Free training and techniques: Train for the World Memory Championships
All ten championship events in their official formats, built as a game: 35 levels in each, a new challenge every day and a leaderboard to climb.
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Choose your event: The 10 memory championship events
A memory championship is competitive memorization: numbers, cards, words, names and faces, images and dates, scored against the clock. Every event here runs in its official World format, with its own level ladder.
- Speed NumbersMemorize a string of digits
- Hour NumbersAs many digits as you can in an hour
- Binary NumbersMemorize a long string of 0s and 1s
- Spoken NumbersRecall digits read aloud, no visuals
- Speed CardsMemorize a shuffled deck, fast
- Hour CardsAs many shuffled decks as you can in an hour
- Names and FacesMatch names to faces
- Abstract ImagesMemorize the order of meaningless shapes
- Random WordsAn ordered list of unrelated words
- Historic DatesMatch invented events to years
How MemoChamp works
Learn a system, train the events in their official formats, then track your scores and climb the leaderboard. Skipping the first step is why most people stall.
- Learn the systemsEvery event runs on a memory palace and a number or card system. Raw repetition plateaus fast, so learn those first.Follow the memory championship guide
- Train every event under championship rulesWorld formats, real clocks and the official scoring — rows of 40 in five minutes, a deck against the stopwatch.Practise all 10 championship events
- Track your scores, then climbEvery attempt is saved with row-by-row breakdowns, personal bests and streaks, next to the world record. Ranked runs put you on the leaderboard.See where you rank
What's your goal?
Pick one and start where it points: what to read first, or the event to try.
- Sharpen my memory from zeroFour weeks from nothing: memorable images, your first memory palace, numbers with the Major System, then names.Memory training for beginners: a 4-week plan
- Remember names and facesTurn every name into a picture you can pin to a face. The skill with the most use outside a competition.How to remember names
- Compete in a championshipAll ten events in the standard format, added up in championship points out of 10,000. See where you would stand.Run a mock championship
Climb the divisions
35 levels in every event, split into four divisions. Recall 90% of a level to pass it and open the next one.
- BeginnerLevels 1 to 101–10
- IntermediateLevels 11 to 2011–20
- AdvancedLevels 21 to 3021–30
- EliteLevels 31 to 3531–35
Learn the systems memory athletes use
Mnemonic techniques turn digits, cards and words into images and places you can walk through. Start with the three core systems, then follow the guide for each event, from your first palace to your first competition.
MemoChamp questions
The short answers: what MemoChamp is, where to start, and what it costs.
Browse all the guidesWhat is MemoChamp?
A World Memory Championship training site for memory athletes. It runs all ten championship events as timed practice in their official formats, with a leaderboard and a guide to every event, so you can learn a system, practise it and see where you stand.
Is MemoChamp an official World Memory Championships site?
No. MemoChamp is independent: it isn't run, endorsed or sponsored by the World Memory Sports Council, the International Association of Memory or any competition organiser. Its training follows the formats and scoring those bodies publish, and the competitions calendar links to each organiser's own page.
I'm new to memory championships. Where do I start on MemoChamp?
Read how memory championships work, then follow the four steps of the memory championship guide. Learn one memory palace and one digit system first, and start Speed Numbers at level 1.
Is MemoChamp free, and do I need an account?
Yes, it's free: every event, guide, tool and ranking. You don't need an account to try an event or read the guides. Sign in when you want your scores saved to your history, and a place on the leaderboards and the level ladder.
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