Aaryan Shukla, a 14-year-old prodigy from Maharashtra, India, left a large audience speechless when he set the record for the fastest time to mentally add 50 five-digit numbers on the set of our Italian TV series Lo Show Dei Record. He did that in a mere 25.19 seconds – so approximately one addition every 0.5 seconds! In just one day, he achieved an impressive total of six records:

• Fastest time to mentally add 100 four-digit numbers - 30.9 sec
• Fastest time to mentally add 200 four-digit numbers - 1 min 9.68 sec
• Fastest time to mentally add 50 five-digit numbers - 18.71 sec
• Fastest time to mentally divide a 20-digit number by a ten-digit number (set of ten) - 5 min 42 sec
• Fastest time to mentally multiply two five-digit numbers (set of ten) - 51.69 sec
• Fastest time to mentally multiply two eight-digit numbers (set of ten) - 2 min 35.41 sec