"Memory Master" memorizes 14,000 digits of a special mathematical sequence

Organization websiteGuinness World RecordsOn August 29, Deepu V (currently 33 years old) was able to read exactly 14,000 decimal digits of Euler's number (or e), far surpassing the previous record of 10,122 digits.

Euler's number (represented by the letter e) is an irrational number, with decimal digits that go on indefinitely and without any regularity.

In front of the judges, Deepu was blindfolded and his ears were checked repeatedly to ensure he was not cheating. Deepu would be disqualified if the judges found any mistakes or if he stopped for more than 15 seconds.

Finally, it took Deepu just 49 minutes to recall all 14,000 digits of the number e in the correct order.

Deepu said that since childhood he had the ability to memorize numbers easily. He can memorize more than 500 different phone numbers.

Deepu once set a national record by reciting 2,000 decimal places of pi faster than any other competitor.

To set this world record, Deepu said it took him 4 months of hard work to prepare, as well as using his own "board" memorization method.

“I divided each page into a table of 10 columns and 20 rows, so I could write 1,000 digits. So I only needed to memorize 14 pages to set the record,” he explained.

Deepu also said that he spends 4 days a week memorizing about 250 digits, then uses the remaining 3 days to review and consolidate.

Deepu was delighted to receive the world record title, joining the ranks of other memory masters like Bilal Jhandir and "calculator" Abhay Kumar.