Monday, April 4, 2011

  Longest colour sequence memorised: Nishant Kasibhatla sets world record (Video)

SINGAPORE -- Singapore permanent resident, Nishant Kasibhatlamemorized 100 colours shown in random sequence and recalled them without a single mistake - setting the new world record for the longest colour sequence memorised .

  Photo: World record holder Nishant Kasibhatla  ( enlarge photo )

  The previous Guinness world record was set in Munich, Germany by Florian Dollner, who memorised 40 colours.

The Guinness world record for Memorizing binary numbers - three seconds was set by Ramón Campayo (Spain), who successfully recited from memory 48 random digits in correct sequence after the numbers had been flashed up on a computer screen for three seconds at Impossibility Challenger Games, Starnberg, Germany.

Guinness World Records also recognized Bartholomew Parker Bidder (1809-49), a younger brother of George Parker Bidder, who had a remarkable memory. When his firm's records were destroyed by fire he was able to reconstruct them from memory in six months.

  Nishan said memorising the colours took him 45 minutes.

  "I've been training hard for months for this moment, and am very proud to help Singapore claim another world record. It's a fantastic feeling!"

  This rare, heart-stopping event, held in Bras Basah Complex, Singapore, was recorded in front of a live audience and two official witnesses. The witnesses were Mr. Sonny Aswani, The Estonian honorary consul in Singapore, and Mr. Jeffrey Gomez, Executive Director, Marketing Institute of Singapore.

  "You could have cut the air with a knife for the anxious 45 minutes that it took for me to view, memorise then recall the colours," says Singapore's newest world record participant.

  "I've been training hard for months for this moment, and am very proud to help Singapore claim another world record. It's a fantastic feeling!"

  Nishant Kasibhatla has been practicing various memory techniques for the past 15 years and he was the highest ranked Asian at the World Memory Championships in 2003.