Aaryan Nitin Shukla Explained
Aaryan Shukla is an Indian mental calculator and board member of the Global Mental Calculators Association.[1]
Career
Shukla won the 2022 Mental Calculation World Cup at the age of 12 years old,[2] [3] setting event records in multiplication and square roots in the process. Additionally, during the record attempts portion of the event, he broke the organizer's record for division[4] and multiplied two 20-digit numbers together in 1 minute and 45 seconds.[5]
Shukla returned to the Mental Calculation World Cup in 2024, winning the event for a second consecutive time, while winning all five categories and scoring more points per category than any prior competitor.[6] Additionally, he set the following records during the event:
- Mental Calculation World Cup calendar date record (answered all 100 dates given correctly in 1 minute)
- Mental Calculation World Cup multiplication record (breaking his prior record)
- Mental Calculation World Cup square roots record (breaking his prior record) (answered all 90 problems given with 86 correct and 4 incorrect)
- World record for addition (addition of 10 10-digit numbers, with an average time of 7.808 seconds over 10 questions)
- World record for square roots (square root of 6-digit numbers to 8 significant digits, with an average time 3.378 seconds over 10 questions)[7]
Shukla also became the youngest winner at the Mind Sport Olympiad Mental Calculation World Championship in 2021,[8] before finishing as runner-up twice.[9] [10] He also finished as runner-up in Season 1 of Calculation League.[11]
In 2023 and 2024, Shukla gave televised Flash Anzan performances in Russia and Italy, the latter earning him a Guinness World Record in addition.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Aaryan Shukla. GMCA.
- Web site: Zwölfjähriger Inder gewinnt WM im Kopfrechnen. blue News.
- Web site: Zwölfjähriger Inder gewinnt WM im Kopfrechnen. T. G. R.. Tagesschau. July 17, 2022. RaiNews.
- Web site: Mental Calculation World Ranking Lists. www.recordholders.org.
- Web site: Mental Calculation World Cup 2022: Results – World Mental Calculation. July 31, 2022.
- Web site: Aaryan Shukla of DPS Nashik crowned at Mental Calculation World Cup −2024 – Education21.
- Web site: Mental Calculation World Cup 2024: Results – World Mental Calculation. September 22, 2024.
- Web site: Aaryan Shukla Wins 2021 Mental Calculations World Championship. September 4, 2021.
- Web site: MSO Mental Calculations World Championship 2023 Results – World Mental Calculation. March 21, 2023.
- Web site: MSO Mental Calculations World Championship 2024 Results – World Mental Calculation. April 16, 2024.
- Web site: Calculation League Standings. GMCA.
- Web site: 'Human Calculator Kid' can do 'impossible' sums in his head at lightning speed | Guinness World Records.
- Web site: 12-year-old Aaryan Shukla sets Guiness World Record for fastest mental addition. April 3, 2024. India Today.
- Web site: Indiano de 13 anos bate recorde e é considerado 'calculadora humana'. Éric. Moreira. April 11, 2024. Aventuras na História.
- Web site: 12-year-old Indian student breaks records with lightning-fast mental addition. April 3, 2024. ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS.
- Web site: Human Calculator Aaryan Shukla created Guinness World Records (GWR). March 25, 2024. YouTube.