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best performance
The best result that a person or group has ever achieved in a particular discipline, especially in sports. It can also refer to a personal peak performance in other areas.
Die Schwimmerin stellte eine neue persönliche Bestleistung über 100 Meter Freistil auf.
The swimmer set a new personal best in the 100-meter freestyle.
The word is made up of 'Best-' (superlative of 'gut' (good)) and 'Leistung' (performance). So it literally means the 'beste Leistung' (best performance) that someone has achieved.
Mit diesem Sprung erreichte er seine persönliche Bestleistung.
With this jump, he achieved his personal best.
'Bestleistung' (best performance) is often combined with certain verbs that describe achieving or improving something. Typical verbs are: eine Bestleistung 'aufstellen' (to set), 'erzielen' (to achieve), or 'verbessern' (to improve).
Der Athlet konnte seine bisherige Bestleistung um zwei Sekunden verbessern.
The athlete was able to improve his previous best performance by two seconds.
'Bestleistung' (best performance) is very often used in the combination 'persönliche Bestleistung' (personal best) to emphasize that it is an individual's personal record.
Mein Ziel für den Marathon ist es, eine neue persönliche Bestleistung zu laufen.
My goal for the marathon is to run a new personal best.
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'der Rekord' and 'die Bestleistung' both have to do with the best result. 'Rekord' often means the best value overall in a particular area, for example in a competition or a sport. 'Bestleistung' refers more strongly to a specific person or group: it is the best result that this person or group has achieved. That is why a personal best performance can be very good without being a general record. The words can be confused especially in sports. Remember: 'Rekord' is often bigger and more public, while 'Bestleistung' is often more personal.
Beim Training erreichte Max heute eine neue persönliche Bestleistung.
During training today, Max achieved a new personal best.
Der Rekord im Hochsprung steht seit vielen Jahren.
The high jump record has stood for many years.