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Pirates Blood and Iron Tier 2

11 Mar 2023 · LC

Key figures (4)
174
swimmers* from 7 clubs swam 517 races
70 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
56 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 55 in 100
11–15
years old: nearly 2 in 3 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 70 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 here70
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 173 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, 56 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 55 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 meet56
Swimmers of the same age who race as often55

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Mar 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 174 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 1 in 4 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 30 such races in 11 events.

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

50 Butterfly, LC6 races · 6 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC5 races · 5 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC5 races · 5 swimmers
100 Butterfly, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC3 races · 3 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Mar 2023 · n = 79 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 7 swimmers of the 174 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 2 of 8.

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 under28
9112
10115
11017
12232
13025
14017
15123
16014
1708

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 174 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 107 races by 107 swimmers; 13 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC107 races · 107 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC70 races · 70 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC68 races · 68 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC64 races · 64 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC60 races · 60 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 11 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 114 of the 174 are 11 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under8
912
1015
1117
1232
1325
1417
1523
1614
178
18 and over3

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Mar 2023 · n = 174 swimmers