best performance
Loading your saved state.
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.
record
Both words refer to the best result in a particular discipline. A Bestleistung can refer to an individual person or group, whereas a Rekord usually presupposes a larger or defined comparison group. Use “Bestleistung” for an athlete’s personal best, but “Rekord” when comparing it with other performances.
Mit 12,40 Metern erreichte die Sportlerin ihre persönliche Bestleistung.
With a throw of 12.40 meters, the athlete achieved her personal best.
Mit 12,40 Metern stellte die Sportlerin einen neuen Vereinsrekord auf.
With a throw of 12.40 meters, the athlete set a new club record.
