A humanoid robot by Honor wins a half marathon and smashes the human world record | Infinium-tech

Honor is suddenly at the forefront of humanoid robot technology – it introduced its first model at MWC and a few months later another of its robots won the Human vs. Robot Half Marathon.

The half marathon is 21 km (13 mi) and the 2025 edition was a victory for Homo sapiens. Of the 21 participating robots, only 6 finished, while most wobbled or overheated. And the winning robot took 2 hours and 40 minutes, which was twice the time of the human winner.

This year, the Honor robot covered the distance and completed it in just 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Not only did it beat the winning human participant in the event by more than 10 minutes, but it also broke the world record of 56 minutes and 42 seconds, set by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo last year.

This half marathon is not only a test of the robots’ speed and endurance, but it is also about navigation – 40% of the participating robots navigated autonomously (the rest were remote-controlled).

The Honor robots were among those that navigated autonomously and won decisively – one of them took gold, another took silver and the third took bronze. Tiangong Ultra 2026 and Unity H1 robots also participated.

China is actively promoting innovation and development in the field of humanoid robots. It is currently testing various use cases for such robots, including factory workers, household helpers, and even soldiers on the battlefield.

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