Target time
The exact time in which a section of route must be covered.
The target time is the exact time in which a section of route must be covered. The crew's task is to match this value as precisely as possible – arriving neither too early nor too late. Alternatively, some organisers specify an average speed to maintain. The navigator continually calculates whether the crew is on schedule and gives instructions to adjust the pace.
In German the target time is also called Idealzeit (ideal time); both denote the same time that must be matched exactly.
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Related terms
Regularity test
A scored test in which a section must be driven at a prescribed, as-constant-as-possible average speed. Consistency is scored – not hitting a single target time as in a time trial.
Prescribed time
Time set by the organiser within which a section or task must be completed – closely related to the target time (Sollzeit).
Time trial (TT)
A scored section where a single prescribed target time must be hit as exactly as possible (abbreviated TT). Unlike a regularity test, the target time counts, not a constant average.