Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-01
The Diagnosis
OCTAHEDRON won at Hamilton on one of its slower days — 6% of its own runs
OCTAHEDRON won race 4 at Hamilton, faster than 88% of the field it beat and 5% of everything clocked at the track. What the run was actually worth.
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OCTAHEDRON won race 4 at Hamilton on Heavy 10 over 2200m, averaging 14.5 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.
| The run, measured against |
|---|
| faster than 6% of its own clocked runs |
| faster than 88% of the field it beat |
| faster than 10% of everything clocked at this trip and going |
| faster than 2% of Ms Chelsea Thompson's rides |
| faster than 10% of Garry Phillips's runners |
| faster than 5% of everything clocked at the track |
| started 1 of 8 in the market at $3.9 |
Read down that list and the win either grows or shrinks. That is the whole point: the race says where they finished, the clock says how fast they actually went, and only one of those two survives contact with the next start.
Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-01
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