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SBOP Showdown 2023

15–17 Sep 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
253
swimmers* from 21 clubs swam 1,855 races
66 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
43 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 54 in 100
12–15
years old: 63 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 66 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 here66
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 253 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, 43 in 100 were personal bests, less 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 meet43
Swimmers of the same age who race as often54

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 to 17 Sep 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 253 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

3 in 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 160 such races in 17 events.

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

100 Freestyle, SC23 races · 13 swimmers
200 Freestyle, SC18 races · 13 swimmers
200 Backstroke, SC18 races · 10 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC18 races · 10 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC13 races · 7 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 to 17 Sep 2023 · n = 139 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 3 swimmers of the 253 this was the first meet in the records.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 231 races by 177 swimmers; 18 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC231 races · 177 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC204 races · 160 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC203 races · 151 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC165 races · 121 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC159 races · 111 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

63 in 100 swimmers are 12 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 160 of the 253 are 12 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under2
93
1027
1121
1241
1342
1449
1528
1620
1711
18 and over9

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 to 17 Sep 2023 · n = 253 swimmers