13-year-old South African wins bronze in under-19 Junior Mental Calculation World Championships

[Jan]

South African teen wins bronze at mental maths world championship

Stiaan Scheepers — a 13-year-old student of the South African A+Students education franchise — won the bronze medal at the 2022 Junior Mental Calculation World Championships in Germany.

The competition attracts over 50 competitors up to the age of 19 from around the globe and consists of a two-hour exam designed to challenge their mental arithmetic.

 

[Magnum]

Most guys here grabs a Calculator at first glance.....

 

[now05ster]

Most guys here grabs a Calculator at first glance.....

Naaah, Google Assistant does it for me nowadays.

Damn 30-percenters.

 

[backstreetboy]

Most guys here grabs a Calculator at first glance.....

It's a tech forum afterall.

 

[rh1]

Well done Stiaan. Not that you will read this.

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Awesome.

 

[OhYeah84]

Brilliantly done! A good news story for a change.

 

[Vorastra]

Cool. Is he one of those autistic okes that can only do one thing really well or is he legit "wicked smaht bruv"?

 

[EL'Diablo]

well done dude, well done!
whispers* leave as soon as you can, go far, go as far as you can

 

[1am7h30n3]

Wow that's cool. Interesting take on a math competition with no writing anything down except for the answers. I'm quite a scribbler myself, so I would struggle with this one!

 

[IdlePhaedrus]

Cool. Is he one of those autistic okes that can only do one thing really well or is he legit "wicked smaht bruv"?

Reckon he'd do quite well as a fly-half, wing or flanker. Looks like that kind of kid.

 

[Temujin]

All kids should be taught the abacus

 

[Vorastra]

All kids should be taught the abacus

Are kids not taught that in Grade 1 anymore...?

 

[Temujin]

Wow that's cool. Interesting take on a math competition with no writing anything down except for the answers. I'm quite a scribbler myself, so I would struggle with this one!

 

[Vorastra]

Yes, but they look retarded.
Big trade off.

 

[Temujin]

Are kids not taught that in Grade 1 anymore...?

Are kids taught to count anymore?

 

[skimread]

South African teen wins bronze at mental maths world championship

Stiaan Scheepers — a 13-year-old student of the South African A+Students education franchise — won the bronze medal at the 2022 Junior Mental Calculation World Championships in Germany.

The competition attracts over 50 competitors up to the age of 19 from around the globe and consists of a two-hour exam designed to challenge their mental arithmetic.

Wow, if I attended I would be 51st best at mental maths in the world.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

Cool. Is he one of those autistic okes that can only do one thing really well or is he legit "wicked smaht bruv"?

Cant be, he also won the best friends award

 

[MilitantNightElf]

He got given the best friend award only because he was the other competitors only friend. His trophy means nothing.

 

[TelkomUseless]

Stiaan.. the human calculator. Well done!