personal-best

Individual top performance

A personal best is someone's highest achievement in a measured activity, especially athletics: She set a personal best in the 100-meter dash.

The term works as noun or adjective: a personal-best time, He ran a personal best.

Often abbreviated PB.

The concept applies beyond sports to any quantifiable performance: a personal-best score on the exam.

athletics

record

Preserved account or achievement

  • timeMeasured passage of moments
  • splitSeparation into parts
  • finishBring to completion

pace · sprint · marathon · race · track · qualifying · seconds · minutes · stopwatch · timing

fitness

benchmark

Standard for comparison

training · workout · lift · max · rep · weight · squat · deadlift · achievement · gains

achievement

milestone

Notable event marking progress

success · peak · pinnacle · excellence · improvement · progress · pride · satisfaction · celebration · recognition

swimming

time

Measured passage of moments

  • laneDesignated travel strip
  • strokeSudden brain blood blockage
  • freestyleWithout prescribed technique

butterfly · breaststroke · backstroke · relay · pool · touch · turn · split · heat · qualifier

Opposites
performance achievement level

personal-bestnadir

Lowest possible point

rock bottom · lowest point · failure · flop · disappointment

record scope

personal-bestworld record

Highest documented achievement globally

all-time record · Olympic record · national record

Family

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