Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon

{{short description|Road race with robots}}
{{use British English |date=April 2026}}
'''Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon''' is an annual [[half-marathon]] organised by [[Beijing E-Town]] which includes a parallel race of [[humanoid robot]]s.

In 2026, it was held on 9 April over a course of 21.0975 kilometres from [[Tongming Lake Park]] to [[Nanhaizi Park]] in the [[Daxing, Beijing|Daxing]] district of southern [[Beijing]]. There were over 12,000 human runners and over 100 humanoid robots which ran on a parallel course for safety. The top three places were won by robots made by [[Honor (company)|Honor]], which also makes consumer electronic products such as smartphones. The winner was a robot called Lightning who finished in a time of 50:26 minutes, which is significantly faster than the [[Half marathon world record progression|human world record]] 57:20 minutes which is currently held by [[Jacob Kiplimo]].{{r|B|G}}

==References==

{{citation |url=https://www.beijingetown.com.cn/topic/2026marathon |title=2026 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon and Humanoid Half-Marathon |publisher=Administrative Committee of Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area |year=2026}}

{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/19/humanoid-robots-race-beijing-half-marathon |title=Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon |author=Andrew Gregory |date=19 April 2026 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}


{{running-stub}}
[[Category:Half marathons]]