Explore the pace you need to hit to reach your open water swimming goal finish time.
Pick your distance and goal time to see the pace per 100 you need to hold, with a full split breakdown. Open water adds current, chop, and sighting, so treat the even model as a starting point and tap any split to set your own pace where the conditions change.
The same pace from start to finish.
| Mark | Split | Pace / 100m | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 3:000:03:00 elapsed | ||
| 200 m | 3:000:06:00 elapsed | ||
| 300 m | 3:000:09:00 elapsed | ||
| 400 m | 3:000:12:00 elapsed | ||
| 500 m · finish | 3:000:15:00 elapsed |
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From Endurance Grid
Endurance Grid is here to help you understand the sport, decide if it’s the right fit, and learn how to prepare. For course distances, logistics, and race-day specifics, always defer to the race organizer’s event page.
Swimming events drop you into something that demands navigation, feel, and focus all at once. It's a sport that rewards the quietly competitive — the ones who do the work in the water before anyone's watching.
Open water races take place in lakes, rivers, bays, and oceans. Distances can run anywhere from a short 500m swim to 10K marathon events. Just you and the water.
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