time trial
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[edit]time trial (plural time trials)
- (cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
- Synonyms: race of truth, (initialism) TT
- (by extension) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
- (video games) A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels, or, in some cases, the entire game as quickly as possible.
- Synonym: time attack
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[edit]race in cycling
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competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other
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