Neptune Swim Club
Otago · South Island
A typical Neptune swimmer in 2026 so far, stroke by stroke: faster than … of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender in New Zealand. 50 is typical.
* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Who raced for Neptune?
156 swimmers raced for Neptune in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 112 swimmers in both years, 37 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, clearly fewer than half; a typical gain of +30 points; swimmer by swimmer, typically 14 points fewer than them.
Each swimmer’s gain in best points* since the same months of 2025, at each age with 5 or more of them, set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - level meaning the same quarter of best points for their age and gender then.
Columns: the typical gain in points at each age. Over them: points beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - more, fewer, grey where not clear.
| Age | Swimmers | Typical gain, points | Beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 29 | −17 |
| 11 | 18 | 20 | −30 |
| 12 | 20 | 38 | −16 |
| 13 | 13 | 66 | +15 |
| 14 | 11 | 45 | −6 |
| 15 | 9 | 44 | +1 |
| 16 | 7 | 28 | +1 |
| 18+ | 5 | -30 | −21 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 112 swimmers
Who stays with Neptune?
75 in 100 Neptune swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Neptune again this year, more than the 65 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Neptune in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Neptune | 75 |
| Raced for another club | 2 |
| No race this year | 23 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 150 swimmers of 2025
Where do Neptune swimmers come from, and go?
53 swimmers joined Neptune from another club and 24 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Kiwi (6), the most went to Kiwi (8).
Swimmers who raced for one club in a year and for another the next; each band as wide as the number who moved, and the clubs stand in the same order on both sides. Clubs with fewer than 3 moves are together as “other clubs”.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Kiwi | 6 | 8 |
| Taieri | 4 | 3 |
| Queenstown | 5 | – |
| Zenith | 4 | – |
| Cromwell | 3 | – |
| Oamaru | 3 | – |
| Capital | 3 | – |
| Other clubs | 25 | 13 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 77 moves
Who is still racing for Neptune years later?
Of Neptune swimmers of a year, 65 in 100 raced for Neptune again the next year and 42 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 65 in 100 and 44 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Neptune one, two, three… years on, in the same months. Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same start year, age and gender.
Years on, per 100 swimmers of the start year.
| one year on | two years on | three years on | four years on | five years on | six years on | seven years on | eight years on | nine years on | ten years on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune | 65 | 42 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 65 | 44 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 1,390 swimmer-years one year on
How has Neptune changed over the years?
156 swimmers raced for Neptune in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 8% more than in the same months of 2016 and 43% more than in 2020, the fewest; 4% more than in 2025; the most were in 2023 (163); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Neptune from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 144 |
| 2017 | 119 |
| 2018 | 145 |
| 2019 | 145 |
| 2020 | 109 |
| 2021 | 123 |
| 2022 | 133 |
| 2023 | 163 |
| 2024 | 159 |
| 2025 | 150 |
| 2026 | 156 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Neptune, and who left?
156 swimmers raced for Neptune in 2026, against 150 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 112 stayed, 38 left (35 stopped racing, 3 raced for other clubs); 44 joined: 39 new to racing, 3 from other clubs, 2 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Neptune in the same months of each year (1 Jan to 10 Nov), set beside the year before.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
How fast are they for their age?
A typical Neptune swimmer is faster than 26 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 1 in 3 of them are faster than New Zealand’s typical swimmer of their age.
Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender, compared by the World Aquatics points of their best race (one scale for every stroke and distance; 1,000 is about world-record speed).
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical Neptune swimmer | 26 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender · n = 156 swimmers with points
How does Neptune compare with other clubs?
It is 91st of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 17th of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (8th of 9 in Otago).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Neptune | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers26 of 100 | 91st of 106 | 17th of 18 |
| Swimmers156 | 7th of 106 | 7th of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age+10 in 100 | 27th of 104 | 7th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers37 in 100 | 73rd of 100 | 17th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time8 | 29th of 105 | 17th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Neptune swimmers rank highest in medley (faster than 51 of every 100) and lowest in backstroke (22).
Each stroke and distance sets a swimmer’s best race in it against the best of New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender who raced it; 50 is the typical swimmer. Faded bars are not clearly different from 50, or have too few swimmers to tell.
By stroke
By distance
| Faster than … of 100 | Swimmers | |
|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | 26 | 152 |
| Backstroke | 22 | 130 |
| Breaststroke | 25 | 107 |
| Butterfly | 35 | 71 |
| Medley | 51 | 54 |
| 50 m | 25 | 151 |
| 100–200 m | 33 | 111 |
| 400 m and longer | 50 | 35 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 156 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
18 in 100 Neptune swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, less than the 33 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age and gender.
Swimmers aged 13 to 16, per 100, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Neptune | 18 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 33 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 44 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Neptune race?
Neptune swimmers raced at 25 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Neptune swimmers race at school meets?
29 swimmers from Neptune swam 176 races at 2 school meets in 2026 so far.
School meets are entered for schools, not clubs: a school race counts for the club the swimmer raced for before and after the meet, or in the three months before it when there is nothing after yet. They count in how fast the club’s swimmers were, never as races for the club.
How old are the swimmers?
63 in 100 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old; across New Zealand, 56 in 100.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 98 of the 156 are 10 to 13 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 3 |
| 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 31 |
| 11 | 27 |
| 12 | 24 |
| 13 | 16 |
| 14 | 11 |
| 15 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 |
| 17 | 3 |
| 18 and over | 6 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 156 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 7 times, at 2 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 15 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 107 |
| 11 to 20 | 19 |
| 21 to 30 | 7 |
| 31 to 40 | 13 |
| 41 to 50 | 6 |
| 51 or more | 4 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 156 swimmers
When do Neptune swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 16 Mar, with 295 races; all told, 1,978 races and about 258 km of racing.
Each cell is a week of 2026, from the first of January; the darker, the more races. Empty cells are weeks without a race; the outline fades for weeks still to come.
| Week | Races |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 48 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 60 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 391 |
| 12 | 50 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 |
| 15 | 44 |
| 16 | 62 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 172 |
| 19 | 8 |
| 20 | 22 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 284 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 175 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 86 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 163 |
| 33 | 28 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 137 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 5 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 48 |
| 40 | 6 |
| 41 | 49 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 96 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 10 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 1,978 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Neptune swimmer swims the second half of a race 9.1% slower than the first, about the same as the 8.8% typical for swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events.
Each swimmer’s typical race of 100 m or more in one stroke, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender in the same event and pool. The first half holds the start, so even an evenly swum race has a slower second half.
| % slower | |
|---|---|
| Neptune | 9.1% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 8.8% |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · with the halfway split recorded in a race of 100 m or more · n = 70 swimmers