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*** Update: Results! *** Registration is now open for the Mental Calculation World Cup 2022! (Organized by Ralf Laue) The event will be held on the 15th – 17th July 2022. This year it will be held in Paderborn (Germany) at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum. This is the same venue that the 2020 competition was … Read more

First of all, some good news! 🎉 At least two in-person international mental calculation competitions are being planned for later in 2022. Details will be announced here (and by email to all subcribers) and by the respective organizations as soon as they are available.   In the meantime, the Canadian Mind Sports Association is (again) … Read more

Note: this page was updated on 30th August with results from the Grand Final. Semi Final The main round of the Mental Calculations World Championship, hosted by the Mind Sports Olympiad (official website), was held on Sunday 22nd August. Out of 90 entrants, 32 were qualified to this semi-final, representing India, the UK, Germany, Spain and … Read more

Note: This page was updated August 22nd with new details for the MSO Championship. It’s been a quiet few months in the world of mental calculation in most of the world, but it’s time for a few new updates! Mind Sports Olympiad It is now confirmed that the Mind Sports Olympiad will once again host … Read more

As of the beginning of March, there are no international-level mental calculation events planned for 2021 (although hopefully it will be possible for one to be arranged later this year!) In the meantime, the Canadian Mind Sports Association hosted an online calculation competition/challenge that is open to everyone around the world. Update: as the competition … Read more

The online competition in Mental Calculation was held on Saturday 15th August 2020, in partnership with the Mind Sports Olympiad, as an activity for human calculators of all ages, while the main events have been cancelled for a year. 29 competitors from 13 countries and aged between 10 and 57 years old took part, with … Read more

Human calculators around the world were training hard to compete in events such as the Mental Calculation World Cup, Memoriad, and the JMCWC. But then 2020 happened and all these events were cancelled 😞 So for the first time, and in partnership with the Mind Sports Olympiad, there is going to be an online event … Read more

While we have to wait until 2021 for the next time we can meet for mental calculation competitions, the Mind Sports Olympiad is running most of their usual events online during the month of August! In particular on the 15th August 2020, there will be an online mental math championship – open to all ages. … Read more

2020-Sep-20: Results are now available for all age categories The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship is held every year in Germany, organized by Caroline Merkel. Their official website has all details, past results, and how to register to attend this annual competition. While it is difficult to travel to events this year, the usual championship … Read more

Hello everyone! We’ve been looking forward to a busy calendar of mental calculation events this Summer and Autumn, with 4 major competitions in the space of 4 weeks. Unfortunately however, today I sadly have to announce the cancellation of all of these. This is of course due to the current pandemic and travel restrictions, which … Read more