Honor Robot Breaks Human Half-Marathon World Record in Beijing — 50m26s vs Human Record 57m20s

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At the Beijing E-Town Half Marathon on April 19, a humanoid robot from Chinese smartphone maker Honor completed the 21km course in 50 minutes and 26 seconds using autonomous navigation, shattering the human world record of 57:20 held by Jacob Kiplimo. This marks a dramatic improvement from last year's inaugural robot race where the winner finished in 2 hours 40 minutes — a year-over-year improvement of over 3x. The 3,908-upvote post on r/singularity with 934 comments reflects massive public interest in the rapid advancement of bipedal robotics.