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2023 HPK Development Meet Feb 2023

18 Feb 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
107
swimmers* from 1 club swam 399 races
48 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2023
70 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 66 in 100
10–12
years old: 3 in 5 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

Which clubs raced?

1 club from Auckland; the most swimmers came from Howick Pakuranga (107 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 48 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2023.

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 2023, 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 here48
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 107 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, 70 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 66 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 meet70
Swimmers of the same age who race as often66

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 Feb 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 107 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 19 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

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

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 Feb 2023 · n = 19 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 21 swimmers of the 107 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 9: 9 of 19.

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 under15
9919
10833
11215
12016
13010
1405

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 107 swimmers

06Editions

How does it compare with last year’s edition?

Last year’s edition, 2022 HPK L3 Development Meet (3 Apr 2022), had 68 swimmers from 4 clubs; this one 107 from 1; personal bests in an event swum before: 84 in 100 races then, 70 in 100 now.

Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 70 races by 70 swimmers; 14 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC70 races · 70 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC64 races · 64 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC59 races · 59 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC43 races · 43 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC29 races · 29 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 5 swimmers are 10 to 12 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 64 of the 107 are 10 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under5
919
1033
1115
1216
1310
145
152
162

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 Feb 2023 · n = 107 swimmers