Īs of November 2016, there are 22 international grandmasters, 154 grandmasters, and 149 international masters in the world. To achieve the IMM title, a competitor must achieve the three standards originally required for the GMM title: 1000 digits in one hour, 10 decks of cards in one hour, one deck of cards in 2 minutes or less. GMM titles will be awarded to the top 5 placed competitors who are not already GMMs who have achieved a total of 5,000 or more. As of January 2013, to achieve the IGM title, a competitor must achieve more than 6,000 total points. All titles are given out at that year's World Memory Championship. In order of decreasing difficulty, the titles are IGM, GMM, and IMM. įirst awarded in 1995, the titles changed in 2013, with the addition of 'international grandmaster' (IGM) and 'international master' (IMM) titles, like chess titles.

The standards need not all be achieved at the World Memory Championships, nor do they need to be achieved at a single competition, but they must be achieved at competitions that have been officially approved and arbitrated by the World Memory Sports Council. Memorise the order of one deck of cards in under two minutes.Memorise the order of 10 decks of cards in an hour.Memorise 1,000 random digits in an hour.Grand Master of Memory (GMM) is a title previously awarded by the International Association of Memory to people who are able to successfully negotiate the following three memory feats: Title awarded to individuals capable of specific memory feats

Memory master rules