MEMORIAD - CALCULATION OF POINTS^*

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1. Speed Cards

2. Names and Faces

3. Numbers Marathon

4. Binary Digits

5. Flash Numbers

6. Mental Additions

7. Mental Multiplications

8. Mental Square Roots

9. Mental Calendar Dates

10. Flash Anzan

11. Photographic Speed Reading

12. Additional Points

The arbiter will compare each card from the memorized pack with the order written on the answer sheet. At the first mistake between the two orders. Correct answers after the first mistake will not be evaluated.

If a competitor recalls less than 52 cards, his or her memorization time will be accepted as the whole 300 seconds. The actual memorization time of the competitor whose recall is perfect will be used. The following formula will be used for calculating the scores;

In this category a new shuffled deck will be given and a second trial right will be given to the competitors. The better points from the scores obtained from each attempt will be valid. In case of ties, the competitors’ second scores will be considered.

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"1" point for every "name" written correctly and "1" point for every "surname" written correctly will be given.

"0.5" point for every first name that is phonetically correct but incorrectly spelt and also "0.5" point for every surname that is phonetically correct but incorrectly spelt will be given. For example; "0.5" point will be given to the competitor who writes "Michael" as "Micheal" (Should the organizer uses a computer software for this category during the competition, there will be no partial points for the answer that is phonetically correct but incorrectly spelled). Partial point will be given to the competitor who writes only "first name" or "surname" correctly. Total point will be obtained with the addition of points got. In case of ties, the number of "name and surname" written wrong by the competitors will be considered. The contestant with fewer incorrectly assigned photographs is the winner.

The competitor who gets the top score wins the event.

In case of the ties, firstly the number of photos that have both names and surnames correctly answered will decide the winner.  Secondly the number of correct names among only names or surnames are correctly answered will decide the winner.

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"40" points will be given for each complete row of 40-digit number recalled correctly. "20" points will be given for each row of 40-digit number recalled with only one digit mistake. For every complete row of 40-digit number that has two or more mistakes (including missing digits) 0 points will be given. For the last row recalled only, if the last row is incomplete (e.g. only first 32 numbers written down) and all of the digits written down are correct, then a partial point will be given (32 in this example).

If the last row is not complete and there is only one digit mistake in this row, then the points will be given as the half of the digit numbers recalled (e.g. 32/2=16 points will be given). "0" points will be given for the last row recalled with 2 or more digit mistakes.

In case of ties, the rates of correctness in the answers which the competitors get "0" points will be compared. Who has fewer mistakes will be the winner.

The competitor who gets the top score wins the event.

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"30" points will be given for each complete row of 30-digit number recalled correctly. "15" points will be given for each row of 30-digit number recalled with only one digit mistake. For every complete row of 30-digit number that has two or more mistakes (including missing digits) 0 points will be given. For the last line or row recalled only, if the last row is incomplete (e.g. only first 17 digits written down) and all of the digits written down are correct, then a partial point will be given (17 in this example).

If the last row is not complete and there is only one digit mistake in this row, then the points will be given as the half of the digit numbers recalled (e.g. 17/2=9 rounded up points will be given). "0" points will be given for the last row recalled with 2 or more digit mistakes.

In case of ties, the rates of correctness in the answers which the competitors get "0" points will be compared. Who has fewer mistakes will be the winner.

The competitor who gets the top score wins the event.

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One point will be given for every correct consecutive digit that the competitor
writes down from the first digit of the flash numbers sequence. As soon as the competitor makes his/her first mistake, that is where the marking stops. For example if a competitor recalls 198 digits but makes a mistake at the 76th digit then the score will be 75. If a contestant recalled 300 digits but made a mistake on the first digit the score would be 0.

There will be two attempts at this category with different sets of questions each time. In case of ties, firstly the competitors’ second scores will be considered. If ties persists, secondly the rates of correctness in the answers which the competitors get "0" points will be compared. Who has fewer mistakes will be the winner. If applying the two additional tie-breaking factors do not change the ties, competitors’ other points gained from other memory categories will be considered. Who has more points from other memory categories will be the winner.

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"1" point will be given for each correct answer. It does not matter how many wrong or correct digits are present if the answer is wrong. Therefore, partial point is not involved in these categories. The competitors who are expected to do this task in less than the overall time of the task must inform the committee of the organization beforehand. For them, the committee of organization will appoint special adjudicator with a 1/100 second sensitive chronometer. The competitor must inform the adjudicator about his/her appropriate signal that his or her mental calculation is over. After completion of the task, the answer sheet will be closed and the competitor will wait silently until other competitors complete their tasks.

If the competitor completes his answers by using less time than the time given, than the time used is recorded. This condition will be considered in case of equality of the number of correct answers.

"1" point will be given for each correct answer for the following categories;

● Ten "mental addition of ten ten-digit numbers"
● Ten "mental multiplication of two eight-digit numbers"

If a competitor completes the answers in less than the full task time and if all ten answers are correct, then he or she will earn additional points in relation to their time used. (please read the part titled as "Additional Points for Completely Correct Solutions" for counting additional points).

In these categories there will be two attempts. The better points from the scores obtained from each attempt will be valid. In case of the ties, second scores will be considered.

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In this category, partial points will be given by progressive stages for each digit written correctly up to the digit from left to right in which a mistake is made, as below :

From left to right, one point for the first digit given correctly, two points for the second digit given correctly, …, 8 points for the eight digit given correctly.

In short;

A total of "1" point will be given for the answer of which only a digit from the leftest side is correct.

A total of "3" (1+2) points will be given for the answer of which only two digits from the leftest side are correct.

A total of "6" (=1+2+3) points will be given for the answer of which only three digits from the leftest side are correct.

A total of "36" (=1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8) points will be given for the each exact correct answer.

The criterias explained below will be applied so that how many digits from the leftest side are correct is determined:

While determining the number of the correct digits, "M", number of maximum digits that the competitor writes as the answer will be considered. The real correct answer will be rounded to "M" figures and this answer rounded result will be compared with the answer of the competitor;

Points will be given for maximum 8 digits. Therefore, in this category a total of maximum 360 points can be counted for ten correct square roots.

The scores will be explained by the following examples:

588102 (correct: 766.87808679...).

The competitors with the same points as total will share the rank (It means that there may be ranks such as two people in the third rank or in the fifth rank).

If a competitor completes the answers in less than the full task time and if all ten answers are correct, then he or she will earn additional points in relation to their time used. (please read the part titled as  "Additional Points for Completely Correct Solutions" for counting additional points).

In this category there will be two attempts. The better points from the scores obtained from each attempt will be valid. In case of the ties, second scores will be considered.

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The dates given are numbered from 1 to 75. Only one maximum mistake is allowed to be made in the answers. In a chain of answers, let’s say k is the maximum number in which there is only one mistake or a blank answer between question number "1" and "k". Then the total points to be given is "k-1". After the second mistake or a second blank answer the correct answers beyond this point will not be counted.

In this category there will be five attempts. The better points from the scores obtained from each attempt will be valid. In case of the ties, the second best scores that are not equal will decide the winner.

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In Flash Anzan category, at first Memoriad Software will generate various sets of 1 digit numbers (that are consist of 0, 1, 2, 3, ...., 8, 9 numerals) at random and flash them on the screen at a frequency of from 1.0 seconds to 0.3 seconds. Then competitors are expected to add in sequence the two, three and four-digit flashing numbers at frequency of from 1.0 to 0.3 seconds. After each question the computer will pause for a given moment for the competitor to enter his/her answer. All competitors will be adding the same problems.

In Flash Anzan mental addition category, the following formula will be used for calculating the scores of each correct mental addition answer;

There will be two attempts at this category with different sets of questions each time. From the results obtained from both attempts, the better score will count. Competitors will collect points for only their correct answers. The rank of contestants will be done according to their total points collected.

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The competitors whose rate of understanding is under 60% will be disqualified. In case of ties in the first three ranks, a second test including additional questions about the text will be given to the competitors in equal ranks.

Photographic speed reading points will be calculated as the multiplicatin of reading speed value and the rate of understanding. Let’s say a competitors raw reading speed is 1400 words per minute and his or her rate of understanding is % 70, then the total points count is (1400x0.70=) 980 words per minute or points.

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Except for "Mental Calendar" and "Photographic Speed Reading" categories, provided that the competitor’s all answers are correct and he or she used less time than the total time given, he or she will be given additional points.

Additional points will be calculated as given below by the rate of the time used by the competitor in the relative category to the maximum time given for the task.

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(*) In order to compare the results with other scores, some of the rules and points are adapted from yearly held mental championships.