Stoney Creek student attempts breaking Guinness World Record on World Pi Day

An 11-year-old attempted to break a Guinness World Record in Stoney Creek Saturday afternoon, by reciting as many digits of Pi (π) as he could in a minute.

JD Petz, a student with the Literacy and Mathematics Academy in Stoney Creek, was looking to break the record on “Pi Day” — March 14.

The record is currently held by a 10-year-old in England, who recited 280 digits.

That didn’t scare Petz, as his goal was to recite 314 digits of Pi.

For those unfamiliar, Pi is a mathematical constant that represents the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

It is an irrational number and when calculating it, the digits can potentially go infinitely long after the decimal point, with no apparent pattern for what digits follow after the other.

Petz set his goal after nine months of determination and practice with his teacher James Howell.

During Saturday’s attempt, Petz hit his goal, only going three seconds over a minute, which won’t count toward his record.

Now it’s time to wait for confirmation from Guinness on the results.

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