Important notice: This year and the next one will be a climate crisis memory championships. The climate crisis requires actions from all of us in our everyday activities. Activities that minimize greenhouse gas emissions must be rewarded and so, the process of selecting a Canadian Memory Champion this year and in 2026 will involve rewarding and encouraging such activities in the competitors.
Memory athletes are simply people enthusiastic about using their heads. And so doing the above is an obvious step to take given the current world situation. It’s a wonder as to why other sports organizations aren’t doing likewise. But we’re the sport that thinks and so let’s lead the way. The scoring of the competition results will be adjusted to favor contestants who actively take the right steps to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. Athletes can’t anymore just focus on their own performance; they must act in consideration of others, and everyone’s environment. That’s part of fair play.
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2026 Canadian Memory Championships coming up.
This year, we’re planning to have at least 3 events. The first being March 14 for a pi day contest. This will be followed by two more different memory contests in the summer and fall. The 2026 Canadian Memory Champion will be determined based on participation, leadership and the results of these contests.
Pi Day Contest
March 14/ 2026
This year’s winner is James Zhang, of Burnaby BC, with a score of 3450 points. He memorized the maximum number of pi digits allowed in this contest, 3000 digits. Random 10 digits numbers were given to him and he’d tell them the next 10 for each slice of 100 digits. Congratulations.
Next Event: Cards, Numbers, Binary #s and Words
For this summer, we prepare a mix of 4 traditional memory disciplines to be 5 minutes of memorization or less. Stay tuned for upcoming details. Please contact Canadianmemorychampionships.ca to ask to be put on our mailing list to be immediately informed of where and when is the next memory competition.
Free Event Training:
Once a month Free 1hr training session at the Toronto Public Library 789 Yonge St.
To register for these sessions, please contact@canadianmemorychampionships.ca
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Hello ! I wanted to know if the championship is an open event ? I would like to film and interview people in for a documentary project.
Thank you.
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Yes, spectators are welcome and you can bring a camera with you. You are free to talk to contestants but they are also free not to talk to you; typically, memory athletes prefer to be left alone in the minutes prior to the competition to save their mental energies.
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