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2023 March Madness

18–19 Mar 2023 · LC

Key figures (4)
334
swimmers* from 36 clubs swam 1,368 races
79 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
46 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 48 in 100
14–16
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
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 79 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 here79
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 334 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, 46 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 48 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 meet46
Swimmers of the same age who race as often48

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Mar 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 334 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 444 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, LC47 races · 47 swimmers
200 Freestyle, LC41 races · 41 swimmers
100 Backstroke, LC36 races · 36 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC33 races · 33 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC32 races · 32 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Mar 2023 · n = 261 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 5 swimmers of the 334 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 14: 4 of 77.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
1205
13157
14477
15075
16052
17039
18 and over027

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 334 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

100 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 169 races by 169 swimmers; 17 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Freestyle, LC169 races · 169 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC145 races · 145 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC138 races · 138 swimmers
100 Backstroke, LC116 races · 116 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC103 races · 103 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 5 swimmers are 14 to 16 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 204 of the 334 are 14 to 16 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
112
125
1357
1477
1575
1652
1739
18 and over27

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Mar 2023 · n = 334 swimmers