Chinese smartphone maker Honor’s self-developed humanoid robot “Lightning“ ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, beating the human world record, China’s state broadcaster reported on Saturday. The humanoid reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a preparatory test event for the second World Humanoid Robot Games beginning on Saturday.

It took 17 years to find anything in the world that can run the 100 meters faster than Usain Bolt, but a humanoid robot created in China finally did it.

The competition between humans and machines turned into a genuine showdown, when a robot broke legendary sprinter Usain Bolt’s historic 100-meter record. Watch.

China's second World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off Saturday in Beijing. The spectacle comes as China pours money into its humanoid robot industry.