Fast time function C/C++

I am currently using time from the ctime library. Is there any faster alternative?

time_t start_time, elapsed_time;

for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    start_time = time(NULL);
    /// optimized code
    if(condition_met())
    {
       elapsed_time = time(NULL) - start_time;
    } else continue;
}

time(NULL) just isn't fast enough.