laptime
Single circuit duration
Laptime is the duration required to complete one circuit of a racetrack.
In motorsports and competitive cycling, laptimes determine qualifying positions and measure performance: She shaved two seconds off her laptime.
Video games with racing elements prominently feature laptimes as metrics for improvement.
Also spelled as two words: lap time.
Interval timing device
- secondsTime units, or extras
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
- hundredthsParts per hundred
- elapsedGone by, temporally
precision · chronometer · clock · digital · display · readout · comparison · differential
Distinct division of whole
- splitSeparation into parts
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- telemetryDistant automated data collection
checkpoint · delta · transponder · beacon · pitstop · grid · pole · chicane
Standard for comparison
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
- standingsComparative position list
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- historicalOf documented times
unbeaten · improvement · shattered · broken · set · holder · previous · current
stopwatch
Interval timing device
- secondsTime units, or extras
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
- hundredthsParts per hundred
elapsed · precision · chronometer · clock · digital · display · readout · comparison · differential · improvement
sector
Distinct division of whole
- splitSeparation into parts
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
telemetry · checkpoint · delta · transponder · beacon · pitstop · grid · pole · chicane · hairpin
benchmark
Standard for comparison
- leaderboardRanked list of competitors
- standingsComparative position list
- rankingOrdered position assignment
historical · unbeaten · improvement · shattered · broken · set · holder · previous · current
ghost
Apparition of the dead
virtual · leaderboard · arcade · console · PC