Card deck memorisation - post your times here!

Thanks Simon. OK, it shall henceforth be known as the Simon System (I like the alliteration of that name) :wink:

Do you still use the journey approach for rembering the sequence of the cards? Would you be prepared to expand a little further on the description of the Simon System, perhaps giving an example of how you would memorise the following in sequence : Ace Spades, 9 Hearts, 7 Clubs, and 3 Diamonds? Thanks.

Just did 37.90 perfect, and then followed that up with 36.65 perfect! nice!

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Good job, Nelson. 8)

A new personal best this morning! 33.80s!!

Congrats. Rapidly closing in on Benoît :wink:

Well, actually he surpassed him ;).

Doh!

I’d love to be able to say that I was S) but the truth is I obviously wasn’t paying attention. Glad that somebody was. Thanks Simon (and sorry Nelson :wink: ).

USA! USA! USA! :slight_smile:

Haha thanks guys. I just need to do this in competition :slight_smile:

My best time on training is 44,75 set on october 2. 2011. I use the Ben-system.

Ola Kåre Risa

Hi. Thanks for posting your time.

At this rate I’m going to need to make a bigger table so that I don’t fall off the bottom! :wink:

Hi, my best time is 2:51 and I use 52 objects in 52 locations.

Each suit is a category of object (i.e. hearts are animals, diamonds are foods) and I try to find objects that match the card (i.e. 6H = snail, 6D = croissant, 6C = sticky tape, 6S = tape measure – all spirally things that remind me of sixes).

I’ve been practising every day for about three weeks now but had previously given it a go a number of years ago without much success or enthusiasm. This time around I’m really enjoying it!

I stole this thread for the Germans @Speed Cards Zeiten - Brainboard - Gedächtnis, Lernen, Mnemotechnik

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Hi Damian,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting your time. Don’t forget to keep us posted about any improvements. :wink:

Boris, shame on you! :wink:

My best time with 52 correct is exactly 5:00 minutes. With PAO in 52 locations.

Interesting story. I’ve been using the PAO system for the last few weeks with good speeds of about 3 minutes but my accuracy was unreliable (from 35 to 50). So this morning I decided to do 52 locations with the PAO of a single card in each location. My first try was 5:57 with 45 correct. The second try was 5:00 with perfect recall. 5 minutes has been my goal. Thanks to Nelson for emphasizing the total learning of the PAOs for each card to take out the hesitation. To do that I used the Memoriad software and timed just going through the PAO equivalencies of decks until I got that under 60 seconds.

And thanks to the folks on Josh Cohen’s forums for the info and inspiration.

Dale

Thanks for posting your time Dale - I’ve added it to the table. Congrats on reaching your target.

Dale that’s fricking awesome! Congrats!

Nelson and Richie, I appreciate the support!
Dale

2:45 for me. I’ve been making changes to my objects and locations to make them more memorable as per Paul D’s suggestions. I’ve also found taking a break for a couple of days beneficial but it helps to go through the cards a few times prior to shuffling to re-familiarise myself with the objects.