World records are sometimes insane. Who didn’t dream as a child of breaking one and ending up in the Guinness Book of World ...

Linda Jarrett broke the world record for the first time in January 2023 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for ...

Some robots ran the Beijing half-marathon autonomously, while others were controlled remotely, all competing on a parallel course to avoid collisions with human athletes.

The winner ran the half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Kevin Frayer / Stringer via Getty Images On April 19, ...

Twenty-two-year-old Truphena Muthoni has once again captured Kenya’s imagination after shattering her own world record, hugging a tree for an astonishing 72 hours in Nyeri Her marathon embrace was ...

Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 2, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. With more than 150 million copies sold in 40 languages, Guinness World Records is one of ...

A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran faster than the human world record in a show of China’s technological leaps.