Is there a word that means “measure time”?

If you're measuring the time it takes a runner to run 100 meters, you are timing the runner, or clocking the runner.

From Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Clock: transitive verb 1a: to time with a stopwatch or by an electric timing device

Time: transitive verb 4. to determine or record the time, duration, or rate of


To time conveys the meaning you want:

If you time an action or activity, you measure how long someone takes to do it or how long it lasts.

  • He timed each performance with a stop-watch.

(Collins Dictionary)