Gert Mittring

Gert Mittring (born 26 May 1966[1] in Stuttgart)[citation needed] is a German mental calculator.

[2] He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions.

[3] He has held numerous world records for mental calculation, such as calculating the 89247th root of a 1000000 digit number.

[4] He has doctorates in statistics and mathematics education, and is a member of the Intelligence Research Committee of Intertel.

[5][6] Mittring is said to have been poor in mathematics during his school years.