Memory Sports
Competitive memorisation sport — cards, digits, names, faces and abstract images against the clock.
👥1 per team🌤indoor
What is Memory Sports?
Memory sports is the competitive discipline of memorising as much information as possible in a limited time — decks of cards, random binary or decimal digits, names and faces, historic dates and abstract images. The World Memory Championships crowns annual champions across ten disciplines; top athletes can memorise the order of a full 52-card deck in under 15 seconds.
Quick facts
Category
Mind Sports
Type
Individual
Players
1 per team
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
1991, first World Memory Championships (Tony Buzan)
Olympic
No
Popularity
major
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified