Pirates Swim Team
Wellington · North Island
A typical Pirates Swim Team 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 Pirates Swim Team?
138 swimmers raced for Pirates Swim Team in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 82 swimmers in both years, 42 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +39 points; swimmer by swimmer −5 beyond them, not a clear difference.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 8 | 36 | −2 |
| 11 | 15 | 44 | −11 |
| 12 | 15 | 36 | −16 |
| 13 | 7 | 103 | +43 |
| 14 | 7 | 28 | −16 |
| 15 | 8 | 50 | +1 |
| 16 | 9 | 33 | +15 |
| 18+ | 7 | -22 | −9 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 82 swimmers
Who stays with Pirates Swim Team?
71 in 100 Pirates Swim Team swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Pirates Swim Team 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 Pirates Swim Team in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Pirates Swim Team | 71 |
| Raced for another club | 3 |
| No race this year | 25 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 119 swimmers of 2025 · shares are rounded, so they add to 99
Where do Pirates Swim Team swimmers come from, and go?
40 swimmers joined Pirates Swim Team from another club and 23 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Capital (13), the most went to Nga Tai Tuatea a Taraika (9).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | 13 | 8 |
| Nga Tai Tuatea a Taraika | – | 9 |
| Porirua City Aquatics | 8 | – |
| Tawa | 7 | – |
| Other clubs | 12 | 6 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 63 moves
Who is still racing for Pirates Swim Team years later?
Of Pirates Swim Team swimmers of a year, 69 in 100 raced for Pirates Swim Team again the next year and 49 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 Pirates Swim Team 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirates Swim | 69 | 49 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 65 | 44 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 1,368 swimmer-years one year on
How has Pirates Swim Team changed over the years?
138 swimmers raced for Pirates Swim Team in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 5% more than in the same months of 2016 and 16% more than in 2025, the fewest; the most were in 2022 (163); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Pirates Swim Team from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 131 |
| 2017 | 135 |
| 2018 | 149 |
| 2019 | 135 |
| 2020 | 136 |
| 2021 | 147 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2023 | 123 |
| 2024 | 130 |
| 2025 | 119 |
| 2026 | 138 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Pirates Swim Team, and who left?
138 swimmers raced for Pirates Swim Team in 2026, against 119 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 85 stayed, 34 left (30 stopped racing, 4 raced for other clubs); 53 joined: 44 new to racing, 6 from other clubs, 3 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Pirates Swim Team 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 Pirates Swim Team swimmer is faster than 40 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 41 in 100 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 Pirates Swim Team swimmer | 40 |
| 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 = 135 swimmers with points
How does Pirates Swim Team compare with other clubs?
It is 64th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 14th of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (7th of 10 in Wellington).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Pirates Swim Team | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers40 of 100 | 64th of 106 | 14th of 18 |
| Swimmers138 | 9th of 106 | 9th of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age+7 in 100 | 39th of 104 | 9th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers42 in 100 | 62nd of 100 | 15th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time14 | 16th of 105 | 13th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Pirates Swim Team swimmers rank highest in medley (faster than 47 of every 100) and lowest in backstroke (34); by distance, they stand highest at 400 m and longer (50).
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 | 41 | 133 |
| Backstroke | 34 | 100 |
| Breaststroke | 40 | 120 |
| Butterfly | 42 | 77 |
| Medley | 47 | 70 |
| 50 m | 42 | 133 |
| 100–200 m | 37 | 97 |
| 400 m and longer | 50 | 34 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 135 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
30 in 100 Pirates Swim Team swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, about the same as the 36 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 | |
|---|---|
| Pirates Swim Team | 30 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 36 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 47 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Pirates Swim Team race?
Pirates Swim Team swimmers raced at 29 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Pirates Swim Team swimmers race at school meets?
8 swimmers from Pirates Swim Team swam 58 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?
3 in 5 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 2 in 3.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 83 of the 138 are 10 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 6 |
| 9 | 16 |
| 10 | 17 |
| 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 20 |
| 13 | 14 |
| 14 | 10 |
| 15 | 10 |
| 16 | 13 |
| 17 | 3 |
| 18 and over | 7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 138 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 13 times, at 4 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 18 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 60 |
| 11 to 20 | 28 |
| 21 to 30 | 15 |
| 31 to 40 | 8 |
| 41 to 50 | 11 |
| 51 or more | 16 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 138 swimmers
When do Pirates Swim Team swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 13 Mar, with 350 races; all told, 3,035 races and about 319 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 | 19 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 194 |
| 8 | 93 |
| 9 | 102 |
| 10 | 77 |
| 11 | 350 |
| 12 | 70 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 7 |
| 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 39 |
| 17 | 240 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 75 |
| 20 | 25 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 87 |
| 25 | 104 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 3 |
| 29 | 32 |
| 30 | 124 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 328 |
| 34 | 262 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 255 |
| 37 | 91 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 87 |
| 40 | 13 |
| 41 | 176 |
| 42 | 97 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 54 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 3,035 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Pirates Swim Team swimmer swims the second half of a race 10% slower than the first, about the same as the 9% 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 | |
|---|---|
| Pirates Swim Team | 10% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9% |
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 = 54 swimmers