* 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?
17 clubs from the regions Canterbury & West Coast, Otago and Southland; the most swimmers came from Alexandra (28 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 52 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand, by their best race of 2026.
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 2026, not of this meet alone: the figure says how strong the swimmers who came are.
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical swimmer here | 52 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2026 · n = 156 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, 69 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 60 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 | 69 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 60 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 14 to 15 Feb 2026 against 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 156 swimmers
How many swam national qualifying times?
Nearly 1 in 6 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 22 such races in 15 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, 14 to 15 Feb 2026 · n = 61 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Who raced for the first time?
For 4 swimmers of the 156 this was the first meet in the records.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
How does it compare with last year’s edition?
Last year’s edition, Alexandra Challenge Cup 2025 (15–16 Feb 2025), had 172 swimmers from 14 clubs; this one 156 from 17; personal bests in an event swum before: 71 in 100 races then, 69 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: 104 races by 104 swimmers; 22 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
62 in 100 swimmers are 11 to 14 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 96 of the 156 are 11 to 14 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 9 |
| 9 | 10 |
| 10 | 17 |
| 11 | 29 |
| 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 24 |
| 14 | 18 |
| 15 | 12 |
| 16 | 7 |
| 17 | 4 |
| 18 and over | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 14 to 15 Feb 2026 · n = 156 swimmers