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2023 South Island Short Course Championships

30 Jun – 2 Jul 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
228
swimmers* from 23 clubs swam 2,187 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 2023
30 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 45 in 100
14–16
years old: 56 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 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 here63
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 228 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, 30 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 45 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 meet30
Swimmers of the same age who race as often45

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Jun to 2 Jul 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 228 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

42 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 401 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, SC43 races · 23 swimmers
200 Backstroke, SC35 races · 20 swimmers
200 Freestyle, SC34 races · 20 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC34 races · 19 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC32 races · 16 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Jun to 2 Jul 2023 · n = 160 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

Nobody here was racing for the first time: every swimmer had raced before, as far as the records go (2016).

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: 251 races by 186 swimmers; 18 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC251 races · 186 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC249 races · 170 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC191 races · 134 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC189 races · 132 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC160 races · 90 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

56 in 100 swimmers are 14 to 16 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 128 of the 228 are 14 to 16 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
1216
1332
1451
1548
1629
1723
18 and over29

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Jun to 2 Jul 2023 · n = 228 swimmers