The World Memory Championships is an organized competition of memory sports in which competitors memorize as much information as possible within a given period of time. The championship has taken place annually since 1991, with the exception of 1992. It was originated by Tony Buzan and co founded by Tony Buzan and Ray Keene. It continues to be organized by the World Memory Sports Council (WMSC), which was jointly founded by Tony Buzan and Ray Keene. In 2016, due to a dispute between some players and the WMSC, the International Association of Memory (IAM) was launched. From 2017 onward, both organizations have hosted their own world championships. The current WMSC world champion is Huang Jinyao of China. The current IAM world champion is Tenuun Tamir of Mongolia.

Format

The World Championships consist of ten different disciplines, where the competitors have to memorize as much as they can in a period of time:

Venues and winners

World Champions (1991-2016)

IAM world champions

(2017–present) International Association of Memory

WMSC world champions

(2017–present) WMSC (World Memory Sports Council) 33th 2024

Records

Up-to-date lists of world and national records can be found on the statistics websites of the IAM and WMSC. The best of them are listed in the following table.