A 12-year-old from Bristol has discovered he has an IQ higher than Albert Einstein's after acing a Mensa test he was given as a Christmas present.
Barnaby Swinburn, a schoolboy from Knowle, scored 162 on the test - the highest possible for those aged under 18.
Einstein’s IQ was thought to be 160, meaning Barnaby beats one of the greatest physicists of all time.
Barnaby's impressive score this week has seen him accepted into the High IQ society.
To be admitted to the high IQ society, you must score among the top two percentile of the population. Barnaby scored in the top one percent.
His mum Ghislaine told BristolLive : “I knew he was smart, but he decided that he wanted to understand himself more, that’s why he booked it.”
The year eight pupil took the test after asking for it as a Christmas present.
“Maths is his thing, maths and chemistry,” said Ghislaine.
“There’s two types of tests in Mensa, the first one is mostly images and sequences, the second one is a lot of language.
“They take the two tests and use the highest result. He got the highest possible score for a child, which is 162.”
As well as the Mensa test, Barnaby also asked for cryptocurrency for Christmas.
“He’s been watching the markets,” Ghislaine said. “He’ll be getting an envelope with money in it for Christmas which he’ll turn into cryptocurrency.”
Ghislaine describes her son as “just lovely.”
“He’s very ambitious, an absolute joker and a class clown. He’s so caring and lovely.”
Barnaby has his sights set on big things for the future.
“He wants to become a programmer,” Ghislaine said. “He’s already looking at university courses, and he wants to go to Oxford.”
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