Waihi Swimming Club
Waikato · North Island
A typical Waihi 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 Waihi?
6 swimmers raced for Waihi in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
How often do they set personal bests?
Of their races in an event they had swum before, 76 in 100 were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often, 66 in 100.
Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| Waihi | 76 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 66 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 6 swimmers
Where do Waihi swimmers come from, and go?
5 swimmers joined Waihi from another club and 0 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Liz van Welie Aquatics (3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Liz van Welie Aquatics | 3 | – |
| Other clubs | 2 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 5 moves
Who is still racing for Waihi years later?
Of Waihi swimmers of a year, 55 in 100 raced for Waihi again the next year and 28 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 Waihi 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waihi | 55 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 65 | 44 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 42 swimmer-years one year on
How has Waihi changed over the years?
6 swimmers raced for Waihi in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 45% fewer than in the same months of 2016; none in 2022, 2023 and 2024; 200% more than in 2025; across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Waihi from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 6 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Waihi, and who left?
6 swimmers raced for Waihi in 2026, against 2 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 2 stayed, 0 left (0 stopped racing, 0 raced for other clubs); 4 joined: 3 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 1 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Waihi 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 Waihi swimmer is faster than 48 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand.
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 Waihi swimmer | 48 |
| 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 = 6 swimmers with points
How does Waihi compare with other clubs?
It is 46th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 11th of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (8th of 11 in Waikato).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Waihi | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers48 of 100 | 46th of 106 | 11th of 29 |
| Swimmers6 | 101st of 106 | 24th of 29 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time0 | 86th of 105 | 13th of 29 |
Where did Waihi race?
Waihi swimmers raced at 6 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Waihi swimmers race at school meets?
1 swimmer from Waihi swam 4 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?
They are 10 to 16 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 2 in 3 are 10 to 14.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 6 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 12 times, at 3 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 22 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 3 |
| 11 to 20 | 1 |
| 21 to 30 | 2 |
| 31 to 40 | 0 |
| 41 to 50 | 0 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 6 swimmers
When do Waihi swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 3 May, with 16 races; all told, 75 races and about 9.9 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 | 10 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 13 |
| 33 | 17 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 75 races