Boy, 12, matches Einstein's IQ score

Cyrus is a budding mathematician who learned his times tables by himself at the age of three

A Sheffield schoolboy has passed an IQ test with a score of 160 - putting him on a par with Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

Cyrus Leung, 12, has now been accepted into the world-famous high IQ society. Mensa.

He only got two questions wrong and his score was just two points off the maximum possible result of 162.

Cyrus, who wants to become either a mathematician or data scientist, said he was "very proud" of himself.

'Quite easy'

Speaking to BBC Look North, Cyrus said: "I didn't expect that I'd get a high score like that. I didn't believe it.

"The test was quite easy, but there were a couple of difficult questions."

Cyrus' proud dad, Frank, said his son had shown talent from a very early age, mastering times tables by himself when he was just three years old.

He said: "Cyrus was very keen to challenge himself and see whether he could get into the (Mensa) society.

"He's got such a gift. It's my responsibility to help him achieve the maximum he can achieve."

In his spare time, the Birkdale School pupil enjoys playing chess, piano and video games.

He said he hoped to become a data scientist because it combined his favourite school subjects and the idea of using AI to solve problems was "fun."

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Update 31 May 2024: This article was amended to make clear that Cyrus’s IQ score was on a par with what researchers have estimated Einstein’s IQ to be based on historical records. Einstein was never tested by Mensa.