How can I get the user not to be listed twice? I'm using the following query to list best times in a race. This works perfectly well but someone does the best record twice (for example, they finished the race in 15 seconds twice) they being listed twice. I don't want them to be listed again.

SELECT
    *
FROM
    racerecords
WHERE
    (holder_regid, rec_time) IN (
        SELECT
            holder_regid,
            MIN(rec_time)
        FROM
            racerecords
        WHERE
            race_id = 17
        GROUP BY
            holder_regid
    )
AND race_id = 17 ORDER BY rec_time;


Additional Info: holder_regid is the registration ID of the racer and the rec_time is the record time.

So how can I achive this? I tried to use DISTINCT but I got error. Help me with the query.
Try the SQL below. I could only create a few sample records, so maybe I haven't covered everything. 

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SELECT
    *
FROM
    racerecords
WHERE
    (holder_regid, rec_time) IN (
        SELECT
            holder_regid,
            MIN(rec_time)
        FROM
            racerecords
        WHERE
            race_id = 17
        GROUP BY
            holder_regid
    )
AND race_id = 17 
GROUP BY holder_regid   &lt;&lt;=== added this line
ORDER BY rec_time, holder_regid;