Inspiration to use brains productively
The first-timer successfully recalled the first 1 500 digits of Pi blindfolded at an impressive time of just four minutes seven seconds, without any error.
Professional mentalist and memory expert, Michael Abrahamson, has broken the South African Record for Pi and the World Record for Speed of Recall, on official Pi Day, March 14.
The first-timer successfully recalled the first 1 500 digits of Pi blindfolded at an impressive time of just four minutes seven seconds, without any error.
This equates to a rate of 6.073 digits per second, and is the fastest ever official time for over 1000 digits, based on per second rate.
“Holding the world record is exciting. I was a bit anxious as you never know what could happen, but I was more confident in my memory abilities,” said Michael.
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“I hope this will inspire a lot of young people to use their brains productively.”
Michael’s remarkable time was 53 seconds faster than his target.
He aimed to complete the first 1 500 digits of Pi in five minutes at a rate of five digits per second.
The Bedfordview resident, in the presence of four independent judges, broke the existing South African Record for Speed set by Marno Hermann a year ago which was 1 200 digits in 10 minutes 15 seconds.
The judges who verified the proceeding were AP Maths teacher, Ian Atteridge; retired Digital Network Engineer, Andre Hermanus; Financial Institution Channel manager, Megan Fah Rufener; and Lea Prinsloo who was chosen at random from the attendees at Michael’s recent Memory Course.
Michael said next year he will attempt to break his own record.
“I will certainly try to break my record next year if I can. I have not planned anything yet, still just letting it all sink in.”
