# Aaryan Shukla created two new World Records

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**Category:** Mental Calculation, Mathematics, and Puzzles\
**Created:** [April 25, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aaryan-shukla-created-two-new-world-records/110313 "2026-04-25T17:33:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aaryan-shukla-created-two-new-world-records/110313/1 "2026-04-25T17:33:44Z")

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Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2026

10th and 11th April 2026, School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy

Human Calculator Aaryan Shukla was invited as a Guest of Honor for “Italian Mental Calculation Championship 2026”. The event was organized by studiogiochi in collaboration with the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca and IUSS, the University School of Advanced Studies of Pavia as part of the EFC – Educating Future Citizens network.

Aaryan Shukla created two new World Records in the following categories

1. Fastest time to mentally calculate the square root of ten 8-digit numbers (set of 10) in 71.22 seconds

2. Fastest time to mentally divide a 10-digit number by 5 digit-number (set of 10) in 28.81 seconds

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**Author:** ![john1121](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@john1121](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/john1121)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/aaryan-shukla-created-two-new-world-records/110313/2 "2026-10-06T23:51:01Z")

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Hello sir,

May I inquire about what specific method (or variation of a general) Aaryan Shukla uses to take square roots?

Some information about myself is that I am an abacus user, and I am  
able to multiply and divide 5 digit numbers (such as 52,198 x 31,982)  
in about 7.5-8 seconds without cross multiplication or division.

However, the process of certain tasks like cross multiplication or the  
root algorithm on the website feels awkward for me because I have to  
constantly “shift” the image in my head because the scale of the set  
of steps changes, so I was wondering if there is a mental square root  
algorithm that is similar to the standard abacus method of division that  
competitors use.