race clock
Measures competitor speed
A race clock is a large display showing elapsed or remaining time during a competition.
Runners check the race clock at the finish line to see their time.
Race clocks appear at marathons, triathlons, and swim meets.
To race the clock is to work against a time limit: We're racing the clock to finish before the deadline.
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- time trialFastest-lap competition format
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- starting gunRace-initiating firearm
finish · seconds · down to the wire · final stretch · photo finish · ticking · split second · buzzer · buzzer beater · lap · speed · pressure · deadline · hurry · pulse · adrenaline · split · beat
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time
- Road Racesfinish line, starting line, bib number, runners, mile marker
- racing rulesdisqualification, false start, eligibility, penalty points, interference
- velodromevelodrome, banked turn, oval track, track surface, wooden boards
- timekeeping deviceswatch, timer, stopwatch, hourglass, egg timer
- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, pit strategy, slipstreaming
competitive vs. leisurely timekeeping
race clocktimelessness
Freedom from temporal decay
leisure time · free time · eternity · sundial · hourglass
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