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27 Jan 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
20
swimmers* from 1 club swam 67 races
67 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2024
37 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 65 in 100
9–12
years old: 9 in 10 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 Manawatū–Whanganui; the most swimmers came from Ice Breaker Aquatics (20 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 67 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2024.

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 2024, 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 here67
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 20 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, 37 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 65 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 meet37
Swimmers of the same age who race as often65

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Jan 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 20 swimmers

04First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 2 swimmers of the 20 this was the first meet in the records.

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

05Editions

Which other editions are there?

1 other edition of this meet is in the records, the latest in 2025.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Backstroke, SC was swum most: 9 races by 9 swimmers; 15 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Backstroke, SC9 races · 9 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC8 races · 8 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC8 races · 8 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC7 races · 7 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC6 races · 6 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

9 in 10 swimmers are 9 to 12 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 18 of the 20 are 9 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under1
95
104
115
124
130
140
151

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Jan 2024 · n = 20 swimmers