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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The results of the cycling time trial aren’t quite as clear.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 21 Nov. 2025
This was meted out through a racing time trial two weeks into practice.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Belgian, in addition to his European success, has won an Olympic gold medal (2024), the last three World Championships and two Tour de France stages in the individual time trial.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
There was also qualifying Friday for the Grand Prix support class with two veterans of Unlimited racing leading the time trials.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 21 Nov. 2025
This was meted out through a racing time trial two weeks into practice.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
The Belgian, in addition to his European success, has won an Olympic gold medal (2024), the last three World Championships and two Tour de France stages in the individual time trial.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
There was also qualifying Friday for the Grand Prix support class with two veterans of Unlimited racing leading the time trials.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Time trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20trial. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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