Yesterday, the international exhibition-fair Kids EXPO: “Everything for children” opened in the building of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Turkmenistan. A world record attempt consisting of three stages was also held within the framework of this international exhibition. All three tests were successful, and the exceptionally natural talented children of Turkmenistan broke the world record in mental arithmetic “Memoriad”.
The international jury, Melik Duyar, the founder of the World Intellectual Sports Olympiad “MEMORIAD”, attended the event and registered these world records.
Rovach Begenjov, a 7th grader of secondary school No. 38 in Turkmenabat, broke the first record. The record he set was the fastest mental addition, correctly adding 100 single-digit numbers and showing the correct result three times in a row. Ömer Yigit Agman set the Republic of Turkey, the previous world record on July 1, 2016, in Istanbul. The previous record was set in 19.88 seconds. The new record was set in 16.34 seconds. Meylis Jelilov, a teacher at the “Kamil Bilim” Education Center, prepared the world record holder, Rovach Begenjov.
Ali Orashov, a 9th grade student at Specialized Secondary School No. 22 in Balkanabat, who teaches English, physics and mathematics, broke the second record. The world record he set was in the form of Quick Flash Anzan, in which he tried to add 150 2-digit numbers in 0.3 seconds. The previous record holder was Mishti Dharmesh Shah from India, whose record was recorded on November 27, 2017 in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, when he added 325 2-digit numbers with a score of 5200 points. Ali Orashov, the new world record holder, recorded 125 2-digit numbers with a speed of 0.3 seconds.
3rd record A 7th grade student of the 3rd specialized secondary school for foreign languages in Balkanabat city broke the world record in the form of multiplying 10 8-digit numbers with 52,259 points in 172.22 seconds. The previous world record holder was Korean Jeonghi Lee in Las Vegas, USA, on November 7, 2016.
