Bioparity

Bioparity

Tracking when humanoid bipedal robots match or surpass human track and field world records. A canonical, public, auditable ledger anchored on the World Athletics–ratified record list.

Biological Parity Gap
0%
Among the 4 events robots have attempted, this share is at Parity or Robot Lead.
0%
Across all 25 tracked events.
1 of 25 events · 4 have at least one compliance-valid robot attempt.
Closest to Parity
  1. 1Men's Half Marathon
    ROBOT LEAD
    Robot ahead by 6:54.00
    113.7%
  2. 2Men's 1500 metres
    HUMAN LEAD
    Robot behind by 3:08.40
    52.2%
  3. 3Men's 400 metres
    HUMAN LEAD
    Robot behind by 44.97s
    48.9%
  4. 4Men's 100 metres
    HUMAN LEAD
    Robot behind by 15.15s
    38.7%
  5. 5Men's 10,000 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  6. 6Men's 110 metres Hurdles
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  7. 7Men's 200 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  8. 8Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  9. 9Men's 5000 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  10. 10Men's 800 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  11. 11Men's High Jump
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  12. 12Men's Long Jump
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  13. 13Men's Marathon
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  14. 14Men's Recurve Archery — 70m, 72-arrow ranking round
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  15. 15Women's 10,000 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  16. 16Women's 100 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  17. 17Women's 100 metres Hurdles
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  18. 18Women's 200 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  19. 19Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  20. 20Women's 5000 metres
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  21. 21Women's Half Marathon
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  22. 22Women's High Jump
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  23. 23Women's Long Jump
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  24. 24Women's Marathon
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
  25. 25Women's Recurve Archery — 70m, 72-arrow ranking round
    NO DATA
    No robot record
    —
Parity Coverage Over Time
0%25%50%75%100%FULL PARITYSep 2022Apr 202625% (1 of 4)
Tracking 25 events across 8 categories. 4 have robot records.

Events

Showing 25 of 25 events.
track-sprint

Men's 100 metres

Human Lead
Human
9.58s
Usain Bolt
Best robot
24.73s
Cassie
Autonomous
Δ +15.15s · +158.14%2022-09-28
athletics

Men's Half Marathon

Robot Lead
Human
57:20.00
Jacob Kiplimo
Best robot
50:26.00
Lightning
ExperimentalAutonomous
Δ −414.00s · −12.03%2026-04-19
track-middle-distance

Men's 1500 metres

Human Lead
Human
3:26.00
Hicham El Guerrouj
Best robot
6:34.40
H1
ExperimentalAutonomous
Δ +188.40s · +91.46%2025-08-15
track-sprint

Men's 400 metres

Human Lead
Human
43.03s
Wayde van Niekerk
Best robot
1:28.00
H1
ExperimentalAutonomous
Δ +44.97s · +104.51%2025-08-15
track-hurdles

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

No attempts
Human
12.12s
Tobi Amusan
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Men's 10,000 metres

No attempts
Human
26:11.00
Joshua Cheptegei
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-hurdles

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

No attempts
Human
12.80s
Aries Merritt
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-sprint

Men's 200 metres

No attempts
Human
19.19s
Usain Bolt
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

No attempts
Human
7:52.11
Lamecha Girma
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Men's 5000 metres

No attempts
Human
12:35.36
Joshua Cheptegei
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-middle-distance

Men's 800 metres

No attempts
Human
1:40.91
David Rudisha
Best robot
No selectable performance
field-jump

Men's High Jump

No attempts
Human
2.45 m
Javier Sotomayor
Best robot
No selectable performance
field-jump

Men's Long Jump

No attempts
Human
8.95 m
Mike Powell
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Men's Marathon

No attempts
Human
2:00:35.00
Kelvin Kiptum
Best robot
No selectable performance
archery

Men's Recurve Archery — 70m, 72-arrow ranking round

No attempts
Human
702.00
Kim Woo-jin
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Women's 10,000 metres

No attempts
Human
28:54.14
Beatrice Chebet
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-sprint

Women's 100 metres

No attempts
Human
10.49s
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-sprint

Women's 200 metres

No attempts
Human
21.34s
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

No attempts
Human
8:44.32
Beatrice Chepkoech
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Women's 5000 metres

No attempts
Human
13:58.06
Beatrice Chebet
Best robot
No selectable performance
athletics

Women's Half Marathon

No attempts
Human
1:02:52.00
Letesenbet Gidey
Best robot
No selectable performance
field-jump

Women's High Jump

No attempts
Human
2.10 m
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Best robot
No selectable performance
field-jump

Women's Long Jump

No attempts
Human
7.52 m
Galina Chistyakova
Best robot
No selectable performance
track-endurance

Women's Marathon

No attempts
Human
2:09:56.00
Ruth Chepngetich
Best robot
No selectable performance
archery

Women's Recurve Archery — 70m, 72-arrow ranking round

No attempts
Human
691.00
Kang Chae Young
Best robot
No selectable performance

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Pipeline

Publicly declared targets from labs chasing parity. Sourced or skipped.

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Every humanoid competition Bioparity recognizes, past and upcoming.

Research Briefs

Short, sourced essays on specific parity questions. Contributors welcome.