World Records at the 2013 Italian Memory Championships

Here are some of the world records that were broken at the 2013 Italian Memory Championships yesterday:

Five-Minute Binary Numbers

Previous record: Ben Pridmore with 930 digits
New Record: Johannes Mallow with 975 digits. Jonas von Essen, and Ola Kåre Risa also broke the previous record with 962 and 940 digits, respectively.

Five Minute Random Words

Previous Record: Boris Konrad with 114 words
New Record: Boris Konrad with 119 words. Simon Reinhard also broke the previous record with 118 words memorized.

15 Minute Numbers

Previous record: Ben Pridmore with 819 digits
New Record: Johannes Mallow with 912 digits

Abstract Images

Previous record: Johannes Mallow with 434 points
New record: Johannes Mallow with 440 points

Italian Records:

Mara Bresciani set the Italian record for 5 Minute Words at 40 words. She and Paolo Carnicelli tied with the Italian record for Names and Faces.

Thanks to Jennifer Goddard for compiling the information. The current records can be viewed here.