On 28 Feb 2012, PrimeGrid’s Primorial Prime Search, through PRPNet, has found a world record primorial prime: 1098133#-1 The prime is 476,311 digits long and enters Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database ranked 1st for Primorial primes and 253rd overall. The discovery was made by James P. Burt of the Cayman Islands. More details and official announcement to come.

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