Congratulations to England’s James Heppell for winning the 2017 Pentamind World Championship! The Pentamind is awarded to the player with the best finishes in 5 different events throughout the Mind Sports Olympiad. With two weeks to go ahead of his September wedding, James proved that love conquers all winning gold in Agricola, Backgammon, Blokus, Mensa Connections, Lost Cities, Lines of Action, and Texas Hold’em. James’ incredible Pentamind score of 476.16 points was closely followed by former Pentamind World Champions Ankush Khandelwal (England) with 471.34 points and Andres Kuusk (Estonia) with 467.14 points.
The Eurogames World Championship was won by defending champion Mike Dixon from England who took gold in Carcassone and Dominion followed by silver medals in Terra Mystica and 7 Wonders. Silver went to Portugal’s Ricardo Gomes followed by England’s Ankush Khandelwal winning bronze.
Additional highlights in this year’s competition included Dan Holloway winning the Creative Thinking World Championship and the European Speed Reading Championship. Dan was able to read a 102,169-word novel in 62 minutes and answer the comprehension questions with a 90% accuracy rate. Although his raw speed of 1,637 WPM is slower than Anne Jone’s MSO record of 2,246 set in 2001, however, his stunning 90% comprehension vs Anne’s 60% gives him a new MSO record for effective speed of 1,478 beating Anne’s previous record of 1348 WPM. Most impressive!
The Junior Pentamind medalists were Estonia’s Kuno Kolk (gold), Spain’s Noa Concepcion Martin (silver) and Portugal’s Samule Pires (bronze). The Women’s Pentamind medalists were Estonia’s Madli Mirme (gold), England’s Emily Watson (silver) and England’s Charlotte Levy (bronze). Meanwhile, the Senior Pentamind medalists were dominated by Italy’s Dario De Toffoli (gold), Piero Zama (silver) and Riccardo Gueci (bronze).
Visit our medals table for a full list of results.