The fifth and final week of the Extreme Memory Tournament (XMT) online qualification events is over. It was all about memorizing words, which ultimately decided the 16 slots for the altogether 24 positions of the XMT 2016 (8 athletes are already qualified from last years event).
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The Extreme Memory Tournament (XMT) Qualifiers 2016 in week number four was all about the Number discipline. The athletes had to memorize 80 digits, for which they had a maximum of 60 seconds, like in all XMT events. All top 16 qualified athletes did that task in much less than the given time.
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The third week of the XMT Qualifiers 2016 was all about memorizing up to 30 names in 60 seconds or less. The current world record was set in 2015 by the German memory athlete Simon Reinhard, with 27 names in 60 seconds. Although the Qualifiers are no official results, we have seen some very impressive scores, with three athletes equalizing and another three even breaking the current record.
Read MoreThis week, in our 4th episode of the MIND SHOW, we change gears and sit down with the oldest American climber to climb K2, Alan Arnette. He has also summited Mt. Everest and is a HUGE advocate for Alzheimer’s research. Listen to him explain how he pushes his mind to conquer some of the tallest mountains in the world.
Read MoreIn the third episode of the Memory Sports Show Boris and Florian are talking about great TV performances with memory athletes all around the world. The two hosts are longer in the memory business than most others in the world and have seen some extraordinary things over the years.
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