The 140.68 seconds
Memoriad 2024 ran from 6 to 10 November in the United Arab Emirates. In the additions discipline, competitors work through sums of ten-digit numbers against the clock, and the ranking is the raw time. World Mental Calculation's results report put Priyansh second at 140.68 seconds, behind Jeonghee Lee of South Korea on 122.36 and ahead of Tambe Vighnesh Vijay of India on 182.72.
The margin is worth reading precisely. Roughly eighteen seconds separated first from second, and forty-two separated second from third. In a field that the results report describes as having more than a hundred participants, that places him inside a very narrow band at the top of the discipline.
The largest event at the meet
Additions was the biggest single competition at Memoriad 2024. The other calculation events drew smaller fields: 57 in the multiplication of eight-digit numbers, 38 in square roots of six-digit numbers, 27 in division by five-digit numbers, 57 in calendar dates and 66 in the flash anzan marathon.
That matters for weighing a silver medal. The addition event is the entry point of competitive mental calculation and therefore the most crowded, which makes a podium place in it a result against the deepest field on the schedule rather than against a specialist handful.
Who else was in the room
Memoriad combines mental calculation with memory disciplines; alongside the 121 calculators, the report counts nearly 30 competitors entered only in memory events. The dominant calculator of the week was Shashank Jain of India, who won three events and, according to the same report, set world records in square roots and division.
Jeonghee Lee, the man who beat Priyansh, won two events and is described in the results as 61 years old. Kaloyan Geshev of Bulgaria took the division title; Jay Baldiya Jain of India won the calendar-dates event with 125 correct dates in 51.24 seconds. Indian competitors appear at or near the top of most of the calculation disciplines, and the additions podium alone carried two of them.
What is documented — and what is not
The record available here is narrow and precise: one competitor, one event, one time, one age. World Mental Calculation states that Priyansh was 13. It does not give a date of birth, which is why any birth year attached to him is an inference from that age and the November 2024 date rather than a published fact.
Nothing in the source names his home city, his school, his coach, or the training method behind the result. No earlier or later competition placings for him appear in the material used here, and no interview with him has been located. Those are gaps in the public record, not facts about him.
How rare the discipline is
Competitive mental calculation is a small world. Memoriad, staged irregularly rather than annually, is one of its flagship meetings, and 121 calculators from 20 countries represents a substantial share of the people who compete seriously at this level anywhere.
The practical point is that a teenager placing second there is not measured against classmates but against adults who have trained for decades, including the 61-year-old who beat him. That is the context in which 140.68 seconds is meaningful, and it is the only claim the source supports.
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzel Grüß | Germany | Most Versatile Calculator, 2018 Mental Calculation World Cup | Age 9 |
| Andrej Živanović | Serbia | Junior Mental Calculation World Championship titles | Age 11 |
| Parmar Priyansh Kiritbhai | India | Silver in 10-digit additions, Memoriad 2024 | Age 13 |
| Marc Jornet Sanz | Spain | Second place at the 2010 and 2014 Mental Calculation World Cups | Age 16 |
| Freddis Reyes Hernández | Cuba | Winning multiplication and the Memoriad Trophy at the 2012 Mental… | Age 27 |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Second place, additions of 10-digit numbers, Memoriad 2024, in 140.68 seconds (World Mental Calculation)
- Listed as 13 years old at the time of the result
- Memoriad 2024 held 6-10 November 2024 in the UAE with 121 mental calculators from 20 countries
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No published date of birth; the birth year is inferred from his stated age
- No source names his city, school, coach or training routine
- No earlier or later competition results for him found in the sources used here
Questions people ask about Parmar Priyansh Kiritbhai
How old is Parmar Priyansh Kiritbhai?
World Mental Calculation listed him as 13 at Memoriad 2024 in November 2024. No date of birth has been published, so any exact age now is an estimate.
What did he win at Memoriad 2024?
Second place in the additions event, adding ten-digit numbers in 140.68 seconds.
Who beat him?
Jeonghee Lee of South Korea, who finished in 122.36 seconds and is described in the results as 61 years old.
Where was Memoriad 2024 held?
In the United Arab Emirates, from 6 to 10 November 2024.
What is his IQ?
No IQ figure for him appears in any source used here. Mental calculation results are timed performances, not intelligence tests.
Is he on Wikipedia?
No Wikipedia article on him was found. The single documented source here is World Mental Calculation's Memoriad 2024 results report.
Who are his parents?
No source used here names his family, his home city or his school.
Has he competed since?
No later results for him appear in the material used here. That is a gap in the published record rather than an indication that he stopped.
Quick quiz: how well do you know Priyansh’s story?
What was Priyansh's time in the additions event at Memoriad 2024?
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Sources
- Memoriad 2024: Results — World Mental Calculation, 2024-12-14
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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