His name is Yusuf Shah, he is 11 years old and lives in Leeds, England. He decided to take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test after always hearing his classmates say that he was very intelligent. It got better results than some of the greatest minds on the planet.
To measure intelligence, the English boy took the Mensa test, which required 35 problems to be solved in 25 minutes. It reached a score of 162, while physicists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein had reached 160.as expresses “Freedom”.
“I was very proud. He was the first person in the family to be tested for Mensa. I was also worried because he always tests in rooms full of children,” said his mother Sana. “We thought he might be intimidated by the adults. But he did beautifully,” he added.
Yusuf’s father did not hide that “this is a test that requires hard preparation.” However, he guarantees that they did what they already did, “nothing specific to an IQ test”. Yusuf’s younger brother Khalid, now 8, wants to be tested when he grows up.
Yusuf, a class 6 student, celebrated his achievement with his parents and siblings at a Nando’s restaurant. “I feel special to receive a certificate about myself”, he said, the same body. The boy also said he likes to do things that stimulate his brain.
When he’s not reading, he likes to solve Sudokus and Rubik’s Cubes. The first contact with these colorful enigmas happened in January, when he saw one at a friend’s house. By the end of the month, I was able to solve all the cubes without difficulty. In the future, he wants to study mathematics at Oxford or Cambridge.
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