Andrea Muzii (born October 13, 1999) is an Italian memory competitor, former

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, who became IAM World Memory Champion in 2019 and IAM World No.1 ranked athlete. He was the first memory athlete to achieve the title of Grandmaster of Memory-Gold. Muzii is the second top ranked Memory League competitor and winner of 5 ML Seasons (8, 9, 10, 11, 16) and 3 ML Opens.

Personal life

Muzii was born in Rome, Italy, where he still lives and he is currently studying Management and

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in Luiss University. He dropped out of Medical School in the

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after the first year. Muzii declares not to have a natural gift but that he uses techniques such as the

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and the

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. In
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in which he exposes his IQ (125-135 range), saying "it's not that high", he attributes his results mostly to his dedication to training.

Speedcubing and memory sports career

Muzii's first approach with mental sports was in 2017 when he entered his first

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competition, the Italian open 2017, where he won the best newcomer prize with an average of 13.78. The following year Muzii placed second at the 2018 Italian championship in the 3x3x3 blindfolded with a best time of 36.95 seconds. In March 2019 he joined his first memory competition, the 2019 Italian memory championship, placing second in the Italian category and third overall. 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 and the 2019 IAM World Memory Championship. In 2020 Muzii did not attend any classical format competition. In his first competition of 2021 he achieved the IAM 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. In October 2021 at the French Open 2021 he broke the IAM all-time best score again with 8858. In January 2022 Muzii placed second in the Memory League World Championship, losing the final against Alex Mullen.

Results

Victories

Classical format

* French Open 2022 * Italian Open 2022 * French Open 2021 *MemoryXL Open 2021 *IAM World memory championship 2019 * European memory championship 2019 * French Open 2019 * MSO memory championship 2019

Memory League

* 2020 Remote ML Championship * ML season 8 * ML season 9 * ML season 10 * ML season 11 *2021 Asian-Oceanic Open/ MSO Memory Championship *2021 African-European Open *2022 African-European Open

Others

* The third "memory of JIUDUAN" World cup finals

World Records (current)

* 10-minute cards (550) * 30-minute cards (1202) (WMSC record: 1248) * Hour Cards (1829) (WMSC record: 2530) * 5-minute numbers (630) * ML Names online (30 in 43.02)

IAM Best overall score

8858 (IAM all-time best). (WMSC record: 9307)

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. In February 2020, Muzii was awarded a prize by

with the participation of the President of the Republic

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for winning the World Memory Championship. In September 2020 he took part in a collaboration with Red Bull. He has an Instagram profile and a Youtube channel where he uploads videos regarding memory techniques, productivity, self development and other passions of him, like lucid dreaming. Together with Alessandro de Concini, a digital entrepreneur, and Vanni de Luca, an italian mnemonist, Muzii has created an online course called "Mnemonica", where these three teach - Alessandro for studying, Vanni for public performances and Muzii for sport competitions - how to use memory techniques.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muzii, Andrea 1999 births Living people People from Rome