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Waitohu Meet 2023

28 Oct 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
132
swimmers* from 11 clubs swam 341 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
64 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 56 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 = 132 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, 64 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 56 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 meet64
Swimmers of the same age who race as often56

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 28 Oct 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 132 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 5 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 28 such races in 6 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 Freestyle, SC8 races · 8 swimmers
100 Butterfly, SC7 races · 7 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
200 Freestyle, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
400 Freestyle, SC3 races · 3 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 28 Oct 2023 · n = 71 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 2 swimmers of the 132 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: 92 races by 92 swimmers; 8 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC92 races · 92 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC61 races · 61 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC58 races · 58 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC52 races · 52 swimmers
100 Butterfly, SC25 races · 25 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; 83 of the 132 are 12 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under3
94
108
1114
1218
1327
1417
1521
166
178
18 and over6

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 28 Oct 2023 · n = 132 swimmers