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Lightning, made by Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the half marathon in 50min 26sec, according to a WeChat post by the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as E-Town, where the race kicked off.

The performance by the robot marked a significant improvement from last year’s inaugural race, during which the winning humanoid finished in 2hr 40min 42sec, more than double the time of the human winner of the conventional race. Most robots were unable to finish.

I'm genuinely quite surprised by how much these humanoids have improved in the span of a year. I thought that based on last year's result, there was no way that they could get under an hour, let alone beat the human record. Next year's race should be quite interesting to watch.