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Kiwi Challenge 2024

27 Oct 2024 · LC

Key figures (4)
133
swimmers* from 20 clubs swam 637 races
70 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
77 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 56 in 100
10–15
years old: 2 in 3 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 70 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 here70
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 130 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, 77 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 56 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 meet77
Swimmers of the same age who race as often56

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Oct 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 133 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

27 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 27 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.

50 Breaststroke, LC5 races · 5 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
800 Freestyle, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC2 races · 2 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Oct 2024 · n = 45 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 5 swimmers of the 133 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 18 and over: 2 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 under07
9115
10012
11220
12019
13013
14011
15014
1607
18 and over213

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 133 swimmers

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

1 other edition of this meet is in the records, the latest in 2026.

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

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 101 races by 101 swimmers; 21 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC101 races · 101 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC71 races · 71 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC68 races · 68 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC66 races · 66 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC54 races · 54 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

2 in 3 swimmers are 10 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 89 of the 133 are 10 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under7
915
1012
1120
1219
1313
1411
1514
167
172
18 and over13

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Oct 2024 · n = 133 swimmers