A HUMANOID JUST RAN A FASTER 100M THAN USAIN BOLT.
track goes quiet after one robot face-plants mid-race.
then Tiangong Ultra crosses the line alone.
8.64 seconds. Bolt's record is 9.58.
β 42 km/h average
β 50+ steps vs Bolt's 41
β shorter, faster cadence, not a copy of the human stride
people will say the gait doesn't count because it's not running "like a human."
the clock doesn't care what the stride looks like.
the fastest thing on two legs right now isn't a person, and the body that just lost that race is the same body punching a clock tomorrow.