time trial

noun

: a competitive event (as in auto racing) in which individuals are successively timed over a set course or distance

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He posted the second best lap in the time trials.

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There are also lingering questions about optimal dosage (the study used 0.3 grams per kilogram of body weight) and timing (which was individualized based on blood tests to determine the peak response time, with a typical delay of roughly two hours between ingestion and time trial). —

Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024 Ingebrigtsen raced the Olympic final like a time trial. —

Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 Stage 14 on Saturday is a 31-kilometer (19-mile) individual time trial from Castiglione delle Stiviere to Desenzano del Garda. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024 According to a small 2019 study in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, runners who wore them in one 5K time trial were able to run a second 5K an hour later in a faster time. —

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