St Paul's Swimming Club
Waikato · North Island
A typical St Paul's 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 St Paul's?
137 swimmers raced for St Paul's in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 81 swimmers in both years, 44 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +34 points; swimmer by swimmer −6 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 | 26 | −14 |
| 11 | 7 | 55 | +1 |
| 12 | 12 | 52 | −2 |
| 13 | 15 | 41 | −24 |
| 14 | 7 | 29 | +1 |
| 16 | 11 | 33 | +2 |
| 17 | 8 | -10 | −27 |
| 18+ | 6 | -4 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 81 swimmers
Who stays with St Paul's?
63 in 100 St Paul's swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for St Paul's again this year, about the same as the 64 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for St Paul's in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for St Paul's | 63 |
| Raced for another club | 3 |
| No race this year | 34 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 134 swimmers of 2025
Where do St Paul's swimmers come from, and go?
60 swimmers joined St Paul's from another club and 11 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Hamilton Aquatics (26), the most went to Hamilton Aquatics (4).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Aquatics | 26 | 4 |
| St Peter's | 6 | 4 |
| Thames | 6 | – |
| Hillcrest | 3 | – |
| Other clubs | 19 | 3 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 71 moves
Who is still racing for St Paul's years later?
Of St Paul's swimmers of a year, 68 in 100 raced for St Paul's again the next year and 51 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 64 in 100 and 43 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for St Paul's 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's | 68 | 51 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 64 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 954 swimmer-years one year on
How has St Paul's changed over the years?
137 swimmers raced for St Paul's in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 149% more than in the same months of 2016; 2% more than in 2025; the most were in 2023 (141); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for St Paul's from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 63 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 96 |
| 2020 | 79 |
| 2021 | 97 |
| 2022 | 97 |
| 2023 | 141 |
| 2024 | 127 |
| 2025 | 134 |
| 2026 | 137 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined St Paul's, and who left?
137 swimmers raced for St Paul's in 2026, against 134 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 84 stayed, 50 left (46 stopped racing, 4 raced for other clubs); 53 joined: 45 new to racing, 8 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for St Paul's 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 St Paul's swimmer is faster than 40 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 2 in 5 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 St Paul's 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 = 125 swimmers with points
How does St Paul's 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 (9th of 11 in Waikato).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| St Paul's | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers40 of 100 | 64th of 106 | 14th of 18 |
| Swimmers137 | 10th of 106 | 10th of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age−1 in 100 | 63rd of 104 | 15th of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers44 in 100 | 58th of 100 | 14th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time10 | 24th of 105 | 15th of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, St Paul's swimmers rank highest in medley (faster than 45 of every 100) and lowest in butterfly (32); by distance, they stand highest at 100–200 m (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 | 43 | 122 |
| Backstroke | 42 | 96 |
| Breaststroke | 44 | 98 |
| Butterfly | 32 | 81 |
| Medley | 45 | 64 |
| 50 m | 42 | 122 |
| 100–200 m | 50 | 91 |
| 400 m and longer | 32 | 41 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 125 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
23 in 100 St Paul's 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 31 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 | |
|---|---|
| St Paul's | 23 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 31 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 43 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did St Paul's race?
St Paul's swimmers raced at 32 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did St Paul's swimmers race at school meets?
27 swimmers from St Paul's swam 184 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 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; 79 of the 137 are 10 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 16 |
| 9 | 13 |
| 10 | 14 |
| 11 | 18 |
| 12 | 18 |
| 13 | 21 |
| 14 | 8 |
| 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 |
| 17 | 8 |
| 18 and over | 7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 137 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 12 times, at 3 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 | 62 |
| 11 to 20 | 28 |
| 21 to 30 | 19 |
| 31 to 40 | 7 |
| 41 to 50 | 10 |
| 51 or more | 11 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 137 swimmers
When do St Paul's swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 8 Mar, with 415 races; all told, 2,619 races and about 310 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 | 128 |
| 5 | 21 |
| 6 | 383 |
| 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 108 |
| 9 | 166 |
| 10 | 415 |
| 11 | 99 |
| 12 | 28 |
| 13 | 127 |
| 14 | 17 |
| 15 | 69 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 11 |
| 18 | 205 |
| 19 | 17 |
| 20 | 94 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 11 |
| 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 83 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 176 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 94 |
| 33 | 53 |
| 34 | 5 |
| 35 | 47 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 79 |
| 40 | 13 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 167 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 2,619 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical St Paul's swimmer swims the second half of a race 9.4% slower than the first, about the same as the 8.9% 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 | |
|---|---|
| St Paul's | 9.4% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 8.9% |
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 = 63 swimmers