Preview: USA Memory Championship
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Flauwy in Memory Championships, News
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The 2010 memory season begins and one of its first big fish will be the annual American lone wolf among the standardized championships. Although the Americans go their own way with it, memory athletes from all over the world are fascinated by the thrilling competition. Sadly there have been very little information about this veteran of big national championships for Non-Americans. Memory-Sports.com will change that for you.
13 Years of Experience
Oh yes, this will be already the 13th time for Tony Dottino, who founded this championship in the 90’s. He is friends with Tony Buzan and even wrote a book with him (The Brainsmart Leader). To be honest I don’t know anything more about him, but hopefully this is going to change.
On March the 6th. the 13th USA Memory Championship will take place in Manhattan, New York. The reigning US champion Ron White will try to defend his title against his opponents. It won’t be easy for him, because in this competition a lot of chance is involved to win it.
Let’s have a look at the difference to a normal national standard competition.
No Decathlon
The first major difference is the amount of disciplines. Instead of ten the Americans compete in seven disciplines, divided in two rounds: The Qualification Round and the Championship Round.
The reigning US champion Ron White at the World Memory Championshp 2009
The First Qualification
The competition starts with three well known disciplines:
- Names & Faces
- Speed Numbers
- Speed Cards
The top three scores enter the Championship Round and can lean back for a while.
The Second Qualification
All the others fight in a fourth discipline:
- Poetry
This discipline has been a standard everywhere else until 2006. Then it was replaced for Abstract Images due to translation problems and for a better scoring.
The top four from this discipline join the other three and enter the finals. All the rest of the competitors are disqualified.
The Championship Round
From here on it get’s completely different:
- Words to Remember (15 minutes memorization time)
- 6: Tea Party – 3 Strikes, You’re Out (15 minutes memorization time)
- Double Deck’O Cards (5 minutes memorization time)
Check out my last years article about the championship to learn more about these last three disciplines. It is a very interesting way to make a memory championship more fascinating for a spectator.
Memory-Sports.com will cover it!
Yes, you are reading correctly. I will fly the long way from Berlin to New York to lend you my eyes through this website. You can expect nothing less than my coverage for the World Memory Championship.
It’s going to be Legen…wait for it…dary! 
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A post by Florian "Flauwy" Dellé
Florian Dellé is the founder of Memory-Sports.com. He lives in Berlin, Germany and works as a Project Manager and Editor. Florian is a memory athlete since 2003 and participated in many different championships. He is currently ranked under the top 100 in the world.
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Zoomy
28. Jan, 2010
I’ll look forward to your coverage!
Dai Griffiths
28. Jan, 2010
Me too
Philodoof
30. Jan, 2010
What is about the Japanese Championship? It will be held long before the US-Championship. I hope it will not be overlooked. I would like to read something about it.
It is their first championship, right? I think in this spiritual culture should be some rough diamonds and maybe we would be able to see the first steps of an upcoming global memory star! 
So Please don’t skip that event! 
Flauwy
30. Jan, 2010
I will not skip it but I am afraid I cannot afford to go there myself. Since I don’t know anything about it except the few public announcements on the website, it will be difficult for me to cover the event.
I read on Ben’s Blog that he flew to Japan yesterday. Perhaps he will still be there in a week to write something about it.
Philodoof
30. Jan, 2010
Will there no European arbiters which you could contact and intervew a little bit about this championship?
Do you know a possibility to see their website in english?I’m not able to read Japanese.
Flauwy
30. Jan, 2010
You can use Google Translator. Here is a link to a German version.