Pi competition: Susanne Hippauf sets a new national record. The Frankfurt memory artist recited the number from her head to 18,026 decimal places.

It took the policewoman three hours and five minutes to do this. The competition was held as part of International Pi Day, celebrated by math lovers worldwide on March 14. The current international record holder comes from India and has managed to memorize the circle number to more than 70,000 digits. 42 participants in competition The competition took place in Emden for the seventh time.