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Illustration of a World Memory Championship hall: rows of memory athletes from many countries memorizing number sheets and playing cards at numbered desks, with an arbiter holding a stopwatch

CompetitionNov 6, 202616 min read

World Memory Championship 2026: Dates, Venues, Events and How It Works

World Memory Championship 2026 explained: the two December championships in Vietnam and Bali, their dates, venues, ten events, schedule and current champions.

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CompetitionNov 6, 202616 min read

World Memory Championship 2026: Dates, Venues, Events and How It Works

World Memory Championship 2026 explained: the two December championships in Vietnam and Bali, their dates, venues, ten events, schedule and current champions.

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Competition

Speed Cards Strategy: Why a Perfect Deck Beats a Fast One

Why a slower, perfect Speed Cards deck beats a fast one with a mistake: how the first wrong card caps your score, and how to use your two attempts.

Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Training

Stuck in Memory Training? How to Get Moving Again

Stuck at the same score for weeks? How to find what is holding you back in memory training, and specific exercises to get moving again.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Learning

Memory Techniques for Studying: What Works for Exams

Which memory championship techniques help with exams and coursework, which do not, and how to combine them with active recall and spaced repetition.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Training

Memory Sport for Beginners: Your First 30 Days

New to memory training? A day-by-day plan for your first month: build a memory palace, learn a number system and complete your first timed events.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Competition

Millennium Standard: Memory Championship Targets for All 10 Events

Every Millennium Standard target, from 659 digits to a 16.02-second deck, and how to turn your own scores into championship points, with worked examples.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Ten glowing tiles, one per memory championship discipline: digits, binary, a speaker, speed, a card, a deck, a name tag, words, shapes and a calendar, under the heading The 10 Memory Disciplines: What Each One Tests

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Memory Championship Disciplines: What Each One Tests

The ten memory championship disciplines: what each asks you to memorize, its timings, and whether it rewards speed, stamina, precision or volume.

Sep 30, 2026 · 6 min read

Training

A Weekly Memory Training Schedule That Works

A practical weekly routine for memory training: how to balance new material, timed practice, review and rest, with a sample week you can adapt.

Sep 30, 2026 · 6 min read

Training

How to Read Your Memory Drill Results

Learn to diagnose the mistakes in a memory training run, from encoding slips to swapped positions, and turn each one into a specific fix.

Sep 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Competition

How to Prepare for Your First Memory Competition

Entering your first memory competition? What to expect, how to prepare from the rulebook to the final week, and a checklist for the day itself.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Competition

Memory Championship Scoring Rules: How Mistakes Cost Points

The WMSC marking rules event by event: why one wrong digit halves a row, how words, names and cards are marked, how ties are broken, and what to practise.

Sep 30, 2026 · 6 min read

Training

How Many Memory Palaces Do You Need?

How many memory palaces and loci you need for each event, how to calculate it, and how to rotate palaces so old images do not get in the way.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read

Learning

Does Memory Training Work? What the Research Says

Does memory training work? What brain-imaging studies of memory champions, mnemonic training trials and brain-game research show, and what they do not.

Sep 30, 2026 · 7 min read