The Honor Robot Lightning demonstrated superior speed by finishing a Beijing half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, surpassing the human world record.

Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record A humanoid robot took the fastest half-marathon record away from human athletes. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/robot-runner-handily-beats-humans-in-half-marathon-setting-new-record/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“the number of #robots #running increased from 20 to more than 100, but several vying for the podium were noticeably faster than the professional athletes racing in the human race” “The winning #robot, developed by Honor, a well-known Chinese smartphone maker, finished the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, several minutes faster than the world record set by Jacob Kiplimo last ‌month” Humanoid #robots race past humans in #Beijing #halfmarathon, showing rapid advances https://www.reuters.com/sports/humanoid-robots-race-past-humans-beijing-half-marathon-showing-rapid-advances-2026-04-19/

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A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record techxplore.com/news/2026-04-humanoid-robot-sprints-victory-beijing.html A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.

WATCH: Humanoid robot sprints to victory in China, beating the human half-marathon world record www.wvtm13.com/article/humanoid-robot-wins-beijing-half-marathon/71064513 A humanoid robot won Beijing's half-marathon race on Sunday. It ran faster than the human world record.

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WATCH: Humanoid robot sprints to victory in China, beating the human half-marathon world record www.kmbc.com/article/humanoid-robot-wins-beijing-half-marathon/71064513 A humanoid robot won Beijing's half-marathon race on Sunday. It ran faster than the human world record.

WATCH: Humanoid robot sprints to victory in China, beating the human half-marathon world record www.wyff4.com/article/humanoid-robot-wins-beijing-half-marathon/71064513 A humanoid robot won Beijing's half-marathon race on Sunday. It ran faster than the human world record.

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A humanoid robot just ran a half-marathon faster than any human. It finished the 21.1-mile race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. The world record was set just a month ago by Jacob Kiplimo, at 57 minutes and 20 seconds. More impressively, when this race was held last year, the winning robot finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes — a stunning improvement. A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record