As a favorite in this Route du Rhum—his first in the IMOCA class—Sam Goodchild faced a challenging race between Saint-Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre. Finding himself outsmarted early in the race he watched helplessly as Corentin Horeau (MACSF) pulled miles ahead, and spent the remainder of the race pushing hard to catch up with Boris Herrmann (Malizia 4). A mainsail failure and some foil issues slowed him down while passing through a tropical depression; this opening allowed Elodie Bonafous (Association Petits Princes-Queguiner) to seize the opportunity and snatch third place on the podium, finishing just 13 minutes and 11 seconds ahead of the Franco-Brit who after making up nearly 40 miles on Bonafous in the final 24 hours poured all his energy into the final stretch around the island, attempting to overtake his sistership, but ultimately finished just off the podium. After having to abandon his 2018 race in Class40 due to a broken mast in the Bay of Biscay and then being injured at the start in 2022, this is the first time he has finished.

Crossing the finish line at 09:10 local time (13:10 Paris time), he completed the course in 11 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 45 seconds. He finished 1 day, 7 hours, 56 minutes, and 36 seconds behind the leader of his category. He covered 3,973 nautical miles at an average speed of 13.31 knots along the great-circle route (14.98 knots over the ground).