Alex Mullen (memory athlete)

Alex Mullen
Mullen at the 2016 World Memory Championship in Singapore
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Joseph Mullen
NationalityAmerican
Born (1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 32)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Alma materJohns Hopkins University (BS)
University of Mississippi (MD)
Years active2014–present
SpouseCathy Chen (m. 2015)
Websitewww.mullenmemory.com
Sport
SportMemory
RankNo. 1 (June 2016-2019)
Achievements and titles
World finals1st place (2015, 2016, 2017)
National finals1st place (2016)
Highest world rankingNo. 1 (June 2016)
Personal bests
  • Speed Cards (analog): 15.61 sec (2017)
  • Speed Cards (digital): 52 in 12.33s (2020)
  • 80 Digits: 17.65 sec (2016)
  • 5 min Numbers: 568 digits (2017)
  • 15 min Numbers: 1100 digits (2016)
  • 30 min Numbers: 1933 digits (2016)
  • Historic Dates: 133 dates (2017)
  • 60 min Numbers: 3238 digits (2017)

Alex Mullen (born 3 March 1992) is an American memory competitor, three-time world memory champion, and physician.[1][2] The first American to win the world title, he won for three consecutive years the 2015, 2016, and 2017 World Memory Championships and held the IAM world No. 1 ranking from 2016-2019.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was also the 2022 and 2023 Memory League World Champion.[8][9] Along with his wife, he runs Mullen Memory[10] - a nonprofit which "provides free resources exploring memory palaces as learning tools."[11]

  1. ^ "Special Titles | International Association of Memory Statistics". www.iam-stats.org. Retrieved 7 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Jordyn Taylor, "The Person With the World's Best Memory Is a Millennial From the US", in Mic (media company), March 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bryant was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Pettus, Gary (18 December 2015). "UMMC student wins world memory challenge". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi.
  5. ^ "World Memory Championships 2016 (Combined) | World Memory Championships". www.worldmemorychampionships.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ "World Ranking | International Association of Memory Statistics". www.iam-stats.org. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. ^ "World Memory Championships 2017". Archived from the original on 5 December 2017.
  8. ^ "2022 Memory League World Championship | Memory League". memoryleague.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ "2023 Memory League World Championship | Memory League". www.memoryleague.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Home". Mullen Memory. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Home | Mullen Memory". www.mullenmemory.com. Retrieved 29 December 2016.