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Pirates skull and dagger National Qualifier

7 Sep 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
173
swimmers* from 11 clubs swam 524 races
60 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
59 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 60 in 100
10–14
years old: nearly 7 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
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 60 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 here60
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 172 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, 59 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 meet59
Swimmers of the same age who race as often60

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 7 Sep 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 173 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 1 in 5 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 21 such races in 10 events.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

200 Individual Medley, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
200 Freestyle, SC2 races · 2 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 7 Sep 2024 · n = 67 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 8 swimmers of the 173 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 12: 3 of 25.

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 under05
9115
10224
11126
12325
13021
14123
15016
1607
1705
18 and over06

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 173 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 109 races by 109 swimmers; 11 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC109 races · 109 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC82 races · 82 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC62 races · 62 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC60 races · 60 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC55 races · 55 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 7 in 10 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 119 of the 173 are 10 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under5
915
1024
1126
1225
1321
1423
1516
167
175
18 and over6

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 7 Sep 2024 · n = 173 swimmers