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Swim Timaru GrabaTime Invitational Meet

22 Nov 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
56
swimmers* from 4 clubs swam 186 races
45 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: 61 in 100
11–14
years old: nearly 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 45 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 here45
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 56 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 61 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 often61

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 22 Nov 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 56 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 25 swimmers aged 13 to 15 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

Swimmers aged 13 to 15 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 22 Nov 2024 · n = 25 swimmers aged 13 to 15

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 18 swimmers of the 56 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 11: 5 of 8.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
1025
1158
12310
13112
1427
1536

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 56 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 37 races by 36 swimmers; 15 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC37 races · 36 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC25 races · 25 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC20 races · 20 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC16 races · 16 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC13 races · 13 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 11 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 37 of the 56 are 11 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under3
94
105
118
1210
1312
147
156
160
170
18 and over1

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 22 Nov 2024 · n = 56 swimmers