Alex Mullen

Sometimes all it takes to change our life is to stumble across the right book at the right time. That’s what happened to Alex Mullen, who happened to pick up a book about competitive memorization. Hoping it might give him an edge in his medical studies, he learned the techniques and, just for fun, entered a competition. He turned out to be a natural, and after years of dedication—and a willingness to constantly embrace the best techniques—he memorized his way to the world championship.