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by kayamon 3485 days ago
If the thing you're timing is expected to have a constant running time, the only thing that can slow it down is external factors (e.g. OS background tasks).

Best-case over a large number of runs is the correct way to approach the ideal running time of the task in this case, as you can eventually hit a run that didn't get impeded by anything.