Sun, Oct 11, 2026
Tempe, AZ
The course runs through Kiwanis Park in Tempe. The park setting means paved paths through open green space, without much technical terrain to navigate. It reads as a comfortable morning effort, the kind of course where you can settle into a pace early and hold it through to the finish.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a decent-sized field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Jared Butler (17:54) · Michael Garcia (18:54) · Tim Soukup (22:16)
The Phoenix - HFTC 5k has been held every year since at least 2021. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 59:19, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:19:02, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 322 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 3.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.1 Miles winner ran 17:54 while the median finisher took 59:19. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
