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25.05.2026
New claim submitted for Backwards Stair Climbing, 1 Hour
09.05.2026
New claim submitted for Mental Calculation, Division
09.05.2026
New claim submitted for Mental Calculation, Square Roots

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Mental Calculation, Factorizing - Current world record
1. 20 five-digit numbers (which were not prime numbers) were given to Wenzel Grüß (Germany). He found all prime factors of them in 6:38 minutes on 24 September 2016 at the Mental Calculation World Cup in Bielefeld, Germany.

 
Previous verified claims
1. 20 five-digit numbers (which were not prime numbers) were given to Willem Bouman (Netherlands). He found all factors of them in 13:39 minutes on 22 December 2010 at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
 
 
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