- Is it seriously possible for me to become a champion using these techniques - by training
- How do i get started training?
- How long will it take before i am god tier - on the leaderboards top 100!
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Letās simplify thisā¦
If you learn how to run, youāll be faster than anybody who walks; ie, what you callā¦
ā¦if you can memorize a deck of cards in under 5 minutes, youāll be at a level where your time counts rather than your number of cards. People who can only āwalkā will consider even this amazing.
ā¦anything slower than 26 seconds; ie, 2 cards per second will not get you there. And thatās just one discipline. You do the mathā¦
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Hello! Welcome to our forum!
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Yes! These memory techniques works for everyone. I think everybody are able to reach current world record speed with enough training.
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I think for starting you should learn techniques for basic disciplines and then focus on them one by one for some period of time. When you are comfortable in a discipline try to increase speed(often we donāt expect that we are able to go 2 or 3 times faster).
Experiment with Loci method:
Try different memory palaces: real, virtual, detailed, peg lists, etc. Try different amount of images 1, 2 and 3 images on one location.
You can use memory league, memoriad and IAM competition software for practice.
I will write more later. Search the forum, here is a lot of useful information, including starting guide. -
Top 100 in WMSC world ranking is 4900 points. It might take 5 years. But i think if you donāt stop training with very good outstanding practice you can get there in 2-3 years. If I remember correctly some people became top 100 in less than a year.
Was this back in the 90s when there were only 100 competitors?
no, i think it was after 2016
Good comparisons.
I would break one big task into smaller ones and achieve them step by step. (About the championship).
Intensive plan (a few months to a year) work or long term (1-3 years) ?
If you are interested - do it, increase the workload, solve your mistakes. Get real pleasure out of it. Donāt get discouraged when you donāt succeed. There are bad days. But then the results will be even better 
Question about the quality of the memorization skill. Techniques are tools, a system of haphazardness. Achieve results when you donāt ask yourself HOW TO REMEMBER THAT. Start memorizing right away, using the optimal set of techniques (itās on automaticity). There will be no specifics to remember, there will be information = neural connections and the remembering process.
Start with numbers, the best and most interesting training, I think. Especially for beginners. You can also start with image memorisation, and move in parallel with numbers. It all depends on the specific goal, desire and time. Good luck.
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Good advice overall, but I entirely disagree that numbers are a good place to begin for newcomers. I believe words are for a few reasons.
- Numbers require a system, words do not. People can start with words right away.
- Words tests creativity, numbers tests how much you have practiced a numbers system.
- Words helps the most for real life applications
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Would the words you are suggesting a newcomer to start with not be encoded words from say the āMajor Systemā to start with? or are you recommending a newcomer builds āmemory palacesā first and learns how to associate a list of random words with such loci in the memory palaces?
Yeah I meant random words. Also, a good way to see if memory sports is for you before investing the time to learn a numbers system. I actually went the opposite way and learned cards and then numbers myself.
But if becoming a memory athlete isnāt your goal, i think just knowing the major system would be enough. You could learn like a 100 digits of pi or so to get used to using the major system.
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