2013 Event Results

by Karen on March 16, 2013

These are the QUALIFYING event rankings. Positions 1-8 will change, 9-50 will NOT.

PLEASE NOTE: These results reflect rankings for the QUALIFYING round. The Top 8 Rankings will change based on MA performance in the Championship Rounds.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND EVENTS:  8 MAs competed in the Championship rounds.  They were in order of highest scoring: Nelson Dellis, David Kutz, Michael Glantz, Noah Ehrich, Michael Mirski, Johnny Briones, Ram Kolli and Chester Santos.

WORDS TO REMEMBER:  3 MAs eliminated: Noah Ehrich on word #86 SQUEEZE,  Chester Santos on word #87 INQUIRE, and David Kutz on word #90 KIMONO.

TEA PARTY:  First 2 MAs eliminated with THREE STRIKES (X): Michael Mirski (one X on first guest and two Xs on second guest) and Johnny Briones (two Xs on second guest and one X on third guest). Just getting by was Ram with only two Xs, one from the second and third guests.

DOUBLE DECK O’CARDS:  2 MAs eliminated in order were Michael Glantz and Nelson Dellis.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2013 CHAMPION, RAM KOLLI!

The FINAL RANKINGS for the FINALISTS of the 2013 USA Memory Championship are:
8. Noah Ehrich
7. Chester Santos
6. David Kutz
5. Michael Mirski
4. Johnny Briones
3. Michael Glantz
2. Nelson Dellis
1. Ram Kolli

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2013 Event in the News

by Karen on March 14, 2013

Time Out New York, March 12, 2013: CLICK

Union Square Events, March 14, 2013: CLICK

Patriot News of Central PA, March 13, 2013:  Hershey, Mechanicsburg high school students heading to USA Memory Championship

CBS News New York, March 16, 2013:  Competitors Descend in NY To Test Their Minds In Annual USA Memory Championship

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2013 Agenda

March 11, 2013

AGENDA 8:30 a.m. OPENING REMARKS BY TONY DOTTINO, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN 8:45 a.m. EVENT 1:  MEMORIZATION FOR NAMES AND FACES 15 minute memorization, 20 minute recall 9:45 a.m. EVENT 2:  MEMORIZATION FOR SPEED NUMBERS 5 minute memorization, 10 minute recall, 2 trials 10:45 a.m. ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES AND FACES AND INITIAL RANKINGS 11:00 a.m. EVENT [...]

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2013 Registered Mental Athletes

March 2, 2013

THE FOLLOWING ARE REGISTERED MENTAL ATHLETES FOR THE 2013 EVENT.   1. Jared Alderman Colorado Springs, CO  2. Mitch Barandes Brooklyn, NY  3 Johnny Briones Evans, CO  4. Christopher Capobianco New York, NY  5. Yichen Chiu Cambridge, MA  6. Joseph Cooper Norfolk, VA  7. Nelson Dellis Miami, FL  8. Eric Dinnerstein Cape Elizabeth, ME  9. Luis [...]

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15th USA Memory Championship Scores

March 26, 2012

Below are the results of the  QUALIFYING EVENTS for the competition: N&F Spd #s Poem      Speed Cards Total Position Name Team # Time Points 1 Nelson Dellis 162 303 233 52 87 400.00 2 Michael Glantz HH1 150 90 213 52 258 281.14 3 Hannan Khan HH1 158 63 213 37 300 252.02 4 [...]

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2012 Competition and Athletes in the Press

March 17, 2012

Want to read or watch more about our event?  Check back here frequently for articles and videos! March 29, 2012  SB Nation:  ‘The Full Nelson’ Explores the Sport of Memory March 28, 2012  The Daily Pennsylvanian:  Wharton sophomore places third in memory competition March 24, 2012  Daily Mail Online UK:  ‘Everyone can do this’:  American [...]

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Registered MAs for 2012

February 23, 2012

Here are the REGISTERED Mental Athletes for the 15th USA Memory Championship.  Registration is now CLOSED. Ola Abdelrahman, Fort Lee, NJ Videtta Trybuiska Abdelrahman, Fort Lee, NJ Caitlin Applebaum, Philadelphia, PA Mitch Barandes,  Brooklyn, NY Nth Bar-Fields, Dickinson, TX Harwood Capobianco, New York, NY Christopher Cruz-Guzman, Elmsford, NY Nelson Dellis, Miami, FL Luis Echeverria, La [...]

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List of Registered MAs 2011

December 7, 2010

FOR SCORING DETAILS PLEASE CLICK HERE. The final list of registered MAs for the 2011 Event is: Mitch Barandes, 43, Brooklyn, NY Chris Harwood Capobianco, 31, Software Engineer, New York, NY Nelson Dellis, 27, Developer, Cabridge, MA Cory Forsyth, 29, Software Engineer, Brooklyn, NY Nate Harty, 17, High School Senior, Shippensburg, PA T. Michael Harty, 56, [...]

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