The Highest IQ Score: 11-Year-Old Boy Beats Einstein and Hawking

A remarkable schoolboy achieved the highest possible score in a Mensa IQ test, surpassing the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old from Leeds, England, scored 162 – the highest possible score for individuals under 18. His score places him two points ahead of Einstein and Hawking.

Yusuf expressed his desire to challenge himself by taking the IQ quiz after his friends consistently praised his intelligence.

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He ended up scoring in the top 1% of participants.

Yusuf remarked: “Everyone at school thinks I am very smart, and I have always wanted to know if I was in the top 2% of the people who take the test.”

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“It feels special to have a certificate for me and about me.”

The young math prodigy, who aspires to study Mathematics at Oxbridge, revealed that when he is not studying, he enjoys solving Sudoku and completing Rubik’s cubes.

His mother Sana shared her pride, saying: “I was so proud. He is the first person to take the Mensa test in the family.”

“I was actually a little concerned too – he has always gone into a hall full of kids to take tests.

“We thought he might be intimidated by the adults at the centre. But he did brilliantly.”

However, his mother humorously reminds him that his father is still smarter.

“I still tell him ‘your dad is still smarter than you’,” his mother quipped.

Dad Irfan mentioned: “It is a difficult test to prepare for. We just did what we were already doing – nothing specific for the IQ test.”

Mensa is the largest high IQ society globally, and only individuals scoring in the 98th percentile or higher are eligible for membership.