# Tiangong (Tien Kung) at Beijing: deployment

Canonical ID: `9b4ccd8a-790f-4d53-b73d-5b26aa0c6713`

On April 19, 2025, the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area hosted the world's first humanoid robot half marathon as part of the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon. Twenty competing robot teams from Chinese manufacturers completed a 21.1 km course on dedicated tracks alongside human runners. Tiangong Ultra, operated by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won the event with a finishing time of 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Tiangong Ultra ran at a peak speed of 12 km/h, up from 6 km/h in its prior exhibition runs. Each team was supported by engineers on the course; battery swaps were permitted at designated intervals. Robots launched sequentially at one-meter-plus intervals on dedicated tracks. The event established a public baseline for humanoid robot endurance performance and demonstrated sustained outdoor bipedal locomotion over a full half-marathon distance.

## Footage

- **video** (deployment): [Tiangong humanoid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwrZ0k1BZhI). _Courtesy of X-Humanoid_. Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center (X-Humanoid) footage of its Tiangong humanoid. The video's 'fully autonomous' framing is the maker's claim.

## Key facts

- **Event:** Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon, humanoid robot category
- **Date:** April 19, 2025
- **Result:** 1st place; finishing time 2 hours 40 minutes
- **Field:** 20 competing humanoid robot teams
- **Peak speed:** 12 km/h
- **Distance:** 21.1 km

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** tiangong-beijing-e-town-half-marathon
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Tiangong (Tien Kung)](/models/tiangong.md) (id: `426bf816-82b1-41fc-bb81-7702861eb2c5`)
- **Company:** [X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center)](/companies/x-humanoid.md) (id: `6b2a6bfd-6402-4dec-9296-266191e1c297`)
- **Location:** [Beijing](/locations/beijing.md) (id: `4dcea30f-1b34-41af-9aa0-f1440e395b68`)
- **Operator:** [Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center](/companies/beijing-humanoid-robot-innovation-center.md) (id: `3611dc0b-f0e8-425d-b75a-4224d2f72bf4`)
- **First seen:** 2025-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **Xinhua: Ready, set, robot! Beijing hosts world's first humanoid half marathon** · https://english.news.cn/20250419/550e46bed67c46228e7e2c5513073f37/c.html · 2025-04-19
2. **First Humanoid Robot Half Marathon Takes Place in Beijing, Tiangong Ultra Wins** · https://www.techeblog.com/humanoid-robot-half-marathon-beijing-tiangong-ultra/

## Common questions

### What is the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing?

Tiangong (Tien Kung), built by X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center), is recorded as a deployment at Beijing on the DEPLOY registry. Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center operates the deployment.

### Who operates Tiangong (Tien Kung) at Beijing?

Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center operates this deployment as a customer of X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center), the manufacturer of Tiangong (Tien Kung).

### When did the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 19, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Tiangong (Tien Kung) deployment at Beijing?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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