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Nelson Dellis Wins the USA Memory Championship, 2011

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Congratulations to Nelson Dellis ā€“ the new USA Memory Champion!

I saw the news on Twitter and Facebook. Iā€™m hoping that full details will be published soon.

UPDATE: ā€œIn addition to winning the title, Nelson also set new US Records in Speed Numbers, 248 digits, and Speed Cards of 52 in 1:03.ā€

UPDATE: Nelson posted a writeup of the competition in his blog.

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Dan
Dan

Congratulations Nelson!

Now he will be off to climb Mt. Everest. After reading "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer I have an appreciation for how demanding (insane) Everest is. Godspeed on this endeavor too!

Josh
Josh

I updated the post with the records broken. The scores are posted an the USAMC website...