Aaryan Nitin Shukla

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Aaryan Shukla is an Indian mental calculator and board member of the Global Mental Calculators Association. [1]

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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:

  1. Mental Calculation World Cup calendar date record (answered all 100 dates given correctly in 1 minute)
  2. Mental Calculation World Cup multiplication record (breaking his prior record)
  3. Mental Calculation World Cup square roots record (breaking his prior record) (answered all 90 problems given with 86 correct and 4 incorrect)
  4. World record for addition (addition of 10 10-digit numbers, with an average time of 7.808 seconds over 10 questions)
  5. 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]

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  8. ↑ "Aaryan Shukla Wins 2021 Mental Calculations World Championship". September 4, 2021.
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  10. ↑ "MSO Mental Calculations World Championship 2024 Results – World Mental Calculation". April 16, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Calculation League Standings". GMCA.
  12. ↑ "'Human Calculator Kid' can do 'impossible' sums in his head at lightning speed | Guinness World Records".
  13. ↑ "12-year-old Aaryan Shukla sets Guiness World Record for fastest mental addition". India Today. April 3, 2024.
  14. ↑ Moreira, Éric (April 11, 2024). "Indiano de 13 anos bate recorde e é considerado 'calculadora humana'". Aventuras na História.
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