How to make a record counter by distance in Unity?

Question

Unity

I'm making a casual game, but I can't figure out how to make a record that reads the distance traveled. Well, for example, a player flew 2 meters up and the record began to equal two (2). Approximately (or the same) as in the game Hill Climb Racing.

Unity C#

Answer 1

The GameObject has a transform field, which has a position - you take the necessary component there: x/y/z.
You can easily calculate the path by the coordinate