* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Which clubs raced?
11 clubs from Canterbury & West Coast; the most swimmers came from Triton (40 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 58 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 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 58 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 221 swimmers with points, each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender
How many personal bests?
Of the races in an event the swimmer had swum before, 68 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 62 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.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| This meet | 68 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 62 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Jul 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 221 swimmers
How many swam national qualifying times?
3 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 3 such races in 3 events.
Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Jul 2025 · n = 69 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Who raced for the first time?
For 55 swimmers of the 221 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 4 of 8.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
| Age | First meet | Swimmers |
|---|---|---|
| 8 and under | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 16 | 36 |
| 11 | 10 | 43 |
| 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | 2 | 11 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 221 swimmers
How does it compare with last year’s edition?
Last year’s edition, Dragon Clash of Waves 2024 (18 Aug 2024), had 159 swimmers from 12 clubs; this one 221 from 11; personal bests in an event swum before: 71 in 100 races then, 68 in 100 now.
Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.
Which events were swum most?
50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 138 races by 138 swimmers; 10 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
Nearly 7 in 10 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 150 of the 221 are 10 to 13 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 8 |
| 9 | 22 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 11 | 43 |
| 12 | 40 |
| 13 | 31 |
| 14 | 26 |
| 15 | 11 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 |
| 18 and over | 2 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 20 Jul 2025 · n = 221 swimmers