Brainbox lad, 11, scores Mensa IQ of 162 – the highest possible for his age

A BOY of 11 has scored the highest possible score for his age group in a Mensa IQ test.

Brainy Yusuf Shah registered a 162 — the maximum for under-18s — before celebrating at Nando’s.

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The score is higher than the estimated 160 IQs for theoretical physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, although neither is thought to have taken a test.

Yusuf said: “I have always wanted to know if I was in the top two per cent of the people who take the test.

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

The Year Six pupil hopes to study maths at Cambridge or Oxford when he’s older and says he loves doing anything that stimulates his brain.

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He began playing with Rubik’s Cubes in January and by the end of the month was able to easily solve cubes of all difficulties with ease.

Mum Sana and dad Irfan, from Leeds, are delighted with Yusuf’s achievements.

Sana said: “I was so proud. He is the first to take the Mensa test in the family.

“I still tell him, ‘Your dad is still smarter than you’.

“Even if you are talented, you have to be the hardest worker.”