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Swimming BOP Long Course Showdown

18–19 Jan 2025 · LC

Key figures (4)
163
swimmers* from 14 clubs swam 694 races
68 of 100
swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical swimmer here, by their best race of 2025
61 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 53 in 100
11–15
years old: nearly 3 in 4 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 68 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2025.

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 2025, 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 here68
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 163 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, 61 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 53 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 meet61
Swimmers of the same age who race as often53

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Jan 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 163 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 3 in 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 47 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 Butterfly, LC12 races · 12 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC5 races · 5 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC5 races · 5 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC4 races · 4 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Jan 2025 · n = 83 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 3 swimmers of the 163 this was the first meet in the records.

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

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: 110 races by 110 swimmers; 15 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, LC110 races · 110 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC82 races · 82 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC79 races · 79 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC74 races · 74 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC67 races · 67 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 3 in 4 swimmers are 11 to 15 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 120 of the 163 are 11 to 15 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under3
96
1014
1121
1223
1321
1427
1528
167
178
18 and over5

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 to 19 Jan 2025 · n = 163 swimmers