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2023 Auckland Christmas Cracker

2–3 Dec 2023 · SC

Key figures (4)
350
swimmers* from 18 clubs swam 1,366 races
76 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
62 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 60 in 100
10–13
years old: 62 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 76 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 here76
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2023 · n = 350 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, 62 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 60 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 meet62
Swimmers of the same age who race as often60

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · n = 350 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 3 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 86 such races in 13 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 Breaststroke, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
200 Breaststroke, SC9 races · 9 swimmers
200 Backstroke, SC8 races · 8 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, SC8 races · 8 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 · n = 103 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 1 swimmer of the 350 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: 176 races by 176 swimmers; 14 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC176 races · 176 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC155 races · 155 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC126 races · 126 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC118 races · 118 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC118 races · 118 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

62 in 100 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 218 of the 350 are 10 to 13 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under22
934
1046
1175
1256
1341
1426
1517
1619
178
18 and over6

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2 to 3 Dec 2023 · n = 350 swimmers