Li Juncheng, Master of Memory

With p>54 cards out of order, he can recite them backwards in 36 seconds. 172 out-of-order numbers can be successfully recited in only half an hour. This is the record set by Li Juncheng, a graduate student in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Huda University, in the 23rd world memory championships recently. He also won the title of "Master of World Memory". From being an ordinary student to being on the world stage, super brain of Huda completed the "perfect counterattack" in two years.

Li Juncheng is 23 years old. In 212, he saw the documentary "Memory of the Three Musketeers" broadcast by CCTV, and was shocked by the scenes of memory masters playing cards. So he chose poker memory as the starting point and worshipped memory master Yuan Wenkui as his teacher.

In order to realize his dream of "memory master", Li Juncheng bought many decks of playing cards, which can be found in his schoolbag and pocket. He insists on training for more than 2 hours every day. No matter on the bus or in the classroom, whenever he is free, he takes out his cards and ponders them. "At first, some people even called me a pervert." Li Juncheng said with a smile, once he was training in the library, he filled his desk with playing cards, and the people around him immediately cast a surprised and contemptuous look. In order to concentrate on training, he simply bought earplugs and a cap. "I don't influence others, and other people's comments and expressions can't influence me."

Since last summer vacation, Li Juncheng got up at 6: 3 every day to practice poker memory, and trained for more than 1 hours every day. Finally, in world memory championships, he got the fourth place in China and the 19th place in the world. But as a "master of memory", Li Juncheng also had a little "worry"? "A lot of good classmates are afraid to play with me now? Fight the landlord? Waiting for the poker game. "

For Li Juncheng, memory training is not about winning at cards. "As long as the training method is proper, it is not impossible for ordinary people to become memory masters." Li Juncheng said that he is currently working on writing an English (course) memory manual, hoping that by sharing his own memory tips, more students can master efficient memory methods and improve their academic performance.

Being unwilling to be ordinary is "one step away" from your dream.

"After living at 3.1 every day for three years, life has not changed at all." When Li Juncheng was a junior, his grades were average, and he didn't get a scholarship. Facing the muddled days of "I don't know what I'm busy with", he was tired and confused about the student life of mechanically commuting to the classroom, library and dormitory every day. In the summer of 212, he saw CCTV broadcast the documentary "Memorizing the Three Musketeers" and learned that when they won the championship for Asia in the championship, he also gave birth to the "Memory Master Dream". "I want to do something that makes me proud and show myself on the world stage like them." He said.

It is not easy to become a master of world memory. The international standard is that you must write down 1, numbers and 52 cards in one hour and a deck of cards in two minutes. Only a hundred people in the world have reached this standard.

When Li Juncheng trains privately, he always sits silently in the corner of the library wearing a hat and earplugs, muttering to himself. "At that time, many people thought I was crazy and didn't understand me." When talking about starting to train poker, he said that people around him always cast strange eyes, and he could only keep training for 2 hours every day silently. Through hard work, he can memorize more than 1,2 disordered numbers in one hour. At that time, the 21st world memory championships in London, England was about to be held, and he was ready to pack his bags and look forward to the moment when his dream came true.

But just a week before departure, he was informed by the embassy that his visa was refused. Knowing this news, Li Juncheng collapsed on the ground. That night, he and several players who were also refused visas "roared" at KTV all night. "I feel that my dream will always stay on the other side of the ocean." He recalled.

The reappearance of opportunity represents China's perfect counterattack

As he prepared for the postgraduate entrance examination, he thought he had given up this dream forever. His memory method helped him a lot in the postgraduate entrance examination. In the preparation of postgraduate entrance examination English, he can recite more than 4 words in three hours in the morning. "The memory ideas of roots and associations, as well as the high-intensity memory habits before, make me handy." He also developed a way to memorize socialist core values in one minute. But he still can't let go of his dream of "memory master". "I really dream that one day I can stand on the podium wearing the national flag."

Last summer vacation, Li Juncheng, who had received the postgraduate admission notice, learned that world memory championships was held in Hainan, China. So he once again picked up his dream and spent more than ten hours every day preparing for the game. After school started, he got up at 6: 3 every morning to practice. After the tutor came to the laboratory at 8: 3, he immediately put away poker and began to study. After school in the evening, he practiced alone in the dormitory until late at night. "Dreams make me happy. Memory training is no longer a question of persistence, but a part of my life. The progress in training is an affirmation of myself."

In the following competitions in Jiangsu Division and China Division, he won the Jiangsu championship, won two gold medals and a silver medal in China Division, and represented China in the World Finals. The final competition is divided into ten items, including memorizing people's heads, fictional historical year representatives, irregular binary numbers, poker, English and Chinese vocabulary. Many memory items, as long as two numbers or words are wrong, will be counted as zero. In the end, he resisted the pressure, and achieved the impressive results of ranking fourth in China and the top 2 in the world, and was awarded the title of "Master of World Memory". At the end of the competition, he wore a team uniform printed with the national flag of China, realizing his dream that has been lingering in his heart for two years.

Li Juncheng told reporters yesterday that he had to prepare for the next world championship. "Glory is only part of it. I still want to learn from more world-class masters." He said. After the competition, he still kept training every day and began to write an English memory manual, hoping to let more people enjoy good memory methods. At present, he has passed the interview of Jiangsu Satellite TV "super brain" and is waiting for the announcement of recording the program.