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St Paul's Christmas Cracker

14 Dec 2024 · SC

Key figures (4)
87
swimmers* from 8 clubs swam 329 races
53 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
38 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 61 in 100
10–13
years old: 62 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 53 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 here53
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2024 · n = 87 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, 38 in 100 were personal bests, less than 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 meet38
Swimmers of the same age who race as often61

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 14 Dec 2024 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2024 · n = 87 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 21 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

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

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 14 Dec 2024 · n = 21 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 9 swimmers of the 87 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 10: 3 of 12.

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 under211
905
10312
11121
12313
1308
1407
1505

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 87 swimmers

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

2 other editions of this meet are in the records, the latest in 2025.

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

07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 62 races by 62 swimmers; 12 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC62 races · 62 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC47 races · 47 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC46 races · 46 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC33 races · 33 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC32 races · 32 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

62 in 100 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 54 of the 87 are 10 to 13 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under11
95
1012
1121
1213
138
147
155
161
171
18 and over3

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 14 Dec 2024 · n = 87 swimmers