U.S. runner Yared Nuguse and Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen both smashed the record in the latest examples of how talent and technology have created a “perfect storm of speed.”

On 8 February, at the 2025 Millrose Games in New York City, US, American runner Yared Nuguse fired on all cylinders to set the new indoor mile world record of 3:46.63. However, this mark did not last long – because on 13 February, just five days later, Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran an indoor mile in 3:45:14 to take the world record for himself.

American Grant Fisher breaks his second world indoor record in six days with a new mark in the 5,000m in Boston.