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The Millennium Standards - How Championship Points are Awarded

To ensure a fair and consistent scoring system for all competitions worldwide, the Millennium Standard Counting System for the Memory Championships was adopted. This was inspired by the standard points systems used in the World and Olympic track-and-field event, the Decathlon.

In the Decathlon, the International Athletic Committees set Future Standards in each event, which were comfortably above the world records in that event. They were set as future goals, and as 'Future Standards' against which any Decathlete could measure current performance, current world standing, and future goals. If an athlete were to reach the Future Standard in any of the 10 events, that athlete would receive 1,000 points for that event.

Thus an 'ideal' performance would be to smash the World Records in each of the 10 events, and in the process reaching the 'Future Standard' goal. Such a performance would give the competitor a perfect 10,000 points.

Each memory discipline has a Millennium Standard set that is above the World Record and seen as unachievable for some time. This scores 1000 points.

Up until WMC 2011 a calculation factor was used so that the raw score when multiplied by this factor equals 1000.

The Calculation Factor is a useful guide/quick calculation to determine the number of Championship points for each result.

To ensure precise calculation of competition points when the millennium standard is exceeded in competition the calculation factor has now been replaced with the formula of (Raw Score/Millennium Standard) * 1000.

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The Grandmaster Standards are the results required to attain the title of 'Grandmaster of Memory'. All three standards must be achieved, though not necessarily in the same competition.

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27 September, 2012: WMSC has announced that the Millenium Standard for Speed Cards will stay as 25 seconds. Millenium standards(MS) will be reviewed on the 1st of January each year. A MS will change if the standard has been broken three times SINCE the last change to the MS.

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Millennium Standards - Revised 31 July, 2012

*30 Minute Random Numbers and 60 Minute Cards have been broken by three competitors since the February 2011 Review triggering a revision of their Millenium Standard.

Discipline	Millennium Standard	Calculation Factor	Last Changed	Grandmaster Standard
Spoken Numbers	~204 digits	70 * √n	2/11	-
5 Min Speed Cards	25 seconds	11180/(time to the power of 0.75)	2/11	120 seconds
5 Min Binary Digits	1000 digits	1.0	-	-
5 Min Names & Faces	70 names	14.2857	2/11	-
5 Min Random Numbers	470 digits	2.1277	2/11	-
5 Min Historic/Future Dates	125 dates	8.0000	2/11	-
5 Min Words	125 words	8.0000	2/11	-
5 Min Vocab	60 words	16.6667	-	-
10 Min Names & Faces	125 names	8.0000	-	-
10 Min Random Words	200 words	5.0000	-	-
10 Min Cards	365 cards (7 decks)	2.7397	2/11	-
10 Min Text	250 words	4.0000	-	-
15 Min Random Numbers	900 digits	1.1111	2/11	-
15 Min Names & Faces	170 names	5.8824	2/11	-
15 Min Random Words	275 words	3.6364	2/11	-
15 Min Abstract Images	400 points	2.5000	2/11	-
30 Min Binary Digits	4000 digits	0.2500	-	-
30 Min Cards	676 cards (13 decks)	1.4793	-	-
30 Min Random Numbers*	1420 digits	0.7042	7/12	-
60 min/Hour Cards*	1560 cards (30 decks)	0.6410	7/12	520 cards
60 min/Hour Random Numbers	2200 digits	0.4545	-	1000 digits

Normalisation Factor applied to pre-2001 events

(i.e. for WMC 1999 a factor of 1.1111 normalises scores of 9 events to 10 events

GMC1997        1.1667
GMC1998        1.125
GMC1999        1.125
GMC2000        1.1250
GOMC1998     1.1250
GOMC1999     1.1250
GOMC2000     1.1250
WMC1993       1.2857
WMC1994       1.25
WMC1995       1.25
WMC1996       1.25
WMC1997       1.25
WMC1998       1.25
WMC1999       1.1111
WMC2000       1.1111

Millennium Standards - Revised Feb 2011

Discipline	Millennium Standard	Calculation Factor	Grandmaster Standard
5 Minute Binary	1000 digits	1.0	-
5 Minute Names & Faces	70 points	14.2857	-
5 Minute Numbers	470 digits	2.1277	-
5 Minute Words	125 words	8.0000	-
10 Minute Cards	365 cards	2.7397	-
15 Minute Numbers	900 digits	1.1111	-
30 Minute Binary	4000 digits	0.2500	-
30 Minute Cards	676 cards	1.4793	-
30 Minute Numbers	1200 digits	0.8333	-
15 minute Abstract Images	400 points	2.5000	-
5 min Historic/Future Dates	125 dates	8.0000	-
60 min/Hour Cards	1300 cards	0.7692	520 cards
60 min/Hour Numbers	2200 digits	0.4545	1000 digits
15 minute Names & Faces	170 points	5.8824	-
15 min Random Words	275 words	3.6364	-
5 min Speed Cards	25 seconds	11180/(time to the power of 0.75)	120 seconds
Spoken Numbers	~204 digits	70 * √n	-

Previous Millennium Standards

Discipline	Millennium Standard	Calculation Factor	Grandmaster Standard
5 Minute Binary	1000 digits	1	-
5 Minute Names & Faces	100 points	10	-
5 Minute Numbers	375 digits	2.6667	-
5 Minute Words	100 words	10	-
10 Minute Cards	333 cards	3	-
15 Minute Numbers	800 digits	1.25	-
30 Minute Binary	4000 digits	0.25	-
30 Minute Cards	676 cards	1.4793	-
30 Minute Numbers	1200 digits	0.8333	-
Abstract Images	250 points	4	-
Historic/Future Dates	~91 dates	11	-
Hour Cards	1300 cards	0.7692	520 cards
Hour Numbers	2200 digits	0.4545	1000 digits
Names & Faces	200 points	5	-
Poem	375 points	2.6667	-
Random Words	250 words	4	-
Speed Cards	30 seconds	30000 / t	120 seconds
Spoken Numbers	~200 digits	70 * √n	-