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Kiwi Centenary Challenge 2022

20 Nov 2022 · LC

Key figures (4)
138
swimmers* from 17 clubs swam 634 races
63 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2022
66 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 54 in 100
11–15
years old: 57 in 100 of the swimmers

* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.

01Clubs
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 63 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2022.

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). Each swimmer is set by their best race of 2022, not of this meet alone: the figure says how strong the swimmers who came are.

Faster than … of every 100 peers
Faster than … of 100
A typical swimmer here63
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2022 · n = 134 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender

03Personal bests

How many personal bests?

Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 66 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 54 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age who race as often.

Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.

Personal bests per 100 races in an event swum before
Per 100 races
This meet66
Swimmers of the same age who race as often54

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Nov 2022 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2022 · n = 138 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

22 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 36 such races in 16 events.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

200 Freestyle, LC6 races · 6 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
800 Freestyle, LC3 races · 3 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Nov 2022 · n = 51 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 17 swimmers of the 138 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 9: 6 of 13.

Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
8 and under26
9613
10313
11218
12015
13116
14017
15012
1606
18 and over319

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 138 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 89 races by 89 swimmers; 21 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC89 races · 89 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC70 races · 70 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC70 races · 70 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC65 races · 65 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC56 races · 56 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

57 in 100 swimmers are 11 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 78 of the 138 are 11 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under6
913
1013
1118
1215
1316
1417
1512
166
173
18 and over19

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Nov 2022 · n = 138 swimmers