Guinness World Records
Set six mental-calculation records reported by Guinness in February 2025.
2025-02-12 · Supporting source ↗
Mental calculation · INDIA
Aaryan Shukla
Set six mental-calculation records reported by Guinness in February 2025.
14 when reported on 12 February 2025
Maharashtra · India
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BEHIND THE RESULT
The achievement
In February 2025, Guinness World Records reported that Maharashtra’s Aaryan Shukla had set six mental-calculation records in Dubai. One challenge involved adding 100 four-digit numbers: his recorded time was 30.9 seconds. Another involved adding 50 five-digit numbers in 18.71 seconds.
Behind the stopwatch
The report described a 14-year-old who had begun practising mental calculation at six and entered international competition at eight. It also described a substantial daily practice routine. These results belong to particular record challenges; they are not a measure of every kind of intelligence.
A spark to explore
For a reader who enjoys numbers, the interesting question is how a difficult task becomes familiar through practice. Try a small calculation puzzle, write down your method, then compare it with a friend’s. Speed can be one goal; understanding why your method works is another.
Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.
Open the article edition →The achievement, in context.
Sources you can explore.
Guinness World Records · 12 February 2025 ↗Record organisation report
Original source ↗Another spark to discover.
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