“Seeing what’s humanly potential” occasions like Breaking2 and Breaking4 have come to ultrarunning, this time with adidas establishing a no-holds-barred try at breaking six hours for 100 kilometers — and South Africa’s Sibusiso Kubheka did it.
Kubheka crossed the end line in 5:59:20 on the Chasing 100 occasion hosted by adidas on the Nardò Ring auto-racing monitor in southern Italy throughout the in a single day time trial ending on August 26, 2025.
Sibusiso Kubheka on his technique to working sub-six hours for 100 kilometers on the Chasing 100 occasion. Photograph: adidas
Whereas that is quicker than the present 100k world report of 6:05:35, run by Lithuania’s Aleksandr Sorokin on the 2023 World’s Quickest Run occasion in Vilnius, Lithuania, it received’t be a world report. Chasing 100 included what gave the impression to be a tempo automotive, water bottle provisions by transferring cyclists, and Adizero Evo Prime X prototypes of unknown stack heights. Nonetheless, Kubheka ran astonishing tempo of 5:47 minutes per mile or 3:36 minutes per kilometer.
A gaggle shot of the Chasing 100 occasion in August of 2025. Photograph: adidas
Kubheka famous after the race, “I’m so happy with my efficiency on the market at the moment. Breaking this report and turning into the primary particular person to run 100k in below 6 hours was not straightforward — however due to adidas’ partnership, perception, and bespoke applied sciences, we made it occur. Once we mix the perfect athletes, the precise preparation, and sports activities innovation, something is feasible.”
Notably, each Charlie Lawrence (6:03:47) of the U.S. and Sorokin (6:04:10) additionally ran below Sorokin’s world report time. That additionally implies that Lawrence ran quicker than the U.S. nationwide report and North American report whereas Sorokin as soon as once more ran below his personal the Lithuanian nationwide and European data. Lawerence beforehand set the 50-mile world report of 4:48:21 on the 2023 Tunnel Hill 50 Mile (post-race interview). As for the Lithuanian, Sorokin has set and extra extra ultra-distance world data than we will adequately recount in a sentence.
With the arrival of a business time trial occasion exploring the bounds of mixed human potential and present expertise, it’s clear that it’s extra than simply the occasions which can be altering.
Aleksandr Sorokin throughout the Chasing 100 occasion in Italy in August 2025. Photograph: adidas
