Vandan Nyati: Under-15 World Silver and a Bronze at the MSO

Biography

Silver in the under-15s

The Junior Mental Calculation World Championship ran from 30 September to 2 October 2023 in Bielefeld, Germany, with 70 competitors from thirteen nations including Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan, Pakistan, Serbia, South Africa, the UAE and the UK.

In the under-15 category, listed as Junior 2, Nyati finished second with 2,375 points. Kaloyan Geshev of Bulgaria won with 2,531 and Stiaan Scheepers of South Africa was third with 2,336. Thirty-nine points separated silver from bronze.

Third in the Hectoc round

The championship also ran a separate Hectoc competition, a speed event in which competitors solve number puzzles inside 25 minutes. Nyati finished third in the full category with 73 correct solutions.

Two podium places at one championship, in a written calculation paper and in a puzzle sprint, describe a competitor who is quick as well as accurate. The main event itself is a two-hour paper covering addition, square roots and calendar calculation across three age groups, so the two results were won under quite different kinds of pressure.

The Mind Sports Olympiad finals

The Mental Calculations World Championship, hosted by the Mind Sports Olympiad as part of its Grand Prix, is run online. The 2024 report identifies Nyati as the previous year's bronze medallist, which places him on the 2023 podium of that championship as well.

In 2024 he reached the final again and finished seventh with 75 points. That final took more than 90 entrants down to 29 semi-finalists from seven countries and then to eight finalists, so a seventh place is a placing among the last eight of the world's online field.

What the format demands

The MSO final sets 24 to 25 questions with time limits of 20 to 60 seconds each and awards bonus points for the fastest answers, against a theoretical maximum of 300 points. The disciplines span multiplication, square and cube roots, prime factorisation, division and flash anzan.

The 2024 championship was won by Kaloyan Geshev of Bulgaria with 245 points, ahead of Aaryan Shukla and Abhilakshya Arora of India. Geshev is the same competitor who beat Nyati to the under-15 world title in Bielefeld the previous year.

What is documented - and what is not

Everything here comes from two published results reports. They establish scores, placings, formats, dates and venues, and nothing more about the person behind the name.

No birth year, age, home city, school or family detail for Vandan Nyati appears in the sources used here, and no Wikipedia article was found. The under-15 category tells us only that he was below that age in 2023, which is as far as this page will go on a competitor who was then a child. Everything else that circulates about junior calculators online is unsourced, and unsourced material has no place on a page about a minor.

Achievement Timeline

Vandan Nyati — every milestone on this page, in order.

Oct 2023

Takes under-15 silver at the Junior MeTakes under-15 silver at the Junior Mental Calculation World Championship in Bielefeld with 2,375 points, plus third in Hectoc (World Mental Calculation)

2023

Wins bronze at the Mind Sports OlympiaWins bronze at the Mind Sports Olympiad's Mental Calculations World Championship, as recorded in the following year's report

Apr 2024

Finishes seventh in the MSO world chamFinishes seventh in the MSO world championship final with 75 points

Historical Comparison

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
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
Vandan Nyati	India	Under-15 silver at the 2023 Junior Mental Calculation World Championship	—

What is documented — and what is not

✓ Documented

Second in the under-15 category with 2,375 points at the 2023 Junior Mental Calculation World Championship (World Mental Calculation)
Third in the 2023 Hectoc competition with 73 correct solutions
Seventh with 75 points in the 2024 MSO Mental Calculations World Championship final, described there as the previous year's bronze medallist

? Unverified, disputed or wrong

No published age, birth year, school or home city
The 2023 MSO bronze is recorded only in the following year's report, without a score
No documented result after April 2024 and no Wikipedia article

Questions people ask about Vandan Nyati

What is Vandan Nyati known for?

Mental calculation. He took under-15 silver at the 2023 Junior Mental Calculation World Championship and a bronze at the Mind Sports Olympiad championship the same year.

How old is Vandan Nyati?

No source used here gives an age or birth year. He competed in the under-15 category in 2023, which is the only age information published.

What was his score in 2023?

2,375 points, behind Kaloyan Geshev of Bulgaria on 2,531 and ahead of Stiaan Scheepers of South Africa on 2,336.

What is Hectoc?

A speed puzzle competition run alongside the junior championship, in which competitors solve number puzzles within 25 minutes. Nyati was third with 73 correct solutions.