Meet the 13-year-old from India who is crowned the world’s fastest human calculator

18 Apr

Janice Beckett-Msiza

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Aaryan Shukla was just 12 years old when he won the Mental Calculation World Cup. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Like many kids his age, he enjoys reading books in the Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes series and watching cricket and football.

But what sets him apart from other 13-year-olds is his ability to solve complex maths equations without a pen or a calculator.

In fact, Aaryan Shukla is so good with numbers he recently earned a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to mentally add 50 five-digit numbers.

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