Pi

[waffle=ijm]

in about 60 min memo about 500.

 

[ooveehoo]

I had a bet with my friend that I could memorize 100 digits in one day. So the next day I knew 104. That was maybe 16 months ago. Now I might remember something like fifty. That time I had realized my head leaked really seriously, so I started practising my memory too (cubing/puzzles and chess came kind of with it too).

 

[Vulosity]

3.14
That's all I could memorize and also what most pepole could memo.


EDIT: Who saw on the Discovery Channel that this guy recited pi for 5 hours straight?

 

[brunson]

I love pi. Cherry. Apple. Rhubarb. Delish.

 

[ShadenSmith]

I love pi. Cherry. Apple. Rhubarb. Delish.

I prefer Pumpkin.

 

[shelley]

oh my gosh, I didn't even realise people did this. It's pretty sad I think.

We're on a speedsolving forum. I don't think we're really in any place to criticize.

I won a pi reciting contest in high school with 200 digits. That was like 5 or 6 years ago; I think I only know about 60 or so now.

 

[shelley]

3.14
That's all I could memorize and also what most pepole could memo.

Only because you didn't try. Do you know your own phone number? That's ten digits you are capable of memorizing right there.

 

[Vulosity]

Really? I didn't know that. I'll try to memo pi by at least 20 digits before I go to bed. Thanks shelley!

 

[hawkmp4]

3.1415....
Though, for a few days after Dan Knights showed me the pi song I had maybe 10 digits going around in my head.

 

[F.P.]

3.14
That's all I could memorize and also what most pepole could memo.

Only because you didn't try. Do you know your own phone number? That's ten digits you are capable of memorizing right there.

Everyone can memorise way more than most people think.

 

[n00bcubix]

i remember in pi day, i had a competition with this guy, he wanted to beat me at everything.
so we were at lunch memorizing and we got up to 270ish

 

[Lewis]

I memorised about 180 digits of pi a while ago. I also tried memorising e but only got a few digits.
Lately I've been memorising powers of 2 and know up to 67108864.

 

[MistArts]

Why are people challenging pi? How come not 1/pi or sqrt2?

 

[tim]

Why not 100 cubes?

 

[F.P.]

they memorize sqrt(2)...

http://pi-world-ranking-list.com/sqrt2/index.html

hey tim, bin endlich auf dieser liste.

 

[tim]

hey tim, bin endlich auf dieser liste.

Cool, but the other Austrian did it while juggling 3 balls .

 

[F.P.]

but only 150 digits.

 

[Sin-H]

Da komm ich doch glatt auch noch dazu
nah I just know 3.1415926535897...

 

[Piercy]

I have been able to know 721 digits, once.

Now, I know I'll know the first 100 for ever.

 

[3.14159265358979323846264]

I can't get further than the first 3.