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The Mental Calculations World Championship (online) 2024 (hosted by the Mind Sports Olympiad as part of their Grand Prix) has just finished, and we have the winners! Out of over 90 entrants, 29 people from 7 countries qualified to this semi-final (Saturday 2nd March), and the top 8 were invited to the final (Sunday 14th … Read more

Registration is open for the Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2024! Since 2008 this international championship in mental calculation has taken place. Caroline Merkel and the team welcome all young people around the globe aged up to 19 to participate and challenge their skills. I attended the 2018–2023 events as an official trainer, and I’ll be there … Read more

Registration is now open for the Mental Calculation World Cup 2024! (Organized by Ralf Laue) The event will be held on 13–15 September 2024. As in 2022, this year it will be held again in Paderborn (Germany) at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum. Applications are accepted until 15 June 2024. Refer to the instructions on the World Cup’s official website. Please don’t … Read more

Happy 44 × 46! We start the new year with news that the Mind Sports Olympiad will once again host their online event this Spring as the Mental Calculations World Championship! This will be a part of their Grand Prix, which includes over 100 tournaments in various games and mind sports. The format will be … Read more

The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship returned to Bielefeld on the 30th September–2nd October, as organized by Caroline Merkel since 2008 [official JMCWC website]. 70 competitors from Algeria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Pakistan, Serbia, South Africa, the UAE and the UK qualified and attended—some for their first time, while others … Read more

Registrations are now open for a new online mental calculation league! This is organized by Global Mental Calculators’ Association (GMCA)—a new organization run by Sam Engel and a small team of gold medalists in mental calculation, aiming to provide regular opportunities for mental calculators around the world to test their skills against others, without the … Read more

Registration is open for the Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2023! The event will be held on the 30th September–3rd October 2023 in Bielefeld (Germany). The main competition and the prize ceremony will be on October 2nd, so most people will leave on the morning of the 3rd. Since 2008 this international championship in mental calculation … Read more

The Mental Calculations World Championship (online) 2023 (hosted by the Mind Sports Olympiad as part of their Grand Prix) has just finished, and we have the winners! Out of about 50 entrants, 20 qualified to this semi-final, and the top 8 were invited to the final, held on Monday 6th March 2023. Daniel Timms (that’s … Read more

It is now confirmed that the Mind Sports Olympiad will once again host an online event as the Mental Calculations World Championship in the next few weeks! This will be a part of their Grand Prix, which includes over 100 tournaments in various games and mind sports. The format will be similar to the online … Read more

The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship returned to Bielefeld on the 1st–2nd October, as organized since 2008 by Caroline Merkel [official JMCWC website]. Around 50 competitors from Algeria, Germany, India, South Africa, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia attended—some for their first time, while others have attended for many years. There were many … Read more