Krish Arora, a 10-year-old boy from Hounslow, West London, has achieved an incredible IQ score of 162, higher than the estimated IQs of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. This score places him in the top 1% of the most intelligent people in the world, according to UK news outlet Metro.

Krish’s very high IQ score has helped him join Mensa, a special group for very smart people. In September, he will also start studying at Queen Elizabeth’s School, which is known as one of the best grammar schools in the UK.

“Primary school is boring”

Krish described his experience with exams, saying, “The 11-plus exams were too easy.” He added, “Primary school is boring; I don’t learn anything. All we do is multiplication and write sentences all day. I like to do algebra.” Krish is excited about starting his new school and hopes it will challenge him more.

His parents, Mauli and Nischal, both engineers, first noticed his talent when he was four years old. Mauli recalled, “The things he was doing when he was just four were far above what a four-year-old should be able to do. He could read fluently, his spelling was really good, and he had always loved and been good at mathematics.”

Krish did amazing things at a very young age. When he was just four years old he finished a whole math book in three hours and could solve tricky problems like decimal divisions. By the time he was eight, he had completed a full year of schoolwork in just one day.

Talented musician and chess champion

Krish is a very talented pianist. He has won many awards, finished four music grades in just six months, and has a 7th-grade piano certificate. Trinity College of Music included him in its Hall of Fame. In music competitions, he often performs better than older contestants by playing difficult pieces from memory. Krish said, “I don’t get nervous about performing my music at these competitions because I know that I’m not going to mess up.”

In his free time, he enjoys solving puzzles and crosswords and watching Young Sheldon. He also excels at chess, often defeating his teacher, proving his problem-solving brilliance.