On Sunday, April 26, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya became the first person to break the 2-hour barrier in an official marathon, running a mind-boggling 1:59:30 at the 2026 London Marathon.

Sawe, 31, took over a minute off the late Kelvin Kiptum’s world record of 2:00:35 from the 2023 Chicago Marathon. Sawe also ran faster than Eliud Kipchoge’s time of 1:59:40, which he ran at an unofficial exhibition race in 2019 to become the first human to run under 2 hours.

Sawe wasn’t the only one at London to run historically fast. Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia shattered the 2-hour barrier, too, running 1:59:41, and Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo finished in 2:00:28 to round out the podium.

Here are the amazing stats from Sawe’s incredible world record run in London.

1:59:30: Sawe’s official time.

2 mins 49.93 seconds per kilometre: His average pace.

21.17 km/h: His average speed.

14:10: His average 5K pace.

1 minute, 5 seconds: How much time he improved Kiptum’s world record of 2:00:35.

10 seconds: How much faster he ran than Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge.

27:36: Sawe’s split from 30K to 40K. (2:45 mins/km pace)

1:00:29: His first half marathon split.

59:01: His second half marathon split.

2:02:05: His previous personal best, set at the 2024 Valencia Marathon in his debut.