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2024 Wellington Junior Sprint Challenge

27 Jul 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
120
swimmers* from 11 clubs swam 438 races
74 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
66 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 67 in 100
10–11
years old: 53 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 74 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 here74
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 120 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, 66 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 67 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 meet66
Swimmers of the same age who race as often67

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Jul 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 120 swimmers

04First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 10 swimmers of the 120 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 11: 4 of 35.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
9328
10129
11435
12227

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 120 swimmers

05Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 111 races by 111 swimmers; 5 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC111 races · 111 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC95 races · 95 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC83 races · 83 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC82 races · 82 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC67 races · 67 swimmers
06Ages

How old are the swimmers?

53 in 100 swimmers are 10 or 11 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 64 of the 120 are 10 or 11 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under1
928
1029
1135
1227

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Jul 2024 · n = 120 swimmers