We had a very special event today.
Bill, Jackson, an anonymous lady, and Lucy participated to have their memory tested. To attract these contestants (just passerby on Shuter St), we had to scale back on the planned size of the memory contest and disciplines. We turned it into a a one minute only Words contest.
Bill, who was on his way to see his mother in hospital, got 4 words correctly.
Jackson didn’t seem to understand the game. He volunteered to take it again after failing the first time to memorize the words in order. Yet, in his second attempt, he may have had the best score with nearly 10 words but as he recited verbally the words back, he caused surprise by starting with the last words he memorized first and so we weren’t able to verify his score.
One anonymous lady, apparently on her way to pride, complained that my instructions were not clear enough and failed the test.
Finally, Lucy got 6 words right. And so she’s the winner of this summer competition of the Canadian Memory Championships. Congratulations!
We’re now planning a Sunday June 28, 2026 Memory Competition in Toronto. Location is still to be determined. This will be the second installment of this year’s Canadian Memory Championships. More details to follow soon. If you’d like to run this competition in your locality, please reach out to us at contact@canadianmemorychampionships.ca and we’ll help to make it happen.
It will comprise four memory disciplines:
1) 5 minutes Speed Numbers
2) Speed Cards: single deck memorization
Up to 5 minutes to memorize a shuffled deck of cards. You have two attempts. 5 minutes for the recall period. Your score is up to the first wrong card.
3) 5 minutes binary numbers
You have 5 minutes to memorize as many binary digits as you can, 10 minutes to recall them.
4) 5 minutes Words
You have 5 minutes to memorizes as many words as you can and up to 15 minutes to recall them.
To help prepare for this memory challenge we are offering free memory tutorials in downtown Toronto. For more details please reach out to: contat@canadianmemorychampionships.ca
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