2026 World Humanoid Robot Games Records
World Humanoid Robot Games Performance Records & Milestones
World Humanoid Robot Games Records
A benchmark for speed, agility, strength and dynamic movement.
The World Humanoid Robot Games（世界人形机器人运动会） measure speed, agility, strength and dynamic movement across athletic and scenario-based events.
The 2026 Games delivered major breakthroughs: sub-9-s 100 m, sub-40-s 400 m, a 2:21.64 1,500 m, a 3.40 m standing high jump and a 7.97 m long jump. Several results meaningfully compare with established human athletic benchmarks.
2026 Record Highlights
Every category saw a step-change in robot performance.
| Event | 2026 Record | 2025 Record | 2026 Record Holder |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m — Large-Size Class | 8.64 s | 21.50 s | Tianjiao Team（天骄队） |
| 100m — Small-Size Class | 11.98 s | TianXiao Team（天骁队） | |
| 400m — Large-Size Class | 38.15 s | 1:28.03 | Tiangong Team（天工队） |
| 400m — Small-Size Class | 45.66 s | Tiangong Team（天工队） | |
| 1,500m | 2:21.64 | 6:34.40 | Tianzhuo Team（天卓队） |
| Long Jump | 7.97 m | — | Tianjiao Team（天骄队） |
| Standing Long Jump | 4.83 m | — | Tianzhuo Team（天卓队） |
| Standing High Jump | 3.40 m | 0.95641 m | Tianzhuo Team（天卓队） |
Sprint and endurance records improved 3–4× year-over-year; jump events set new baselines in 2026.
The Fastest Humanoid Robot 100m
An 8.64-second symbolic threshold crossed.
The headline result: 100m Large-Size Class（100米—大型组）, Tianjiao Team（天骄队） recorded:
The men's human 100 m world record is 9.58 s — the robot result crossed the symbolic threshold of being faster than the fastest officially recorded human 100 m.
*Not a direct equivalence: the competition uses robot-specific rules, categories and operating conditions.
400m Record
38.15 seconds — a dramatic year-over-year improvement.
The 400 m saw one of the largest year-over-year jumps:
Large-Class gold: Tiangong Team（天工队）. 2026 also introduced a separate Small-Class gold of 45.66 s, also by Tiangong. Both classes advanced materially from 2025.
The 38.15-second performance is particularly notable because it is faster than the men's human 400m world record of 43.03 seconds.
1,500m Record
More than four minutes cut from the previous Games record.
The 1,500 m endurance event improved by more than four minutes year over year:
to:
Gold: Tianzhuo Team（天卓队）. Sustaining bipedal locomotion over 1,500 m is harder than a short sprint — locomotion efficiency, thermal management, battery endurance and balance control must all hold together.
Standing High Jump
A visually striking 3.40-meter vertical leap.
Most visually dramatic jump result: Standing High Jump（原地跳高）.
Up from 0.95641 m in 2025 — an increase of +2.44 m, and above the men's human high-jump world record of 2.45 m.
Gold: Tianzhuo Team. Vertical jumps demand explosive force, coordinated body control and clean landing — all together.
Long Jump
7.97 meters recorded in the 2026 competition.
Long jump gold: 7.97 m — holder Tianjiao Team（天骄队）.
Primarily a Games performance record (the men's human long-jump world record of 8.95 m remains substantially higher). A useful benchmark of approach speed, takeoff timing, in-air posture and landing stability.
Standing Long Jump
A 4.83-meter stationary starting-point leap.
Standing Long Jump（立定跳远） — no running start:
Gold: Tianzhuo Team（天卓队）. An indicator of explosive lower-body power and coordinated whole-body stability from a stationary start.
100m Hurdles
A different test of locomotion over uneven trajectories.
100m Hurdles（100米跨障碍） adds perception and foot-placement constraints to the sprint baseline:
Gold: Shenzhen Agibot Team（深圳智元赛队）. Not directly comparable to human athletics (different obstacle configuration & rules); primarily a benchmark of obstacle perception, step planning, recovery after contact and high-speed locomotion over uneven terrain.
Record Progression
From 2025 to 2026 — the rate at which records are moving.
Standout year-over-year improvements (2025 → 2026):
The progression points to rapid advances in actuation, motion control, balance, trajectory planning and whole-body coordination.
Robots vs. Human Athletic Benchmarks
Cross-domain comparisons for context.
Cross-domain perspective against established human world records*:
| Event | Robot Performance | Human World Record* | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 8.64 s | 9.58 s | Robot faster |
| 400m | 38.15 s | 43.03 s | Robot faster |
| 1,500m | 2:21.64 | 3:26.00 | Robot faster |
| High Jump | 3.40 m | 2.45 m | Robot higher |
| Long Jump | 7.97 m | 8.95 m | Human higher |
*Human records are included only as contextual benchmarks, not as directly equivalent competition results.
*Differences in body dimensions, rules and operating conditions mean these are cross-domain contextual benchmarks, not official head-to-head results.
What Do These Records Tell Us?
Speed is no longer the only story.
The records confirm high-speed dynamic control is no longer a theoretical limitation. The more meaningful question shifts to what comes after the record.
A robot that can run 100 meters in under nine seconds demonstrates exceptional dynamic control.
A robot that can run 1,500 meters demonstrates sustained locomotion and system stability.
A robot that can jump several meters demonstrates explosive power and whole-body coordination.
A robot that can complete complex manipulation or industrial tasks demonstrates something different: useful intelligence.
This is why the World Humanoid Robot Games combine athletic competition with scenario-based events and dexterous-hand challenges.
The ultimate benchmark is not simply:
How fast can a robot move?
It is:
How effectively can a humanoid robot move, perceive, manipulate and act in the real world?
Beyond the Track
From athletic records to real-world performance.
Beyond athletics, robots competed in scenario tasks inspired by real-world work:
- Factory operations
- Warehousing
- Hotel services
- Retail
- Emergency response
- Home services
- Food preparation
- Dexterous manipulation
- Smart EV charging
These events produce a second category of records — not expressible in seconds or meters — measured instead by:
The Record-Breaking Era of Humanoid Robotics
A clear change in the performance ceiling.
The 2026 Games raised the ceiling of what humanoid robots can physically do. In one year:
- A sub-9-second 100m
- A sub-40-second 400m
- A 2:21.64 1,500m
- A 7.97m long jump
- A 4.83m standing long jump
- A 3.40m standing high jump
Some performances now exceed established human athletic benchmarks; others establish new robot-competition baselines.
Humanoid robots are becoming faster, more powerful, more stable and increasingly capable of operating their bodies dynamically.
Robot Records at a Glance
A compact summary of the headline 2026 performances.
A Note on Record Classification
Clean taxonomies for “Games Record” vs. “Human Benchmark Surpassed.”
Not every result should be labeled a “World Record.” A clearer classification:
The best performance recorded at the World Humanoid Robot Games.
The best performance in the 2026 edition of the competition.
A robot performance exceeding a comparable established human record.
The best result in a particular event or size category.
A “robot competition record” and a “human world record” are not the same thing. For example, the 8.64-second 100 m is correctly a World Humanoid Robot Games record and faster than the men's human 100 m world record, but not an entry in official human athletics tables.
Suggested page structure: Record Highlights → Record Progression → Human Benchmarks → Athletic Records → Real-World Performance. This framework is ready for continuous updates when the 2027 Games create new records.