A former philosophy student from Hong Kong has broken four national records in a memory contest to become a champion in Australia.
Li Kam-fung, 23, set four records at the 2011 Australian Memory Championships held this month.
In the 15-minute category, he memorised 280 random numbers in that time. The previous record was 258 numbers.
In the speed cards category, he needed just one minute and nine seconds to remember the random order of 52 playing cards without making any mistakes. The previous record was one minute and 30 seconds.
He set a record in memorising 90 images in the correct order in 15 minutes. The previous record was 74 images.
He also memorised 176 numbers in the correct sequence, beating the previous record of 175.
'I didn't expect my results to be this good. But I won't stop practising because one day I hope to be the best,' said Li.