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St Paul's May the Fourth

4 May 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
156
swimmers* from 16 clubs swam 644 races
63 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
53 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 58 in 100
10–14
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
02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 63 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 here63
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 156 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, 53 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 58 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 meet53
Swimmers of the same age who race as often58

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 156 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 4 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 25 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 Backstroke, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
400 Freestyle, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
400 Individual Medley, SC4 races · 4 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
100 Backstroke, SC2 races · 2 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 · n = 52 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 8 swimmers of the 156 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 4 of 11.

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 under411
9114
10018
11022
12129
13214
14012
15013
16013
1706

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 156 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 93 races by 93 swimmers; 13 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC93 races · 93 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC72 races · 72 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC71 races · 71 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC68 races · 68 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC56 races · 56 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

3 in 5 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 95 of the 156 are 10 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under11
914
1018
1122
1229
1314
1412
1513
1613
176
18 and over4

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 · n = 156 swimmers