Pi memorized to 1000 digits

There are no "tricks" to this one, people, as some skeptics out there have said in their comments that there is some sort of cheating involved here. Not so. And I am not COMPUTING these digits as I am going along. This is all from MEMORY.

As far as your comments are concerned, you can say anything you like --- but please try to be nice. :-) Also keep in mind that in this world we each have our own hobbies, as well as a list of goals and challenges that we aim to achieve, no matter how strange they may look or misunderstood as they may be. There are loads of performed stunts that have each won their place in The Guinness Book of World Records - but they had to start someplace before they got in there, right?

Therefore - I wouldn't say that any goalsetting is a waste of time --- if it is met with a reward of success. To say that I've wasted my time with this feat would be the same as saying that the man who climbed to the top of Mount Everest had wasted HIS time.

Marc Umile
U.S. Pi Recitation 15,314 digits

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[momoluvv]

3.1415926535 8979323846 24643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 thats all i know

[MarcUmile]

@momoluvv Maybe you could make 100 by Pi Day 3/14! :-)

[aperki1]

:) That's so cool! I'm 12 and I've only gotten to 74. but i'll get there!

[MarcUmile]

@aperki1 Pretty good. :-) Maybe you can get well over a hundred by this year's Pi Day. Keep pluggin' away.

[boxabicus]

i know up to 3.1415926535897932384626433832­79502884197169399

[MarcUmile]

@boxabicus Pretty good! Memorizing Pi is not an earth shattering thing to do - but like anything else in one's spare time, it's fun to do...

[pireciter12]

Much unlike the rest of the commenters here, I actually admire people who can perform such feats. I'm up to just over 1,000 digits myself and am certainly not ashamed of it!

[The31415926535Guy]

I only know 1300 lol

[GTRracer797]

i have the same keyboard, nice i feel special now

[The31415926535Guy]

@shadowofthewarriors Most people who have memorized this much memorize it in groups of 1000

[shadowofthewarriors]

i know 90 but whats more impressive is that he memorized exactly where the 1000th digit is.

[parakeets123]

@penfags no it is not it only starts with 3.14 but it is not write it is more than pie after that

[Piphilologian]

Marc, Great post. Just wanted to drop in and invite you to put up a few digits on cow-pi.com. Right now our record in only 3600. You could crush it! Especially since you seem ok with typing out your digits. A lot of people who verbally recite say typing them makes it harder.

-Ada