Andrea Muzii

Andrea Muzii (born October 13, 1999) is an Italian memory competitor, former speedcuber, who became IAM World Memory Champion in 2019[1][2] and IAM World No.1 ranked athlete.[1] He was the first memory athlete to achieve the title of Grandmaster of Memory-Gold.[1]

Andrea Muzii
Andrea Muzii at the 2019 IAM World Memory Championship
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born13 October 1999 (age 22)
Rome, Italy
OccupationMemory athlete, student
Years active2019-present
Websitewww.andreamuzii.it
Sport
SportMemory
RankNo.1 (December 2019-present)
Achievements and titles
World finals1st (2019)
Highest world ranking1

On September 12, 2021, Muzii accomplished the highest overall score of all time with 8594 beating the previous 8515 of Alex Mullen, then beating it again in October 2021 with 8858.[3]

Muzii is also the top ranked Memory League[4] competitor and winner of 4 ML Seasons (8, 9, 10, 11).[5]

Personal life

Muzii was born in Rome, Italy, were he still lives and he is currently studying Management and Computer Science in Luiss University. He dropped out of Medical School in the Sapienza University of Rome after the first year.[6]

Muzii declares not to have a natural gift[7] but that he uses techniques such as the method of loci and the major system.[8]

Speedcubing and memory sports career

Muzii's first approach with mental sports was in 2017[9][10] when he entered his first speedcubing competition, the Italian open 2017,[11] where he won the best newcomer prize with an average of 13.78.[12] The following year Muzii placed second at the 2018 Italian championship in the 3x3x3 blindfolded with a best time of 36.95 seconds.[13]

In March 2019 he joined his first memory competition, the 2019 Italian memory championship,[14] placing second in the Italian category and third overall.[14]

In the same year he attended other five memory competitions, placing second in the first one, the 2019 German open, and first in all the other contests including the 2019 European championship[15] and the 2019 IAM World Memory Championship.[1] In that year Muzii broke seven World, seven European and 30 national records.[16][1]

In 2020 Muzii did not attend any classical format competition. In his first competition of 2021 he achieved the highest overall score of all time with 8594 at the MemoryXL 2021 in Waren, Germany. In the same competition he broke two European records and the 5-minute numbers world record with a score of 630 beating the previous 572 held by himself and Munkhshur Narmandakh.[17][18][19]

In October 2021 at the French Open 2021 he broke the all time best score again with 8858.[20]

Muzii at the MemoryXL 2021

Results

Classical format
  • French Open 2021[21]
  • MemoryXL Open 2021[17]
  • IAM World memory championship 2019[1]
  • European memory championship 2019[15]
  • French Open 2019[1]
  • MSO memory championship 2019[1]

Memory League
  • 2020 Remote ML Championship[22]
  • ML season 8[23]
  • ML season 9[24]
  • ML season 10[24]
  • ML season 11[24]
  • 2021 Asian-Oceanic Open/MSO Memory Championship[25]
  • 2021 African-European Open[26]

Others
  • The third "memory of JIUDUAN" World cup finals

World Records (current)
  • 10-minute cards (550)[27]
  • 30-minute cards (1202)[28]
  • Hour cards (1829)[29]
  • 5-minute numbers (630)[30]

Best overall score

8858 (all-time best).[31]

Media appearances, awards and collaborations

Muzii has been featured in various national and international TV programs, radio and newspaper articles including the talent show Tu si que vales where he won the €30,000 prize.[32][33]

In February 2020, Muzii was awarded a prize by Sapienza University of Rome[34][35] with the participation of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella for winning the World Memory Championship.

In September 2020 he took part in a collaboration with Red Bull.[36]

References
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  2. "Cina, il ventenne Andrea Muzii è il nuovo campione del mondo di memoria: "Basta solo allenarsi con costanza"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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  6. "Intervista ad Andrea Muzii, il campione mondiale di memoria". University Network (in Italian). 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  7. "Un 20enne romano vince i Mondiali di memoria: "Ma il mio non è un dono, basta allenarsi"". lastampa.it (in Italian). 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  8. Caccia, Fabrizio (2019-07-10). "La memoria di ferro di Andrea Muzii, il ventenne che ricorda (quasi) tutto". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  9. "Unforgettable: Meet Italy's Andrea Muzii, the world's memory champion". dpa International. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  10. "Blog | Il campione mondiale di memoria è italiano. Andrea Muzii ha 20 anni e ha cominciato col Cubo di Rubik". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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  18. "Beste Gedächtnissportler gekürt: Torgelowerin gewinnt". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  19. Skudler, Konstantin. "Bericht MemoryXL Open + Deutsche Junioren-Gedächtnismeisterschaft 2021 – MemoryXL e.V. – Gedächtnistraining, Gedächtnissport". Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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  33. "Andrea Muzii vince il Premio TV TIMVISION - Tú Sí Que Vales Clip". Witty Tv (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  34. "Inaugurazione dell'anno accademico 2019-2020 | Sapienza Università di Roma". www.uniroma1.it. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  35. informatici, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi. "Il Presidente Mattarella all'inaugurazione dell'anno accademico della Sapienza Università di Roma". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  36. "Trick Heroes: come diventare i re della serata". Red Bull (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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