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Comet Swimming Club Champs 2023

11 Nov 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
44
swimmers* from 1 club swam 212 races
40 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: 61 in 100
8–13
years old: 84 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

Which clubs raced?

1 club from Hawke's Bay & Poverty Bay; the most swimmers came from Comet (44 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 40 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 here40
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 40 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, about the same as the 61 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 often61

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Nov 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 44 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

4 of 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 8 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.

100 Backstroke, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
200 Backstroke, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
50 Backstroke, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Nov 2023 · n = 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 15 swimmers of the 44 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 8 of 13.

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 under813
1017
1139

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 44 swimmers

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

3 other editions of this meet are in the records, the latest in 2025.

Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 36 races by 36 swimmers; 18 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC36 races · 36 swimmers
25 Freestyle, SC25 races · 25 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC24 races · 24 swimmers
25 Backstroke, SC23 races · 23 swimmers
25 Breaststroke, SC18 races · 18 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

84 in 100 swimmers are 13 or younger.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 37 of the 44 are 13 or younger.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under13
92
107
119
122
134
142
152
162
171

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 11 Nov 2023 · n = 44 swimmers