Yanjaa Wintersoul
Mongolia / Sweden
Set by Yanjaa Wintersoul, a Mongolian-Swedish dual citizen, at the 2018 World Memory Championships. She accurately linked and memorized 212 names and faces in 15 minutes. This discipline has the highest real-world applicability among memory competitions, requiring contestants to match photos of strangers with their names. Beyond memory competitions, Wintersoul has contributed to popularizing memory techniques through TED talks and media appearances.