Pi to the 100,000th digit

Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed more than 16 hours to recite the number to 100,000 decimal places, breaking his personal best of 83,431 digits set in 1995, his office said Wednesday. He made the attempt at a public hall in Kisarazu, just east of Tokyo.

This sounds humorous, but it’s hard to laugh because it’s so freaking incredible. I can barely remember a peeps phone number, let alone Pi up to 100K digits. I have to wonder what his regular practice sessions were like… if any. Regardless, that’s one jaw dropping feat.