What is documented
The record is short and exact. World Mental Calculation, reporting the results on 20 September 2024, named Aidarbek Kubanychbekov as the youngest competitor at the tenth World Cup, aged 10 and representing Kyrgyzstan.
That is the whole of what the source says about him. It does not give his placing, his scores in any discipline, his home town or anything about how he trained. This page does not fill those gaps, and readers looking for a result should know that the published record establishes his presence in the field rather than his position in it.
What competitors actually do
The competition ran to nine rounds. Four are the standing disciplines of the sport: addition, multiplication, calendar dates and square roots. Addition and multiplication set long numbers to be combined without writing anything down. The calendar round asks for the day of the week on which a given date fell, which competitors solve with memorised algorithms rather than recall. Square roots asks for roots of numbers that have no exact ones, to a required number of decimal places.
The remaining five were surprise tasks, announced during the competition itself. Those exist to test something the standard rounds cannot: whether a calculator can devise a method on the spot, rather than execute one practised for years. A competitor who has drilled multiplication to reflex may find the surprise rounds the hardest part of the day.
A field aged ten to eighty-four
The age spread is the most striking thing in the results. The youngest competitor was 10 and the oldest 84, in the same hall, sitting the same papers under the same clock.
Mental calculation is one of very few competitive disciplines where that is possible. There is no physical component to equalise, no weight class and no junior division; everyone is given the same numbers and the same minutes. A ten-year-old who qualifies to be there is not being accommodated. He is competing.
Who won, and why it matters here
First place overall went to Aaryan Shukla of India, with 819.84 points. He was 14, and had also won in 2022. Another 14-year-old, Kaloyan Geshev, was among the strongest performers of the day.
That is the context that makes a ten-year-old's entry a serious act rather than a novelty. In this sport the top of the field is young, because the skills rest on memory and processing speed that are trained early and applied fast. A boy arriving from Kyrgyzstan at 10 was not an outlier attending a competition for adults; he was the youngest member of a field in which the champion was a schoolboy.
What is not known about Aidarbek Kubanychbekov
No score, ranking or discipline result for him appears in the source used here. Nothing is published about his schooling, his family, how he trained or whether he has competed since. No date of birth is given, only his age at the event.
The World Cup is held every two years, so the next opportunity to see whether his name reappears is a matter of record rather than speculation. Until it does, the honest summary is the one the results page supports: on one day in September 2024, in a museum in Paderborn, the youngest person competing for the mental calculation world title was a ten-year-old from Kyrgyzstan.
| 人物 | 国 | 節目 | 年齢 / 記録 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzel Grüß | ドイツ | 2018年暗算世界大会、最も多才な計算機 | 9歳 |
| Aidarbek Kubanychbekov | キルギス | 2024年暗算世界大会最年少競技者 | 10歳 |
| Andrej Živanović | セルビア | ジュニア暗算世界選手権タイトル | 11歳 |
| Marc Jornet Sanz | スペイン | 2010年・2014年暗算世界大会準優勝 | 16歳 |
| Freddis Reyes Hernández | キューバ | 2012年暗算大会で掛け算優勝およびメモリアド・トロフィー受賞 | 27歳 |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Youngest competitor at the 2024 Mental Calculation World Cup, aged 10, representing Kyrgyzstan (World Mental Calculation)
- The event was held on 14 September 2024 in Paderborn with 35 competitors from 16 countries, aged 10 to 84
- Aaryan Shukla of India, 14, won overall with 819.84 points
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No placing, score or discipline result for Kubanychbekov is published
- Nothing is known about his home town, schooling, training or family
- No record of him competing before or since 2024 in the sources used here
Questions people ask about Aidarbek Kubanychbekov
How old is Aidarbek Kubanychbekov?
He was 10 at the September 2024 World Cup, placing his birth around 2014. No date of birth is published.
Where did he finish?
The source used here does not publish his placing or scores. It names him only as the youngest competitor.
What is the Mental Calculation World Cup?
A biennial competition in mental arithmetic. The 2024 edition, the tenth, was held on 14 September in Paderborn, Germany, with 35 competitors from 16 countries.
What events are contested?
Nine rounds: addition, multiplication, calendar dates and square roots, plus five surprise tasks announced during the competition.
Who won in 2024?
Aaryan Shukla of India, aged 14, with 819.84 points. He had also won in 2022.
How old were the other competitors?
The field ranged from 10 to 84 years old, all sitting the same papers.
Is Aidarbek Kubanychbekov on Wikipedia?
No Wikipedia article on him was identified in the research behind this page.
Has he competed since?
No later competition record for him appears in the sources used here.
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Sources
- Mental Calculation World Cup 2024: Results — World Mental Calculation, 2024-09-20
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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