Personal record

A personal record or personal best (frequently abbreviated to PR or PB) is an individual's best performance in a given sporting discipline. It is most commonly found in athletic sports, such as track and field, other forms of running, swimming and weightlifting.

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The term "PR" came from the world of running, referring to your best time in a race of a specific distance. So, if you run a 5K race in 28:45, that's your PR for the 5K distance. If you run faster than 28:45 in a subsequent 5K race, then you have a new PR for that distance..

Over time, "PR" came to mean any new record in a sport that could be performed by a single person. Crossfit and powerlifting have popularized the term because a person's PR is used to measure their current level for a given exercise.