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humor The Onion 2026-04-22

Robot Beats Human Half-Marathon Time by Seven Minutes, Proving Nothing.

Apparently, advanced AI is too fast for us mere mortals. We canโ€™t even keep up with our own roomba, much less a global athletic record.


<p>A humanoid robot in Beijing finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, about almost seven minutes faster than the human world record. What do you think?</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/humanoid-robot-beats-human-half-marathon-record/">Humanoid Robot Beats Human Half-Marathon Record</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theonion.com">The Onion</a>.</p> <p>A humanoid robot in Beijing finished a half marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, about almost seven minutes fas...

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