Review: UK Memory Open 2009

Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Flauwy in Memory Championships, News

On the 15th and 16th of August 2009 the third UK Open Memory Championship took part in London. Check out all the results and read what the competitors have to say about this event.

Florian Dellé

Memory-Sports Author Florian Dellé (Germany)

Well, I blogged as good as I can. Although I still struggle with a perfect workflow I feeled pretty experienced in what I am doing online. I went to the UK Open to write about it but also to compete myself. It was very stressfull and contraproductive for my memory. I wasn’t prepared at all and each time I heard the words “Your 60 seconds preparation time starts now!” I closed my laptop and started to think about which journey I should use next. Somehow I managed to do good enough to beat most of my rivals. By the time I saw the beautiful cups I wanted to win before all the other foreigners from outta UK and become Best International Competitor. It was a very exiting battle between me and Idriz Zogaj – Tomas Krasisnki following closely behind us. But in the end my experience from 12 former competitions helped me to bring this one home. I ended up third and got my trophy – but best of all I finally broke the barrier of 3.000 Championship Points and settled in the early 70′s of the world rankings. 13 must be my lucky number. :devil:

I want to thank Phil Chambers, Chris Day, Dominic O’Brien and Tony Buzan for this event. It was really fun and I am happy that you let me do what I am doing. But I also have a critic: Don’t squeeze us in such a tiny room ever again. :pinch:

Mattias Ribbing

Mattias Ribbing (Sweden)

This was my second competition. It was great to meet new folks and to see some familiar faces again. And it’s inspiring to see that everyone keep improving their results. The people of the Memory Sports community are very friendly and always interesting!

Eva Ball

Eva Ball (UK)

This was my first real competition and the first time I have competed against real memory champions. It was a great experience and was great to meet so many amazing people. Everyone was very friendly and I enjoyed the entire weekend.

Ameel Hoque

Ameel Hoque (UK)

The competition was great. Glad the journalists and film crews were there, good to see memory sports getting some publicity.

It’s a shame everyone had to dash off after the end of the second day and not many people could make it to the awards ceremony.

Think Florian did a excellent job of involving everyone, filming them, taking pictures and keeping the blog up to date.

I did better than expected in a few disciplines and not so good in others, it’s made me more determined to work on my weaknesses and becoming a more balanced competitor.

Bilal Arshad

Bilal Arshad (UK)

This was my 2nd competition…..and i was a little bit nervous how i would do…..but i did reasonably….it was lots of fun and it was great to see some old faces and met some new faces too….it felt surreal seein tony buzan and dominic o brien in real……and dominic is so talllll…..florian did a marvelous job…..the pictures looked greeat…and everyone was soooooooooo nice….

Idriz Zogaj

Idriz Zogaj (Sweden)

I am a “veteran” considering I have competed since 2004 and this was my ninth competition. However I am new to several things. One is that I now have to fight to be the best in Sweden, and this is inspiring! I lost two Swedish records but got one back!

The other is that this was the second time I came 4:th and it is becoming a bad habit getting in that position… There is only one thing to do about this! Take my memory to the next level!

And finally as always – there are so many nice people. Some of which I have known for years now and only meet at the competitions. And always some new faces to the memory sport adding in. Or as I would say – New members to The Memory Sports Family.

Also I was very nerves about my game “Zogaj”… How would the memory world accept this? I think it went well, time will tell.

Hope to see you all in Sweden!!

Rick de Jong

Rick de Jong (Netherlands)

Great competion, although i didn’t do that great i enjoyed the tournement. Good to see all the different countries that compete. As always it’s wonderfull to see Ben perform again and again, must be challenging to perform well at every test :-))
Hope to see you all in London once more at the WMC

Ben Pridmore

Ben Pridmore (UK)

This was my 597th memory competition, or something like that (I lost count long ago) and it’s still always such fun to meet new and old friends at every championship. Congratulations to everyone who took part, and thanks again to all the people who worked hard to organise the event!
See you all in November!

Kranthi Raj

Dominic O'Brien, Dr. Kranthi Raj (India), Chris Day

it was my second time and i had fun .. i got to meet new players and old freinds ,, i thought i would improve on my score but sumhow i didnt put up a good performance..

shall definitely come back again in nov with good preparation.

And here are the results

Like always I present you the results of each single discipline of the event. Please be aware of the sorting function for all the columns. That way you can easily see who was leading at each point (which would be far more exiting if we wouldn’t know that already – sorry Ben ).

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Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	50	500	500
2	2	Eva Ball	43	430	430
2	2	Ameel Hoque	43	430	430
4	4	David Billington	37	370	370
4	4	Richard Bowdler	37	370	370
4	4	Tomasz Krasinski	37	370	370
7	7	Idriz Zogaj	29	290	290
8	8	Antonio Campo	25	250	250
9	9	Florian Dellé	24	240	240
10	10	Bilal Arshad	21	210	210
11	11	Dagfinn Hammar	19	190	190
12	12	Mattias Ribbing	18	180	180
13	13	Dr.Kranthi raj	15	150	150
14	14	Toby Caldwell	13	130	130
15	15	Marco Lombardo	10	100	100
16	16	Hakon By	9	90	90
17	17	Pierre Berbinau	4	40	40
18	18	Rick de Jong	0	0	0

Speed Binary

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	870	870	1370
2	2	Ameel Hoque	462	462	892
3	3	Florian Dellé	360	360	600
4	9	Mattias Ribbing	258	258	438
5	4	David Billington	221	221	591
6	6	Tomasz Krasinski	192	192	562
7	16	Rick de Jong	189	189	189
8	7	Richard Bowdler	183	183	553
9	8	Idriz Zogaj	180	180	470
10	5	Eva Ball	150	150	580
10	10	Antonio Campo	150	150	400
10	13	Toby Caldwell	150	150	280
13	15	Marco Lombardo	105	105	205
13	18	Pierre Berbinau	105	105	145
15	12	Dagfinn Hammar	99	99	289
16	11	Bilal Arshad	90	90	300
17	17	Hakon By	69	69	159
18	14	Dr.Kranthi raj	60	60	210

Names & Faces

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	3	Eva Ball	39	390	970
2	2	Ameel Hoque	34	340	1232
3	4	Richard Bowdler	33	330	883
4	1	Ben Pridmore	31	310	1680
5	9	Mattias Ribbing	27	270	708
6	5	David Billington	26	260	851
7	8	Idriz Zogaj	24	240	710
7	11	Bilal Arshad	24	240	540
7	14	Dr.Kranthi raj	24	240	450
10	6	Tomasz Krasinski	22	220	782
11	12	Dagfinn Hammar	20	200	489
12	7	Florian Dellé	18	180	780
12	13	Toby Caldwell	18	180	460
14	10	Antonio Campo	15	150	550
14	15	Rick de Jong	15	150	339
14	17	Hakon By	15	150	309
17	16	Marco Lombardo	13	130	335
18	18	Pierre Berbinau	12	120	265

15 Min Numbers

Position (Event)	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	596	745	2425
2	2	Ameel Hoque	453	566	1798
3	3	Florian Dellé	260	325	1105
4	7	Idriz Zogaj	253	316	1026
5	6	Tomasz Krasinski	200	250	1032
6	9	Mattias Ribbing	198	248	956
7	5	David Billington	180	225	1076
8	4	Richard Bowdler	160	200	1083
9	10	Bilal Arshad	120	150	690
10	11	Antonio Campo	104	130	680
11	13	Toby Caldwell	100	125	585
12	14	Dr.Kranthi raj	91	114	564
13	12	Dagfinn Hammar	80	100	589
13	15	Rick de Jong	80	100	439
13	16	Hakon By	80	100	409
13	18	Pierre Berbinau	80	100	365
17	8	Eva Ball	40	50	1020
17	17	Marco Lombardo	40	50	385

10 Min Cards

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score (Cards)	Raw Score (Packs)	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	260	5,00	780	3205
2	4	Idriz Zogaj	107	2,06	321	1347
3	3	Florian Dellé	104	2,00	312	1417
3	5	Mattias Ribbing	104	2,00	312	1268
5	8	Tomasz Krasinski	63	1,21	189	1221
6	10	Bilal Arshad	59	1,13	177	867
7	6	David Billington	58	1,12	174	1250
8	11	Toby Caldwell	56	1,08	168	753
9	7	Richard Bowdler	52	1,00	156	1239
9	12	Dagfinn Hammar	52	1,00	156	745
9	14	Rick de Jong	52	1,00	156	595
9	16	Marco Lombardo	52	1,00	156	541
13	2	Ameel Hoque	42	0,81	126	1924
14	9	Eva Ball	40	0,77	120	1140
15	15	Dr.Kranthi raj	7	0,13	21	585
16	18	Pierre Berbinau	6	0,12	18	383
17	13	Antonio Campo	0	0,00	0	680
17	17	Hakon By	0	0,00	0	409

Speed Numbers

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	256	683	3888
2	2	Ameel Hoque	180	480	2404
3	3	Florian Dellé	140	373	1790
4	4	Idriz Zogaj	138	368	1715
5	5	David Billington	104	277	1527
6	10	Bilal Arshad	86	229	1096
7	6	Richard Bowdler	80	213	1452
8	11	Toby Caldwell	72	192	945
9	7	Tomasz Krasinski	60	160	1381
10	8	Eva Ball	48	128	1268
11	14	Dr.Kranthi raj	46	123	707
12	12	Dagfinn Hammar	40	107	852
12	13	Antonio Campo	40	107	787
12	15	Rick de Jong	40	107	702
12	16	Marco Lombardo	40	107	648
16	18	Pierre Berbinau	6	16	399
17	9	Mattias Ribbing	0	0	1268
17	17	Hakon By	0	0	409

Abstract Images

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	208	832	4720
2	8	Eva Ball	95	380	1648
3	3	Florian Dellé	93	372	2162
4	6	Tomasz Krasinski	88	352	1733
5	4	Idriz Zogaj	85	340	2055
6	2	Ameel Hoque	78	312	2716
6	14	Marco Lombardo	78	312	960
8	5	David Billington	60	240	1767
8	12	Dagfinn Hammar	60	240	1092
10	11	Toby Caldwell	59	236	1181
11	13	Antonio Campo	58	232	1019
11	15	Dr.Kranthi raj	58	232	939
13	9	Mattias Ribbing	55	220	1488
14	7	Richard Bowdler	52	208	1660
15	16	Rick de Jong	44	176	878
15	17	Pierre Berbinau	44	176	575
17	10	Bilal Arshad	28	112	1208
18	18	Hakon By	15	60	469

Historic Dates

Position (Event)	Total Position	Name	Raw Score	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	87	957	5677
2	2	Ameel Hoque	27	297	3013
3	5	Tomasz Krasinski	26	286	2019
4	3	Florian Dellé	25	275	2437
5	4	Idriz Zogaj	23	253	2308
6	6	David Billington	20	220	1987
7	9	Mattias Ribbing	16	176	1664
8	10	Toby Caldwell	15	165	1346
8	7	Richard Bowdler	15	165	1825
8	14	Rick de Jong	15	165	1043
11	13	Antonio Campo	13	143	1162
12	8	Eva Ball	12	132	1780
13	12	Dagfinn Hammar	11	121	1213
14	17	Pierre Berbinau	10	110	685
15	18	Hakon By	9	99	568
16	11	Bilal Arshad	8	88	1296
16	16	Dr.Kranthi raj	8	88	1027
18	15	Marco Lombardo	7	77	1037

Spoken Numbers

Position	Total Position	Name	Raw Score (Attempt 1)	Raw Score (Attempt 2)	Points	Total Points
1	1	Ben Pridmore	100	120	767	6443
2	2	Ameel Hoque	5	81	630	3643
3	3	Florian Dellé	26	33	402	2839
4	4	Idriz Zogaj	26	5	357	2665
5	14	Marco Lombardo	23	5	336	1372
6	10	Bilal Arshad	13	20	313	1609
7	9	Mattias Ribbing	15	0	271	1935
8	5	Tomasz Krasinski	13	7	252	2271
9	7	Richard Bowdler	12	3	242	2068
9	8	Eva Ball	12	0	242	2022
9	11	Toby Caldwell	10	12	242	1588
12	6	David Billington	11	0	232	2219
12	12	Dagfinn Hammar	11	10	232	1445
14	13	Antonio Campo	10	5	221	1383
14	15	Rick de Jong	10	0	221	1264
14	16	Dr.Kranthi raj	2	10	221	1249
17	18	Hakon By	6	0	171	739
18	17	Pierre Berbinau	4	2	140	825

Speed Cards (Attempt 1)

No Positions, no total points:

Name	No. cards (Attempt 1)	Time Mins/Secs (Attempt 1)	Time Secs (Attempt1)	Points (Attempt 1)
Ben Pridmore	00	05:00,0	300,00	000
Ameel Hoque	52	01:16,8	076,75	391
Florian Dellé	49	05:00,0	300,00	094
Idriz Zogaj	48	05:00,0	300,00	092
Tomasz Krasinski	04	05:00,0	300,00	008
David Billington	34	05:00,0	300,00	065
Richard Bowdler	18	05:00,0	300,00	035
Mattias Ribbing	52	03:15,4	195,41	154
Eva Ball	05	05:00,0	300,00	010
Bilal Arshad	13	05:00,0	300,00	025
Toby Caldwell	01	05:00,0	300,00	002
Dagfinn Hammar	16	05:00,0	300,00	031
Marco Lombardo	07	05:00,0	300,00	013
Antonio Campo	08	05:00,0	300,00	015
Rick de Jong	09	05:00,0	300,00	017
Dr.Kranthi raj	09	05:00,0	300,00	017
Pierre Berbinau	01	05:00,0	300,00	002
Hakon By	02	05:00,0	300,00	004

Speed Cards (Attempt 2)

Position	Total Position	Name	No. cards (Attempt 2)	Time Mins/Secs (Attempt 2)	Time secs (Attempt 2)	Points (Attempt 2)	Points (Best Result)	Total Points
18	01	Ben Pridmore	02	05:00,0	300,00	004	004	6447
01	02	Ameel Hoque	52	01:06,7	066,69	450	450	4093
02	03	Florian Dellé	52	02:33,2	153,21	196	196	3035
03	04	Idriz Zogaj	52	02:47,1	167,11	180	180	2845
06	05	Tomasz Krasinski	34	05:00,0	300,00	065	065	2337
06	06	David Billington	00	05:00,0	300,00	000	065	2285
10	07	Richard Bowdler	21	05:00,0	300,00	040	040	2108
04	08	Mattias Ribbing	00	05:00,0	300,00	000	154	2088
15	09	Eva Ball	09	05:00,0	300,00	017	017	2040
13	10	Bilal Arshad	00	05:00,0	300,00	000	025	1634
14	11	Toby Caldwell	12	05:00,0	300,00	023	023	1612
09	12	Dagfinn Hammar	26	05:00,0	300,00	050	050	1495
05	13	Marco Lombardo	50	05:00,0	300,00	096	096	1469
08	14	Antonio Campo	30	05:00,0	300,00	058	058	1441
15	15	Rick de Jong	06	05:00,0	300,00	012	017	1281
15	16	Dr.Kranthi raj	02	05:00,0	300,00	004	017	1266
12	17	Pierre Berbinau	18	05:00,0	300,00	035	035	0860
10	18	Hakon By	21	05:00,0	300,00	040	040	0780

Final Scores

That’s it. If you are interested in any pictures please feel free to contact me.

Post Scriptum

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