Could you memorize a deck of cards? That means remembering the order of 52 cards! Two twins from Mongolia are great at that!
Munkhshur Narmandakh memorized a deck of cards in 16 seconds. Her sister Enkhshur did it in about 19 seconds. They were in the 30th World Memory Championships!
The sisters were with 364 other people in the memory contest. Each one had to in 10 events. They had to remember cards, names, faces, dates, numbers, and words. Munkhshur Narmandakh won the event. And her sister came in fifth place!
Munkhshur Narmandakh has won before. She became the first woman to win the World Memory Championships in 2017. “My success is not only my success,” she said at the time. “This success is for both of us,” she explained. Now Munkhshur is a champion again!
“We trained for a very short time,” said Munkhshur. She said their focus was college. “We wanted to challenge ourselves to see if we can achieve,” she added.
The twins achieved success. One contest in the World Memory Championships is to memorize cards. Munkhshur Narmandakh came in first place with 2,064 cards. Her sister memorized 1,612 cards. That got her fifth place.
Munkhshur said this experience taught a lesson. “As long as you work hard, believe in yourself, and work smart, you can achieve your goals,” said Munkhshur. “We are very satisfied with our results,” she added.
The twins will keep competing in the World Memory Championships. And Munkhshur said they make each other better. “I can’t improve if she’s not around me,” she said. Munkhshur believes her sister will win a title too. “I know how powerful she is,” said Munkhshur. “In training, she always wins.”
“Next time, I want my sister to be a world champion.”
Updated March 15, 2022, 5:01 P.M. (ET)
By Russell Kahn (Russ)
