[ELI5] What’s the benefit of calculating Pi to now 62.8 trillion digits?

Question

[ELI5] What’s the benefit of calculating Pi to now 62.8 trillion digits?

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

This is like saying F1 cars could drive upside down in a tunnel.

There is no practical use but it needs to be done just so it can be said it was done. And someone(F1 or the manufacturer) can claim they were at the top of this at some point.