personal record

Your top performance

A personal record is someone's best-ever performance in a measurable activity, especially athletics: She set a personal record in the 800 meters.

Often abbreviated PR or PB (personal best).

The term applies beyond sports to any quantifiable achievement: That's a personal record for me—three cups of coffee before 9 AM.

achievement

PR

Strategic communication management

improvementPositive change in quality
breakthroughSudden important advance
triumphResounding, celebrated victory

accomplishment · success · feat · excellence · peak performance · progress · advancement · growth · self-improvement · mastery

competition

time

Measured passage of moments

splitSeparation into parts
paceSpeed of movement
finishBring to completion

race · heat · qualifying · stopwatch · timing · leaderboard · scoreboard · podium · medal · athlete

tracking

benchmark

Standard for comparison

baselineStandard for comparison
measureUnit of quantity
logSectioned tree trunk

progress chart · stats · metrics · comparison · gains · numbers · milestones · documentation

Categories

cross countryrunner, race, meet, course, spikes
Road Racesfinish line, starting line, race bib, race course, race day
fitnessfitness, exercise, gym, workout, running
runningrun, runner, running shoes, running shorts, running gear
racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
Triathlontriathlon, T1, T2, bike mount, Kona

Opposites

scope of achievement

personal recordworld record

Highest documented achievement globally

all-time record · Olympic record · national record · league record · school record

performance quality

personal recordrock bottom

Lowest possible level

lowest point · nadir · low point

achievement vs. baseline

personal recordbaseline

Standard for comparison

Family

record, personal, personality, personally, impersonal, personage, impersonally, personages, impersonality

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