13-Year-Old Indian Genius Sets Guinness World Record by Adding 50 Five-Digit Numbers in Just 25.19 Seconds!

It is now time to make you meet someone very special, a young genius, another one, a prodigy, a human calculator. I am talking about Aryan Shukla. He has set a Guinness World Record for mental math calculation and you know how old he is? Only 13 years old. He is in the 8th grade. Imagine that, a world record at such a young age. You know what? He created a Guinness World Record. What for? The fastest time to mentally add 50 five-digit numbers. And you know how long he took to do that? Just seconds. The 13-year-old achieved the record in a mere 25.19 seconds. Can you believe that? How terrific, right? This was on an Italian TV show. He has made India proud with his exceptional skills. And by the way, he is also one of the founding board members of the Global Mental Calculators Association, which focuses on mental calculation. All this at just the age of 13. And that is just a part of his long list of achievements. Tonight, we have him on the show to know more about his journey. Let's go straight across to Aryan Shukla. Hi, Aryan. So good to have you with us. Now, you are a Guinness World Record holder at such a young age. You won the title of the world champion at the Mental Calculation World Cup held in Germany. And you represented India among the top 40 human calculators from 20 countries worldwide. Let me ask you this. How does it feel to be representing your country at such a young age and achieving this feat? I feel very proud when I represent India at various stages to be sitting with our Indian flag and I also feel proud when our India wins. You are of course a math genius. You get along very well with numbers and mathematics. What would you like to say to those who are scared of mathematics perhaps but are interested? I would like to say to the people who are interested in Mathematics that start doing early and never be afraid of numbers and give some time and try for the result to come and So, practice alone. Brilliant. Let me also ask you, how does your ability to calculate this fast help you in your day-to-day activities? You have been called a human calculator. So, it helps me in lots of things. It helps me to process data. For example, whenever I go to supermarket or grocery store or anywhere, I could calculate the things or the bills. What does your daily routine look like, Aryan? Do you practice mental mathematics every day? Some people might also wonder when they learn about your skills and your story, does he eat something special? So tell us more about what a usual day looks like for you and what all is a part of it. Generally, I practice mental maths for about 2 hours or 3 hours. Means, whenever, like, in a normal situation. But whenever a competition or a show, I usually practice for more hours. Means, yeah. And my daily routine is, like, means I go to school and after school I do mental maths and some traditional mathematics. Yeah. You have mentally added 55 digit numbers and achieved that record. Can I ask you to give me the total of maybe five, five digit numbers? Would that be OK? Yeah, I'm fine. OK, so let me just throw those numbers at you. 1 0 9 4 5 7 6 9 3 4 9 3 5 6 3 4 4 9 2 4 6 5 3 6 7. What's the total of these numbers? So the answer is 291733. Wow, and that is correct and you've done that in just seconds. How quick and how inspiring and brilliant. What tips would you have for others that can help them calculate faster perhaps? My tips to them are like Like, it means... Start, if you want to calculate mental maths, grow your speed, so practice a lot and give some time to whatever you are doing, slowly the results will start to come. And don't be afraid of numbers like you said at the outset. Thanks very much for being here Aryan Shukla. You are an inspiration and congratulations once again for that achievement. To stay up to speed with the latest news, download the Vyond app and subscribe to our YouTube channel.