Humanoid Robot Half Marathon (Beijing E-Town)

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A roughly 21-kilometer half marathon for humanoid robots held in Beijing's E-Town district, first run in April 2025.

This is a humanoid robot half marathon held in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (E-Town), where robots and human runners race the same day on separate lanes over about 21 kilometers. The first edition, in April 2025, was billed as the world's first: Tiangong Ultra, from the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won in 2:40:42, with Noetix's N2 second. The second edition, on April 19, 2026, drew more than 100 robots; remote-controlled entries had their times multiplied by 1.2 so they could be ranked together with autonomously navigating ones. HONOR's autonomous “Lightning” won with a net time of 50:26, and HONOR swept the top three; a remote-controlled “Lightning” actually crossed the finish line first, in 48:19 net, but after the 1.2× conversion it no longer ranked first. The winning time beat the human men's half-marathon world record then standing, 57:20, set by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo in Lisbon in March 2026 — a widely cited 56:42 was actually his 2025 Barcelona time, which was never ratified by World Athletics. The race tests stability under sustained exertion, motor thermal management, and battery life, not manipulation skill — worth remembering when reading the results.

ExampleIn the 2026 race, the winning autonomous “Lightning” covered the full 21.0975-kilometer course, swapping its battery once, at the 10.6-kilometer mark.

Also called: Beijing E-Town Half Marathon
Related: World Humanoid Robot Games · Tiangong · Honor Lightning Humanoid Robot · Noetix N2 · Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center · Battery Runtime
Sources: 北京人形：天工自主跑完北京亦庄半马 (Chinese)
百余台机器人同跑半马「闪电」超越人类纪录（新华网） (Chinese)
马拉松亚军人形机器人「松延动力 N2」被拍卖（IT之家） (Chinese)
50分26秒！2026北京亦庄人形机器人半马冠军出炉（澎湃新闻） (Chinese)
一年提速近两小时、从遥控到自主、跑赢人类！人形机器人「半马」刷新纪录（每日经济新闻，2026-04-19） (Chinese)
Kiplimo breaks world half marathon record with 57:20 on Lisbon return（World Athletics，2026-03-08）
As of: 2026-04