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Perpetual Guardian Kiwi Challenge 2025

26 Oct 2025 · LC

Key figures (4)
119
swimmers* from 17 clubs swam 542 races
64 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
75 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 57 in 100
11–14
years old: nearly 2 in 3 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 64 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 here64
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 118 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, 75 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 57 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 meet75
Swimmers of the same age who race as often57

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 26 Oct 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 119 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

1 in 8 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 17 such races in 11 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 Breaststroke, LC3 races · 3 swimmers
100 Freestyle, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
200 Individual Medley, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC2 races · 2 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC2 races · 2 swimmers

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 26 Oct 2025 · n = 48 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 4 swimmers of the 119 this was the first meet in the records.

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: 79 races by 79 swimmers; 21 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Freestyle, LC79 races · 79 swimmers
50 Freestyle, LC79 races · 79 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, LC57 races · 57 swimmers
50 Backstroke, LC55 races · 55 swimmers
50 Butterfly, LC47 races · 47 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 11 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 76 of the 119 are 11 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under7
93
107
1119
1223
1319
1415
159
165
173
18 and over9

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 26 Oct 2025 · n = 119 swimmers