Ram and Josh mentally prepare before the start of the round



Each competitor will have two decks of cards and just five minutes to memorize all of the cards in order



Josh Foer concentrates before the recall period begins




Ram Kolli gets wired up for sound


Josh tries to recall one of the cards



Ram shows his years of experience in his total relaxation



Josh and Ram dueling it out



Josh trying to conjure up an elusive card image




Ram gets up after Josh correctly recalls the card that Ram could not



The 2006 and 2005 US Memory Champions


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