A humanoid robot has beaten Usain Bolt's 100m world record.

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What we can confirm

Multiple reputable news outlets and agencies report that Chinese-made humanoid robots have completed 100m sprints in times faster than Usain Bolt’s official men’s 100m world record of 9.58 seconds. These performances occurred at or around the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing and in test runs, with reported times ranging from 9.39 seconds down to about 8.6–8.9 seconds, clearly undercutting Bolt’s record. While these are not officially recognized by World Athletics as human records, they do constitute robot performances surpassing the human world record time, so the claim that a humanoid robot has beaten Bolt’s 100m world record time is well supported.