Youngest To Identify 200 Countries By Their Outlines
Looking at the computer monitor showing b&w country shapes, Dylan Tan Junyi correctly named all 200 countries. The boy is just 3 years 11 months and was tested in his home on 7 May 2022. He loves playing with jigsaw puzzles of world maps. His parents are Desmond Tan and Loh Wanying. Read More »
5 Maths Records By Whizz Kid
Vihaan Ameet Ankaikar, who is just 6 years 7 months old, managed to calculate the squares and cubes of 2-digit numbers with 87 and 77 correct answers respectively. He also did the mental calculation of square roots, cube roots and fifth roots with 155, 237, and 116 correct answers respectively, the answers confined to just 2-digit figures. Each test was ... Read More »
Three Square Root Records Achieved
Representatives from the Singapore Polytechnic Memory Sports Club achieved recalling the most number of digits of irrational numbers on 27 Apr 2022. Monica Chua Chi Yin wrote down 2,001 digits for the square root of 2 from memory. Kenneth Tan managed 1,648 digits for the square root of 5 and Mavis Ong Zhi Xuan scored 640 digits for the square ... Read More »
Fastest To Solve The 35-Sliding Puzzle
Kenneth Tan, who holds a handful of national memory records, managed to unscramble the wooden puzzle with 35 blocks in their right order in 1 min 50 sec. The attempt took place in Singapore Polytechnic on 27 Apr 2022. Read More »
Largest Heart Formation Made Of Clothes
Class 3F of Springfield Secondary School initiated an eco-conscious project that commemorated the school’s 30 anniversary and also won a Singapore record. They collected over 2,000 pieces of used clothings from other schoolmates to form a display measuring 10.1m by 9.6m on 22 Apr 2022. The clothes were later sent for recycling. Read More »
