Simon Reinhard
Simon Reinhard (born January 9, 1979 in Munich ) is a German memory athlete .
Life
Reinhard is two-time and reigning world memory champion in modern format (XMT / Memory League) as well as two-time and reigning European champion and four-time and reigning German champion in classic format (memory decathlon). He holds the Guinness World Record for the most digits embossed in one minute (92). On April 21, 2018 Reinhard set a new world record in the "Memory League" discipline Numbers with 80 digits in 16.85s at the Scandinavian Memory League Open in Gothenburg (Sweden). With 18 tournament wins in the classic format, Reinhard also holds the record for the most tournament wins of all memory athletes, together with Ben Pridmore. In the modern format Reinhard holds the sole record with 4 tournament victories.
Simon Reinhard attended the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich until he graduated from high school in 1998.
successes
I. Tournament wins / Title: Modern Format (XMT / Memory League)
1. International
- 2014: World Champion
- 2016: world champion
- 2017: German Open Champion
- 2018: Scandinavian Open Champion
2. National
- 2017: German champion
II. Tournament wins / title: Classic format
1. International
- 2010: Swedish Open Champion
- 2011: German Open Champion
- 2012: North German Open Champion
- 2012: Vice World Champion
- 2014: Italian Open Champion
- 2014: South German Open Champion
- 2014: German Open Champion
- 2014: Vice World Champion
- 2015: Singapore Open Champion
- 2015: US Open Champion
- 2015: South German Open Champion
- 2015: UK Open Champion
- 2015: Taiwan Open Champion
- 2015: Team World Champion
- 2016: German Open Champion
- 2016: Spanish Open Champion
- 2016: European Champion
- 2017: North German Open Champion
- 2017: European Champion
- 2018: MemoryXL Open Champion
1. National
- 2007: South German champion
- 2007: Title "Memory Grand Master"
- 2009: South German champion
- 2009: German champion
- 2010: South German champion
- 2011: South German champion
- 2011: German champion
- 2012: South German champion
- 2014: German champion
- 2016: German champion
III. Other formats
- 2012: Memoriad Champion (60 min numbers)
- 2012: Memoriad Champion (15 min names and faces)
- 2015: Memo Games Champion
- 2017: Jiuduan World Cup Champion
World records
- 2007: Memorize 76 national first and last names in 5 minutes
- 2009: Memorize 164 international first and last names in 5 minutes
- 2010: Imprint a mixed 52-sheet in the correct order in 21.90 s
- 2010: Memorize 300 words in 15 minutes
- 2010: Memorization of 240 digits presented every second
- 2011: Memorize 110 words in 5 minutes
- 2011: Memorize 70 international first and last names in 5 minutes
- 2011: Imprint a mixed 52 sheet in the correct order in 21.19 seconds
- 2012: Memorization of 1400 digits in 30 minutes
- 2012: Memorize 173 international first and last names in 15 minutes
- 2012: Imprint 396 abstract images in 15 minutes
- 2013: Memorize 181 international first and last names in 15 minutes
- 2013: Memorize 124 words in 5 minutes
- 2013: Memorize 83 international first and last names in 5 minutes
- 2013: Imprint 370 playing cards in 10 minutes
- 2014: Memorization of 1479 digits in 30 minutes
- 2014: Memorize 186 international first and last names in 15 minutes
- 2015: Imprint a mixed 52 sheet in the correct order in 20.44 seconds
- 2015: Memorize 84 international first and last names in 5 minutes
- 2015: Memorize 125 words in 5 minutes
- 2016: Memorize 134 words in 5 minutes
- 2016: Embossing 888 playing cards in 30 minutes (digital record)
- 2017: Imprint 420 playing cards in 10 minutes
- 2018: Embossing 80 digits in 16.85s
Memory techniques in competition
Like all memory athletes , Reinhard uses a mixture of visualization, application of the route method and chunking in order to be able to memorize the information given in the competition.
In the number-based disciplines, information is converted into words using a number-letter code so that it can be "read" and presented visually. A similar "translation" occurs when the playing cards are imprinted.
In order to guarantee the order of these “images”, they are anchored on a (real or fictional) path with a series of waypoints, through interaction between image and location, and so stored. In the process of remembering, the path is followed again place by place, and the images are called up again - and with them the information that is translated back from the image.
Reinhard uses the following systems, among others, to memorize information:
- He has 10,000 pictures for digits, so each combination of four digits stands for a picture. 1943 is for example “tower” (1 = t, 9 = short u, 4 = r, 3 = m).
- He has 2704 pictures for playing cards, so two cards from a 52 hand become one picture. The combination of jacks of hearts and 5 of diamonds is, for example, "rabbit" (J = h, hearts = a, 5 = s, diamonds = e).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Reinhard and Johannes Mallow: World Memory League Champions!
- ↑ Peak IAM European Memory Championship 2016
- ↑ IAM European Memory Championship 2017
- ↑ German Open Memory Championship 2016
- ↑ Online video (from 8:00 p.m.)
- ↑ Directorate of the Maximiliansgymnasium (ed.): Photo yearbook Maxgymnasium '98.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Memory League website, accessed May 14, 2018
- ↑ Simon Reinhard website of the IAM, accessed on May 14, 2018
- ↑ Records - Memo Games ( Memento of the original dated August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance0South German Memory Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - An overview of all memory competitions0World Memory Championship 2009 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance0South German Memory Championship 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Memocamp - An overview of all memory competitions0German Open Memory Championship 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b South German Memory Championship 2011
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance 0 German Open Memory Championship 2011 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance0German Open Memory Championship 2012 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ South German Memory Championship 2012
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance 0 German Memory Championship 2013 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Memocamp - An overview of all memory competitions0Swedish Open Memory Championship 2013 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Memocamp - an overview of all memory competitions0German Open Memory Championship 2014 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 4th Regional German Open Memory Champ 2015 (E)
- ↑ MAA US Open 2015 (E)
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance0Taiwan Open Memory Championship 2015 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance0MAA US Open 2016 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance 0Swedish Open Memory Championship 2016 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Memocamp - All memory competitions at a glance 0 French Memory Open Championship 2017 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinhard, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German memory athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |