Chinese Humanoid Robot Lightning Beats Bolt's 100m World Record

A humanoid robot named Lightning, built by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — 0.26 seconds faster than Usain Bolt's human world record of 9.58. The time was reported by China's state broadcaster and relayed by The Guardian and BBC. Independent timing verification was not described in published sources.