Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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This film was released on UK television in 2008. It chronicled the 2007 World Memory Championships (held in Bahrain). It followed a few key memory athletes like Ben Pridmore, Gunther Karsten, and Ed Cooke.

Personally, I discovered this film back in 2009 and it was a key motivating factor for me in becoming the USA Memory Champion. Partial clips from the film can be found across Youtube, but not the entire film. So here it is!

Thanks to Nick Holt (the director of the film) for digging this film up for me and allowing me to share it to the world.

Some fun timestamps:
4:33 - 2007 UK Memory Championship
6:21 - Ben breaking the Speed Cards record
14:38 - Tony Buzan being Tony Buzan
16:50 - Ben on UK TV
23:43 - Ed Cooke training in the mountains
30:36 - 2007 WMC in Bahrain
33:11 - Dr, Yip doing his memorized dictionary demo
33:40 - Gunther requesting more Abstract Images
35:06 - Ben breaks the Binary Digits world record
36:39 - Boris Konrad speed stacking!
37:04 - 1 hour marathon cards
41:00 - Ed Cooke winning Spoken Numbers
42:25 - Final showdown in Speed Cards - Ben vs. Gunther
45:20 - Gunther wins!

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