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Hello everyone – March is a quiet month for competitive mental calculation, but I do have a couple of updates! Website Comments Thank you for your inputs into the discussion here! Until recently your comments would take some time to appear because I had to manually approve everything. I’ve recently changed the settings so that … Read more

Competitors and potential competitors – today we announce the first of at least 3 calculation events this year! European Championship of Mental Calculation Junior Mental Calculation World Championship Mind Sports Olympiad (Mental Calculations World Championship) The 2019 European Championship in Mental Calculation will be held on the 29th May – 1st June 2019 in Reken (northwest Germany) and … Read more

Hello everyone, and welcome to the new subscribers! After a busy few weeks of competitions in August/September, I have an assortment of updates and information to share with you. The 2018 question paper from the MSO Mental Calculations World Championship was available here (PDF) from August, but due to popular request I have uploaded a version … Read more

Last weekend was the 8th Mental Calculation World Cup, organised by Ralf Laue and attended by possibly the strongest-ever field of participants. Congratulations to everyone involved! More details about the competition are available at its official website maintained by Ralf Laue – including the full 2018 results tables. Individual Events: The competition contained 10 rounds: Calendar: … Read more

This year’s JMCWC was held in Bielefeld on September 21-23 – organized for the last 10 years by Caroline Merkel. Over 70 competitors from as far away as India and Peru were competing in the main championship, and around 20 more for the German Hectoc Championship. Today I’m pleased to share the results of the … Read more

Results are in for both calculation categories of this year’s Mind Sports Olympiad! Mental Calculations World Championship This year 12 entrants competed in this event – from Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Chris Bryant was defending his position as 2017-2018 champion, with the added difficulty of not having slept the previous night! 5-time gold medalist … Read more

Get ready for the Mind Sports Olympiad 2018! All events are open to everybody and cost £10 per entry. The event will be held on the 19th – 27th August 2018 at JW3 (Finchley Road) London UK. A huge number of competitions are contested as part of the Mind Sports Olympiad and it is a great opportunity to … Read more

Roughly 3 months in advance of the 2018 Mental Calculation World Cup, the competitors have now been informed of this year’s Challenge Task. Every year the competition includes 10 rounds: addition, multiplication, square roots and calendar dates a difficult “challenge task” announced some time before the competition 5 “surprise” rounds unknown to any competitor beforehand … Read more

In advance of the 2018 Mental Calculation World Cup, to be held in Wolfsburg (Germany), here is the provisional list of participants! This year the competition will feature an exceptionally strong field of competitors from 20+ countries and a wide range of ages! Sign up to the email list for more updates on all competitions, and … Read more

Competitors and potential competitors – registration is open for the Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2018! All information can be found here. The event will be held on the 21st – 24th September 2018 (one week before the Mental Calculation World Cup) This year it will be held in Bielefeld (Germany). Applications are accepted until … Read more