When thinking of a list of digits in terms of racing times, one person is found to report up to 79 digits. This suggests that this person

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The ability to remember up to 79 digits suggests that this person has a unique chunking strategy, meaning they group the digits into larger, more memorable units. This is supported by research in which people are better able to remember information when it is organized into meaningful chunks, rather than presented as a random sequence. A larger working memory or memory retrieval practice would not necessarily explain the ability to remember such a large number of digits, and there is no information suggesting that the person does not show the primacy or recency effect.

When Thinking of a List of Digits in Terms of Racing