The article is about records, but that’s not all. It goes in depth of how it takes a certain type of mentality to break a record. He uses dedication and attitude as reasons for why records are broken. One compelling moment was how he described chess masters memorizing their boards as a mental tactic. Another compelling moment was how college students had to hear 102 random digits with 50 hours of practice and one student was able to remember all 102. The author purpose for the article was to enlighten the reader that practice makes perfect.