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Robots as tall as adults and wearing gym shoes, child-sized robots with antennae, and robots consisting of a human head on two legs, but no torso. This was the scene during the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon on Sunday, as robots of various shapes and sizes ran through the streets of Beijing — and even more crashed into bushes and roadside barriers.

The race’s winner, a robot named “Lightning,” completed the 21.0975-kilometer course with a time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds, breaking the men’s half-marathon world record of 57:20 set by Ugandan athlete Jacob Kiplimo in March. The second and third-place robot finishers also beat the world record.