At the 2026 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon on April 19, a humanoid robot named "Flash" from Shenzhen Honor Smart Technology Development Co finished ahead of all human runners, claiming victory in 50 minutes and 26 seconds in autonomous navigation mode and beating the human world record of 57 minutes and 20 seconds set by Ugandan star Jacob Kiplimo at the Lisbon Half-Marathon in March this year.

This advancement was powered by technological innovation from Huzhou. Qianxun Spatial Intelligence, a leading high-precision positioning service provider based in Deqing county, Huzhou, Zhejiang province, provided the Beidou Spatio-Temporal Intelligent Triad Suite.

This innovation enabled over two-thirds of the autonomous teams to achieve centimeter-level positioning and autonomous navigation.

"Autonomous running requires robots to independently manage positioning, path planning, motion control, and real-time decision-making over a distance of 21.09 kilometers in an open urban environment," said Wu Liang, head of strategic partnerships at Qianxun.

The Triad Suite offers integrated satellite, cloud, and hardware services, ensuring precise path execution. Teams praised Qianxun's Beidou-based capabilities, with the "Linglong" robot achieving high-precision orientation within a 1-meter baseline.

Qianxun CEO Chen Jinpei emphasized the company's role in bridging the digital and physical worlds, providing essential spatio-temporal capabilities for intelligent entities.

The company has established a global network offering centimeter-level positioning and is collaborating with leading embodied intelligence firms to advance industry commercialization.