 10 min cards 10 min 20 min 312
B.Pridmore
333
(~6.5 decks)
936 06
(GER)
3
8 Historic/Future Dates
(max. 110 dates presented)
5 min 15 min 96
B.Pridmore
~91 1056 06
(WMC)
11
9 Speed Binary Numbers
[30/lines (max. 990)]
5 min 15 min

795
B.Pridmore

1000 795 07
(UK)
1.00
10

Speed Cards
2 trials

≤ 5min 5 min 26.28 s
B.Pridmore
30 sec 1142 07
(UK)
**
  Corresponding disciplines in an International Standard Competition        
1

Random Words
[20/column (max. 400)]

15 min 30 min 227
B.Pridmore
250 908 07
(GER)
4
3 Names & Faces
[15/A3 page (max. 110)]
15 min 30 min 181
C.Mayer
200 905 06
(WMC)
5
4 30 Minute Numbers 30 min 60 min 1160
G.Karsten
1200 967 07
(GER)
0.8333
7 30 Minute Cards 30 min 60 min 832
(16 decks)
B.Pridmore
676
(13 decks)
1231 07
(GER)
1.4793
                 
  Corresponding disciplines of the World Standard Competition        
4 1 h Numbers 60 min 120 min 1949
G.Karsten
2200 8866 05
(WMC)
0.4545
9 Binary Numbers 30 min 60 min 3915
B.Pridmore
4000 979 07
(GER)
0.2500
7 1 h Cards 60 min 120 min 1404
B.Pridmore
1300
(25 decks)
1080 06
(WMC)
0.7692

# Listed are world records which were established with the stated (limited) time for recall!
(For world standard competitions there are longer recall times of 2-3 times as long as the memorizing time.)

Formulas used for evaluating the results (normally multiply the result with the calculation factor!):

* √x x 70 (x is the amount of numbers recalled) e.g. for 100 digits memorized = 700 points

** Points = [1000/(x in sec/30)] * [y/52] (x = memorisation time, y = correctly recalled cards)
x is between > 0 and 300 sec; y is between 0 and 52 cards.
Attention: If y < 52, x is automatically 300

 

 

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