Personal Best (PB / PR)
بهترین رکورد شخصی
An athlete’s best personal performance for a specific event or distance; World Athletics uses PB for Personal Best, while running usage also commonly uses PR for Personal Record.
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Definition
Personal Best means the athlete’s best personal performance in the relevant event. World Athletics result legends use PB for Personal Best. New York Road Runners defines PR as Personal Record—the best time an athlete has ever run for a given distance—and notes PB as the British equivalent term.
Practical use
Compare PB or PR only within the same event or distance and under the result convention being used. On World Athletics result sheets, look for PB; in many running communities, PR expresses the same personal-record idea.