Great Achievement by15 year old guy......

On a bright Sunday morning 20th August 2006, Master Nischal Narayanam achieved a unique distinction by creating a Guinness World Record. The record for the category “Most random objects memorized" was 100 objects by Mr.Z.Harris, U.S.A., which was broken by Mr.R.Jayasimha, India, by memorizing 200 objects.

Nischal broke this record by memorizing and recalling 225 random objects in a span of just 12.07 minutes and thereafter relating random objects to its number, listing out the objects in correct order for a series of numbers and also telling them in reverse order. This total feat was done blindfolded.

The witnessing judges for the event were:

What happens when a 13-year-old boy memorises 132 digits in just one minute? Well! He will leave many awestruck and also create a record. This is what happened here on Sunday, when Nischal Narayanam attempted a Guinness world record for ‘Longest number sequence memorised in one minute’.

After undergoing three months training with Squadron Leader Jayasimha, Nischal attempted the record.
Rules

Rules for the record were that the sequence of whole numbers had to be memorised randomly generated by a computer. Only one attempt is to be made to recall each digit and they must be recalled in the correct order and any error nullifies the attempt. The record is held by a 35 year-old Indonesian, Dominique O Brien, for memorising 76 digits in one minute. When Chief Minister K. Rosaiah asked Nischal as to how many numbers he would memorise for breaking the record, he replied 132 numbers, leaving many in the hall gaping. All the 132 digits, in the sequence of zeroes and ones were flaashed on a giant screen enabling Nischal memorise them. After the timekeeper clicked one minute, the screen went blank and all the eyes were focused on him.

Staying calm, he took a deep breath and recalled all the numbers in the same order as flaashed on the screen.

As he spelt out the numbers, they appeared on the giant screen, enabling the jury to check the sequence of the order.

The jury was headed by Chief Minister Mr. Rosaiah and with Chief Electoral Officer I.V. Subba Rao, Additional DGP (L&O) A.K. Khan as other members. They confirmed the sequence of numbers recalled and testified that a new record was set, to all round applause. Video footage of the event would be sent to Guinness World Records Limited for official confirmation which would take 10 days, said Mr. Jayasimha.

Mr. Rosaiah praised Nishcal for his record-breaking feat and complimented his parents for their support and nurturing the talent. “If you have will power and concentrate on things you do then you will achieve any task,” said Nischal, with a smile.

Nischal Narayanam once again made the Country pround by winning the coveted title of World Memory Champion 2007 and the “Gold Medal’ (in the Kids category) at the 16th World Memory Championship competitions held at the Kingdom of Bahrain from 31.8.2007 to 2.9.2007 under the auspices of World Memory Council and regulates competitions worldwide.

The Championship was thrown open in 10 disciplines of memory and many participants from about 18 countries have taken part in respective competitions under Seniors, Juniors and Kids categories. Nischal was the youngest of the 3 contestants representing India. He won the most coveted title of World Memory Champion - 2007 outperforming most of the contestants in Senior, Junior and Kids category.

Nischal has achieved 27th rank in WMC, 2007 and his World rank is 157 out of 478 top world memorizers. Memory experts present at the event have applauded Nischal as new ‘GENIUS OF MEMORY’ and even prompted Mr Tony Buzan, The founder of World Memory Championships and inventor of Mind mappping to hail Nischal as the onset of a mental prodigy in the arena of World Memory Championships.

This was 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 Championships were held at the Crowne Plaza Bahrain Conference Centre and was inaugurated on Thursday 30th August, 2007 at an Opening Ceremony and banquet in the presence of thye National Guards Commander, Major General Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa and well as Intelnacom chief executive officer, Professor Dr Bernd Hoefer and Tony Buzan. This was a significant international competitions, bringing together some of the greatest intellects from around the world.

The ten disciplines are : Spoken number, Hour cards, Historic dates, Binary digits, Random words, Abstract images, Names and faces, Hour number, Speed number, Speed cards

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