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26. Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain

People I (Mostly) Admire

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What's the World Record for a Memory Tournament?

A clip of you winning the two thousand 14 memory championship after memorizing the order of two decks of playing cards. Could you tell listeners about some of the other events that make up a memory tournament? For instance, there's one event called 30 minute binary digit. Let me ask the list now, just take a second and guess what the world record might be. Seven thousand 485. I mean, are you kidding me? That's four digits memorized per second for 30 minutes straight.

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