  The path taken by the LHC team to reach 3.6 10$^{33}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$
instantaneous luminosity, and to deliver 5.6 fb$^{-1}$ per experiment is
summarized. The main performances of the two experiments are highlighted, in
particular the way they managed to cope with the already high level of
"pile-up". Selected Standard Model and top physics results are given, and the
status of the limits on the Higgs boson search by each experiment is
summarized. A brief overview of the search for supersymmetry and exotic
phenomena is made at the end.
