Aaryan Shukla (born 2009/2010) is an Indian mental calculator and board member of the Global Mental Calculators Association. [1]
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:
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]
In late 2024, Shukla set six new Guinness World records --- three related to Flash Anzan, two related to multiplication, and one related to division --- in a showcase event in Dubai. [17]