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May the Fourth

4 May 2025 · LC

Key figures (4)
211
swimmers* from 17 clubs swam 489 races
74 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
59 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 50 in 100
13–17
years old: nearly 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 74 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 here74
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 211 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, more than the 50 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 often50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 211 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

Nearly 1 in 4 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 33 such races in 7 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, LC11 races · 11 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC7 races · 7 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
400 Freestyle, LC4 races · 4 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC4 races · 4 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 · n = 101 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

Nobody here was racing for the first time: every swimmer had raced before, as far as the records go (2016).

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

100 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 138 races by 138 swimmers; 7 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Freestyle, LC138 races · 138 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC72 races · 72 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC68 races · 68 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, LC56 races · 56 swimmers
400 Freestyle, LC56 races · 56 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers are 13 to 17 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 125 of the 211 are 13 to 17 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
1251
1340
1428
1519
1614
1724
18 and over35

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 4 May 2025 · n = 211 swimmers