In an effort to highlight the advances in Chinese robotics, over 20 humanoid robots competed in the recent Beijing Half Marathon (13.1-miles) to see how they stack up against humans. Many didn’t finish, but several did, with the fastest, a robot named Tiangong Ultra, finishing with a time of 2

This is a clip of a future knee replacement candidate racing down the 999-step ‘Stairway To Heaven, located in Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, China. The stairs have been modded with additional parkour obstacles, and I can feel my ankles snapping just watching. Could I win the race?

This is a video of jump roper Cen Xiaolin setting a new world speed record with an astonishing 228 jumps (technically alternate leg skips) in 30 seconds. That’s 7.6 jumps PER SECOND. Cen has been speed jumping for a while, and his record 8 years ago was only 108 jumps,

This is a video of a sweatered, pleasantly smiling gentleman displaying his skills with a metal bo staff. He starts off super slow to demonstrate the hand movements he makes to control the staff before going buck wild and spinning that thing like a pinwheel in a tornado. Honestly, that

This is a video of two elderly gentlemen proving they’ve still got it (and never didn’t have it) by demonstrating their skills with a Chinese jianzi (think a cross between a hacky sack and badminton shuttlecock), keeping it off the ground with ease using their feet, heads, and, at one

This is a video of dancer Hittesh Patel demonstrating his skills with a couple very impressive tutting performances (tutting references King Tut, because the angular hand movements resemble the poses seen in ancient Egyptian stone reliefs). Now that is some serious coordination. I can’t even walk and chew gum. Pat

This is a video from filmmaker Tyler Johnson, who modded a cat exercise wheel with an Insta360 camera to capture some unorthodox footage of his cat exercising. Not exactly what I was hoping for from Santa, but I suppose it’s better than coal or taking turns with the reindeer pooping

This is a clip of Cornish Rex cats Arya and Keiko playing a game of leapfrog with each other on a giant exercise wheel. Hey, whatever keeps them active and burns those calories. “I burn calories eating.” Garfield! “What?” Put down the lasagna, Jon has let this go on long