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The Sixth Memory Contest of University Students took place last year bringing together excellent students selected from different parts of the country.

The winner of the contest was Ryang Jong Hui, a student of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education.

Amazing memory

At the contest held divided into 10 events, Ryang took first place in those of memorizing speed numbers, events and their dates, cards in an hour and random numbers. She took second place in those of memorizing binary numbers in 30 minutes and faces and names in 15 minutes and third place in that of memorizing abstract figures, thus gaining the highest marks in total.

In particular, she surprised the audience in the four events which she won.

In memorizing speed numbers to see how many of hundreds of numbers the participants could memorize quickly and correctly in five minutes and in memorizing cards, she bettered the previous records. And she displayed her amazing ability in memorizing random numbers.

Guarantee of success

“I was so excited to see on TV the students of our country who had won the 27th World Memory Championships. Then I wanted to exalt the honour of the country like them, so I entered the mysterious world of memory,” said Ryang.

Ryang’s instructor Cha Yong Ho, PhD, associate professor and section chief of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education, is a prominent instructor in this field.

“Ryang Jong Hui has a natural talent and is diligent. But education is very important in training to improve memory. I think her achievement was attributable to the good education system,” Cha said.

Born into an ordinary office worker’s family, Ryang often showed her unusual reasoning ability to surprise people around her in her childhood. Her aptitude was discovered by kindergarten teachers and primary school teachers and developed under their special care. Later, she graduated from Pyongyang Middle School No. 1 according to the national education system for excellent students. Now she is studying at the Mathematics Faculty of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education.

“I want to thank the teachers for finding out and developing my aptitude,” said Ryang.