- Ben Pridmore, an accountant from Derby in the UK, and the current UK Memory Champion, achieved the first new World Record at the championships in the second of the ten disciplines, Binary Digits. Competitors have 30 minutes to memorise as many Binary Digits (0101100101 etc) as possible, and recall them perfectly. After 60 minutes of recall time, Ben correctly recalled 4140 binary digits and achieved a new World Record in the process, beating his own previous world record of 3915.
- On Day Two of the competition Johannes Mallow from Germany achieved a new World Record in the Historic Dates Discipline. Competitors have 15 minutes to memorise as many fictional historic / futures dates as possible and link them to the right historic event. The previous world record had been set by Ben Pridmore at the World Memory Championship in 2006 with a score of 96. Johannes has now beaten this by three, achieving a score of 99 and taking the World Record.
- This Championship has seen the rise of the Chinese nation as a real force in the Mind Sport of Memory. With a team of thirteen competitors, the highest number from any country, Wu Tiansheng achieved the Gold Medal position in the One Hour Number event. Competitors have 60 minutes to memorise as many random numbers as possible and recall them perfectly. After two hours of recall time, Wu perfectly recalled 1820 numbers. This is a Chinese Record. The World record is still held by Dr Gunther Karsten with 1949.
- In the Hour number discipline, 16 competitors achieved in excess of 1000 points, which is one of the three requirements to become a Grand Master of Memory. The other two requirements are to be able to memorise the order of ten randomly shuffled packs of cards, and the ability to memorise one pack of cards in under two minutes.
- This is the first time that the World Memory Championships have been held in the Middle East, and only the second time they have been held outside the UK.
- The World Memory Championship was brought to Bahrain by Intelnacom, an innovation company registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which actively seeks to identify, develop, fund and bring-to-market concepts and ideas by combining an entrepreneurial outlook with a vision to create bankable solutions for mankind.
- The Championships are being held at the Crowne Plaza Bahrain Conference Centre and was inaugurated on Thursday 30th August at an Opening Ceremony and banquet in the presence of the National Guards Commander, Major General Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa as well as Intelnacom chief executive officer, Professor Dr Bernd Hoefer and the founder of the World Memory Championships, Tony Buzan.
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