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A western story about memoriad 2016
Memoriad is a non-profit World Mental Sports Organization in which competitors compete in three main categories of mental sports - memory, mental calculation and speed reading. The approved World Mental Records of the Memoriad Mental Sports Organization were published in the "Mind and Memory" category of Guinness Book of World Records in 2014 including the photographs and the achievements of the competitors with one of the Memoriad founders, Melik Duyar.
Contents
- A western story about memoriad 2016
- Events
- Format
- Memoriad World Mental Olympics Results
- Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2008
- Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2012
- Zappos Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2016
- Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2020
- Memoriad Mental World Records
- Memoriad World Memory Records
- Memoriad Mental Calculation World Records
- References
Since Memoriad World Mental Sports Competitions are held once every four years as the Olympic Games, it is known as "Memoriad World Mental Olympics". Competitions are governed by the Management Board of "Memoriad World Mental Sports Federation (MWMSF)". The Management Board of MWMSF consists of a chairman and two members. Current Chairman of Memoriad World Mental Sports Federation is Scott Flansburg who is called the mental calculator and dubbed as "The Human Calculator" by Regis Philbin in the USA and in the World. The two members of the Board are Melik Duyar from Turkey and Ralf Laue from Germany. Under the Board of MWMSF are Memoriad National Board Members. The current National Board Members are Gwendolen Noronha from India, Khatanbaatar Khandsuren from Mongolia, Selim Ecemiş from Turkey, West Wong from Malaysia, Laura Sakanova from Kazakhstan and Deyyan Altınsoy from Azerbaijan.
Events
The Memoriad World Mental Olympics consist of three main competitions as "Memoriad World Memory Competitions", "Memoriad World Mental Calculation Competitions" and "Memoriad World Speed Reading Competitions". Except Memoriad World Speed Reading Competition, which has only one category with two stages, each of the first two main competitions consists of five different categories.
The "Memoriad World Memory Competitions" consist of five different disciplines, in which the competitors have to memorize as much as they can in a given period of time:
The "Memoriad World Mental Calculation Competitions" consist of five different disciplines; in each of these disciplines the competitors make mental calculations without using any instruments in a given period of time:
The "Memoriad World Speed Reading Competitions" consist of two stages. The first stage is the speed reading of a passage prepared especially for the given competition. The second stage is "Understanding & Recall Test" of the read passage.
Format
The Memoriad Software is used during the Memoriad competitions. It is a free download.
Memoriad World Mental Olympics' Results
So far there have been two "Memoriad World Mental Olympics" and nine "Memoriad National Competitions" held and the upcoming "Memoriad World Mental Olympics" to be held in Las Vegas has been announced;
Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2008
The "First Memoriad World Mental Olympics" was held in 2008. The venue was the Marmara Taksim Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.
MEMORIAD 2008 WORLD MEMORY COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
MEMORIAD 2008 WORLD MENTAL CALCULATION COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2012
"Second Memoriad World Mental Olympics" was held in 2012. The venue was Belconti Resort Hotel in Antalya, Turkey.
MEMORIAD 2012 WORLD MEMORY COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
MEMORIAD 2012 WORLD MENTAL CALCULATION COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
Zappos Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2016
"The Third Memoriad World Mental Olympics" was held in 2016. The venue was The Western, Las Vegas, USA.
ZAPPOS MEMORIAD 2016 WORLD MEMORY COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
ZAPPOS MEMORIAD 2016 WORLD MENTAL CALCULATION COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONS
(*) Jay Baldiya Jain answered 125 correct dates in 56,82 seconds. His score is normalized for 60 seconds and 131,996 correct dates for 1 min. was announced.
ZAPPOS MEMORIAD 2016 WORLD SPEED READING CHAMPIONSHIP & SPEED READING WORLD CHAMPION
Memoriad World Mental Olympics 2020
"The Fourth Memoriad World Mental Olympics" was announced to be held in 2020. The venue is Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Memoriad Mental World Records
Memoriad announces "Memoriad Mental World Records" broken with "Memoriad Software" during Memoriad olympic or national competitions and Memoriad sponsored events. Memoriad Mental World Records consist of three main titles that are "Memoriad World Memory Records", "Memoriad Mental Calculation World Records" and "Memoriad Speed Reading World Records". The following "Mental World Records" were witnessed and are recognized by Memoriad World Mental Sports Federation".
Memoriad World Memory Records
Memorization of 600 one-digit numbers flashing on the screen per second
Memoriad Mental Calculation World Records
Addition of ten 10-digit numbers
Speed 1-Digit Addition (100 numbers)
(**) Alberto Coto added 100 single-digit numbers (whose 14 numbers were zero) in 19,23 seconds. His time was normalized for random non-zero digits.
Ten Mental multiplication of two 8-digit numbers
Mental multiplication of two 20-digit numbers
Mental division of ten 10-digit number by a 5-digit number (no remainders left)
Mental Square root of ten 10-digit Numbers
Mental Square root of ten 8-digit Numbers
Mental Square root of ten 6-digit Numbers
Speed Flash Anzan (5 sequential set of correct additions)
Flash Anzan Marathon (Mental addition of 1 to 6 digit numbers flashing on the screen at a frequency interval of 1 to 0.3 seconds.)