Recent results from the Large Hadron Collider

We present an overview of the physics results obtained by experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2009-2010, for an integrated luminosity of L ≈ 40 pb-1, collected mostly at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV. After an introduction to the physics environment at the LHC and the current performance of the accelerator and detectors, we will discuss quantum chromodynamics and B-physics analyses, W and Z production, the first results in the top sector, and searches for new physics, with particular emphasis on supersymmetry and Higgs studies. While most of the presented results are in remarkable agreement with Standard Model predictions, the excellent performance of the LHC machine and experiments, the prompt analysis of all data within just a few months after the end of data taking, and the high quality of the results obtained constitute an encouraging step towards unique measurements and exciting discoveries in the 2011-2012 period and beyond. (author)