Great Britain has its new darling.
After the hurricane Luke Littler, a 16-year-old phenomenon who reached the final of the World Darts in December, another British teenager has provoked the admiration of an entire country.
Rory Bidwell, 12, achieved the feat of obtaining the maximum score of 162 on the Cattell III-B IQ test, a test to measure one's intelligence quotient.
According to the
North Devon Gazette
, the young boy obtained an exceptional score at the end of the two-hour test: 162. For comparison, Albert Einstein had reached a total of 160, as did Stephen Hawking.
The average IQ of an individual is around 100. Even more impressive, he would have passed these tests without the slightest preparation according to his parents.
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100 piece puzzle at 2 years old
Originally from the county of Devon, in the southwest of England, the little prodigy has shown extraordinary abilities since his first steps.
By the age of two, he had already completed a 100-piece puzzle.
During the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, he devoured the seven books in the Harry Potter saga.
The schoolboy, a pupil at Great Torrington School, is brilliant in English and maths lessons, but is also a budding young sportsman: he plays football, cross country and rugby at school as well than club swimming.
The young teenager was logically admitted to Mensa, the association bringing together people with a score higher than 98% of the population.
Rory, however, is not the earliest member of the association.
In March 2021, a 2-year-old child became the youngest member in the history of Mensa thanks to her intelligence quotient estimated at 146. The young prodigy had already learned the alphabet, numbers, colors and shapes at just 18 months.