2026-09-08
Standing high jump: why English sources list both 2.88 m and 3.40 m
HumanoidPodium keeps Tiangong Ultra standing high-jump marks of 2.88 m (Reuters / Live Science roundup) and 3.40 m (People's Daily / CGTN) as separate sourced rows, not one blended height.
After the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, English coverage of the standing high jump split. Reuters (25 Aug) quoted the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center citing a 2.88 m jump among four claimed human world-record beatings. A later Live Science roundup still lists 2.88 m for the standing jump.
Closing and retrospectives from People's Daily Online and CGTN list a Games standing high-jump figure of 3.40 m for Tiangong Ultra. Those are different public pages with different numbers.
HumanoidPodium does not average conflicting heights. Both marks now appear as separate jump rows, each with its own source_url. Readers should open the Source link before quoting either figure.
We also published an evergreen FAQ page for the standing high jump so quieter SERP queries can land on a checkable table instead of a screenshot.