| 100% | WORLDRECORD | 11 | 9.58 seconds, for the men's 100-meter dash |
| 51% | EVENTIME | 8 | Exactly 10 seconds, for the 100-yard dash |
| 47% | USAINBOLT | 9 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.58 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 2009 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NOAH | 4 | Lyles who won the men's 100-meter gold at the 2024 Olympics |
| 41% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | 10 seconds for a 100-yard dash, in track lingo |
| 40% | RACE | 4 | 100-meter dash, for example |
| 40% | DONOVANBAILEY | 13 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.84 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1996 Olympics (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MAURICEGREENE | 13 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.79 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1999 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CARLLEWIS | 9 | Sprinter who set the world record of 9.86 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the 1991 World Championships (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | Man’s name from the Hebrew for “ascent” |
| 37% | SHLOMO | 6 | Man's name from the Hebrew for "peace" |
| 36% | VAN | 3 | Wayde ___ Niekerk, athlete who set a record for the 400 meters dash at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics |
| 36% | 3SETS | 5 | Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match |
| 36% | FELIX | 5 | Man's name that comes from the Latin for "lucky" |
| 36% | ISAAC | 5 | Man's name that comes from the Hebrew for "laughter" |
| 36% | SYS | 3 | The second "S" in MS-DOS, for short |
| 35% | RACE | 4 | 100 meters for example |
| 35% | ANEW | 4 | For the second time |
| 35% | NOONE | 5 | Who has finished a 100-meter dash in under nine seconds |
| 35% | FUJI | 4 | Challenging setting for the 2020 Olympics men's road cycling course |
| 35% | BOLT | 4 | Men's 100-meter sprint record holder |
| 35% | CRATER | 6 | Dimple for the man in the moon? |
| 35% | SYD | 3 | Man's name that's the code for Australia's busiest airport |
| 34% | AUG | 3 | Alphabetically it's the second month, for short |
| 34% | SADAT | 5 | Time's Man of the Year for 1977 |
| 34% | ALI | 3 | ___ Daei, Iranian soccer player who once held the men's record for international goals scored |
| 34% | SOREN | 5 | Danish man's name with a line through the second letter |
| 34% | FLEETS | 6 | The US Second and Third and Russia's Baltic, for example |
| 34% | JOECHILL | 8 | Man responsible for the loss of Batman's parents |
| 34% | BOOK | 4 | Candidate for the Man Booker Prize or Newbery Medal |