* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 78 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 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 78 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 129 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender
How many personal bests?
Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 65 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 66 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.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| This meet | 65 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 66 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 16 May 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 129 swimmers
Who raced for the first time?
For 5 swimmers of the 129 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 1 of 11.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
| Age | First meet | Swimmers |
|---|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | 0 | 18 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 129 swimmers
How does it compare with last year’s edition?
Last year’s edition, NSS Club Night March 2023 (16 Mar 2023), had 109 swimmers from 1 club; this one 129 from 1; personal bests in an event swum before: 70 in 100 races then, 65 in 100 now.
Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.
Which events were swum most?
50 Breaststroke, SC was swum most: 63 races by 63 swimmers; 12 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
3 in 4 swimmers are 9 to 11 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 98 of the 129 are 9 to 11 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 11 |
| 9 | 32 |
| 10 | 26 |
| 11 | 40 |
| 12 | 18 |
| 13 | 2 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 16 May 2024 · n = 129 swimmers