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Johannes Mallow
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Memory Interview: Johannes Mallow - Number 1 Ranked Mental Athlete and World Memory Champion
Johannes Mallow (born June 7, 1981 Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German memory sportsman. He studied successfully Communication Technology at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and finalized his PhD thesis in 2016 at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He also works as a mind coach and scientific author.
2007 World Memory Champion in the discipline of Historical Dates
2007 Memory Champion of North Germany
2006 Memory Champion of North Germany
World records
Memorize 400 play cards in 10 minutes (April 9, 2016 in Lübeck/Germany at the Regional German Open Memory Championship
Memorize 501 numbers in 5 minutes (December 1, 2013 in London/England at the World Memory Championship 2013)
Memorize 1080 binary numbers in 5 minutes (September 22, 2013 in Gothenburg/Sweden at the Swedish Memory Open Championship 2013)
Memorize 937 numbers in 15 minutes (September 22, 2013 in Gothenburg/Sweden at the Swedish Memory Open Championship 2013)
Memorize 364 spoken numbers (September 22, 2013 in Gothenburg/Sweden at the Swedish Memory Open Championship 2013)
Memorize 492 abstract images in 15 minutes (July 27, 2013 in Isny_im_Allgäu/Germany at the German Memory Championship 2013)
Memorize 132 Historical Dates out of 140 in 5 minutes (September 25, 2011 in Gothenburg/Sweden at the Swedish Memory Open Championship 2011)
Memory System
He currently uses the Method of loci. Many memory sportsmen use this method. His particular instance of the message uses 1000 images with corresponding numbers, so that each combination of 3 digits corresponds to a unique image.
