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PCA Club Champs 2025

30 Mar 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
97
swimmers* from 1 club swam 456 races
69 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
55 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 61 in 100
9–12
years old: 3 in 5 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

Which clubs raced?

1 club from Wellington; the most swimmers came from Porirua City Aquatics (97 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 69 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 here69
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 95 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, 55 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 meet55
Swimmers of the same age who race as often61

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Mar 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 97 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 6 such races in 5 events.

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

100 Freestyle, SC2 races · 2 swimmers
100 Butterfly, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
200 Freestyle, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
200 Individual Medley, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
50 Butterfly, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Mar 2025 · n = 20 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 13 swimmers of the 97 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 5 of 15.

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 under515
9214
10217
11316
12112
1306
1407
1505

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 97 swimmers

06Editions

How does it compare with last year’s edition?

Last year’s edition, PCA Club Champs 2024 (17 Mar 2024), had 80 swimmers from 1 club; this one 97 from 1; personal bests in an event swum before: 59 in 100 races then, 55 in 100 now.

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

07Events

Which events were swum most?

100 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 57 races by 57 swimmers; 15 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Freestyle, SC57 races · 57 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC55 races · 55 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC46 races · 46 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC44 races · 44 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC43 races · 43 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 5 swimmers are 9 to 12 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 59 of the 97 are 9 to 12 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under15
914
1017
1116
1212
136
147
155
162
171
18 and over2

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 30 Mar 2025 · n = 97 swimmers