Swim Waipa
Waikato · North Island
A typical Swim Waipa 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 Swim Waipa?
22 swimmers raced for Swim Waipa in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
12 of 14 swimmers who also raced in the same months of 2025 scored higher this year, with a typical change of +44 points, about the same as the +45 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers who scored higher than in the same months of 2025, per 100; only those who raced in both years.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Swim Waipa | 86 |
| Swimmers of the same age across New Zealand | 94 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 14 swimmers
Who stays with Swim Waipa?
41 in 100 Swim Waipa swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Swim Waipa again this year, less than the 67 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Swim Waipa in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Swim Waipa | 41 |
| Raced for another club | 12 |
| No race this year | 47 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 34 swimmers of 2025
Where do Swim Waipa swimmers come from, and go?
4 swimmers joined Swim Waipa from another club and 12 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from St Peter's (4), the most went to St Peter's (7).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| St Peter's | 4 | 7 |
| Other clubs | 0 | 5 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 16 moves
Who is still racing for Swim Waipa years later?
Of Swim Waipa swimmers of a year, 44 in 100 raced for Swim Waipa again the next year and 15 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 64 in 100 and 40 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Swim Waipa 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim Waipa | 44 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 64 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 214 swimmer-years one year on
How has Swim Waipa changed over the years?
22 swimmers raced for Swim Waipa in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 58% fewer than in the same months of 2016; none in 2020 and 2021; 35% fewer than in 2025; across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Swim Waipa from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 52 |
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 27 |
| 2024 | 18 |
| 2025 | 34 |
| 2026 | 22 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Swim Waipa, and who left?
22 swimmers raced for Swim Waipa in 2026, against 34 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 14 stayed, 20 left (16 stopped racing, 4 raced for other clubs); 8 joined: 7 new to racing, 1 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Swim Waipa 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 Swim Waipa swimmer is faster than 61 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 35 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 Swim Waipa swimmer | 61 |
| 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 = 22 swimmers with points
How does Swim Waipa compare with other clubs?
It is 17th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 1st of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (2nd of 11 in Waikato).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Swim Waipa | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers61 of 100 | 17th of 106 | 1st of 29 |
| Swimmers22 | 80th of 106 | 3rd of 29 |
| Kept, beyond their age−25 in 100 | 99th of 104 | 23rd of 27 |
| Gained more than their peers43 in 100 | 60th of 100 | 8th of 23 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time0 | 86th of 105 | 13th of 29 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Swim Waipa swimmers rank highest in freestyle (faster than 61 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (46); by distance, they stand highest at 50 m (63).
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 | 61 | 22 |
| Backstroke | 52 | 21 |
| Breaststroke | 46 | 22 |
| Butterfly | 55 | 9 |
| Medley | 47 | 11 |
| 50 m | 63 | 22 |
| 100–200 m | 47 | 19 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 22 swimmers with points
Where did Swim Waipa race?
Swim Waipa swimmers raced at 14 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Swim Waipa swimmers race at school meets?
4 swimmers from Swim Waipa swam 19 races at 1 school meet 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 or 11 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 3 in 10.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 13 of the 22 are 10 or 11 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 22 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 16 times, at 3 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 12 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 10 |
| 11 to 20 | 3 |
| 21 to 30 | 6 |
| 31 to 40 | 2 |
| 41 to 50 | 0 |
| 51 or more | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 22 swimmers
When do Swim Waipa swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 7 Nov, with 54 races; all told, 361 races and about 27.7 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 | 34 |
| 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 19 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 44 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 42 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 29 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 30 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 48 |
| 33 | 3 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 54 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 361 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Swim Waipa swimmer swims the second half of a race 11% slower than the first; swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events across New Zealand: 10%.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Swim Waipa | 11% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 10% |
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 = 8 swimmers