Pukekohe Swimming Club
Waikato · North Island
A typical Pukekohe 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 Pukekohe?
124 swimmers raced for Pukekohe in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 78 swimmers in both years, 47 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +32 points; swimmer by swimmer −4 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 | 5 | 43 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 47 | −9 |
| 12 | 10 | 28 | −28 |
| 13 | 10 | 18 | −40 |
| 14 | 9 | 42 | +2 |
| 15 | 14 | 42 | +13 |
| 16 | 5 | 23 | −26 |
| 17 | 5 | 15 | +10 |
| 18+ | 10 | -5 | +2 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 78 swimmers
Who stays with Pukekohe?
74 in 100 Pukekohe swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Pukekohe again this year, more than the 63 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Pukekohe in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Pukekohe | 74 |
| Raced for another club | 2 |
| No race this year | 25 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 106 swimmers of 2025 · shares are rounded, so they add to 101
Where do Pukekohe swimmers come from, and go?
103 swimmers joined Pukekohe from another club and 41 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Fulton Amateur Team (49), the most went to Club 37 (13).
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. The chart names the 8 clubs with the most moves both ways; “other clubs” holds the rest, and “Show more” names those with 3 moves or more.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Fulton Amateur Team | 49 | – |
| Papakura | 13 | 3 |
| Club 37 | – | 13 |
| Howick Pakuranga | 8 | 4 |
| Manurewa | 5 | – |
| United | – | 5 |
| Magic NZ | 4 | – |
| Mt Eden | 3 | – |
| Coast | – | 3 |
| Other clubs | 21 | 13 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 144 moves
Who is still racing for Pukekohe years later?
Of Pukekohe swimmers of a year, 68 in 100 raced for Pukekohe again the next year and 47 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 63 in 100 and 40 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Pukekohe 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukekohe | 68 | 47 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 63 | 40 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 963 swimmer-years one year on
How has Pukekohe changed over the years?
124 swimmers raced for Pukekohe in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 49% more than in the same months of 2016 and 61% more than in 2017, the fewest; 17% more than in 2025; the most were in 2021 (124); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Pukekohe from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 83 |
| 2017 | 77 |
| 2018 | 82 |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2020 | 98 |
| 2021 | 124 |
| 2022 | 113 |
| 2023 | 114 |
| 2024 | 85 |
| 2025 | 106 |
| 2026 | 124 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Pukekohe, and who left?
124 swimmers raced for Pukekohe in 2026, against 106 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 78 stayed, 28 left (26 stopped racing, 2 raced for other clubs); 46 joined: 18 new to racing, 26 from other clubs, 2 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Pukekohe 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 Pukekohe swimmer is faster than 58 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 42 in 100 of them are slower 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 Pukekohe swimmer | 58 |
| 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 = 123 swimmers with points
How does Pukekohe compare with other clubs?
It is 25th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 9th of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (3rd of 11 in Waikato).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Pukekohe | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers58 of 100 | 25th of 106 | 9th of 18 |
| Swimmers124 | 13th of 106 | 13th of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age+10 in 100 | 23rd of 104 | 5th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers47 in 100 | 53rd of 100 | 13th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time19 | 10th of 105 | 9th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Pukekohe swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 60 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (49); by distance, they stand highest at 50 m (61) and lowest at 400 m and longer (42).
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 | 58 | 117 |
| Backstroke | 60 | 94 |
| Breaststroke | 49 | 89 |
| Butterfly | 58 | 85 |
| Medley | 52 | 92 |
| 50 m | 61 | 120 |
| 100–200 m | 51 | 116 |
| 400 m and longer | 42 | 52 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 123 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
37 in 100 Pukekohe 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 32 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 | |
|---|---|
| Pukekohe | 37 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 32 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 51 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Pukekohe race?
Pukekohe swimmers raced at 47 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Pukekohe swimmers race at school meets?
35 swimmers from Pukekohe swam 217 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?
Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 11 to 15 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 3 in 5.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 82 of the 124 are 11 to 15 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 3 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 12 |
| 11 | 14 |
| 12 | 22 |
| 13 | 16 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 |
| 16 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 |
| 18 and over | 10 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 124 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 26 times, at 7 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 20 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 45 |
| 11 to 20 | 15 |
| 21 to 30 | 11 |
| 31 to 40 | 21 |
| 41 to 50 | 10 |
| 51 or more | 22 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 124 swimmers
When do Pukekohe swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 9 May, with 260 races; all told, 3,406 races and about 414 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 | 15 |
| 4 | 51 |
| 5 | 57 |
| 6 | 259 |
| 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 176 |
| 9 | 171 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 113 |
| 12 | 65 |
| 13 | 251 |
| 14 | 11 |
| 15 | 58 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 |
| 18 | 76 |
| 19 | 271 |
| 20 | 69 |
| 21 | 166 |
| 22 | 77 |
| 23 | 1 |
| 24 | 37 |
| 25 | 161 |
| 26 | 77 |
| 27 | 231 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 94 |
| 30 | 13 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 100 |
| 33 | 15 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 153 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 167 |
| 39 | 62 |
| 40 | 11 |
| 41 | 143 |
| 42 | 28 |
| 43 | 35 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 152 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 3,406 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Pukekohe swimmer swims the second half of a race 9.9% slower than the first; swimmer by swimmer, they slow down typically 0.6% more than 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 | |
|---|---|
| Pukekohe | 9.9% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 8.1% |
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 = 79 swimmers