In an age where forgotten facts can be Googled with a few taps on one’s mobile phone, 12-year-old Dhruv Manoj stands out for his stupendous memory. At the World Memory Championships held in Hong Kong this month, he emerged with two golds in the “names and faces” and “random words” disciplines, beating out 56 other contestants in the kids category. The Sembawang Primary student memorised more than seven decks of shuffled cards in an hour, 1,155 binary numbers in half that time, and 87 names and faces in 15 minutes. He was the only Singaporean in this year’s competition, which saw over 260 contestants from China, Russia, India, Taiwan and Malaysia.