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SOS Club Night July 2025

8 Jul 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
30
swimmers* from 1 club swam 115 races
14 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
49 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 59 in 100
9–14
years old: 63 in 100 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

Which clubs raced?

1 club from Otago; the most swimmers came from South Otago Sharks (30 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 14 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 here14
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 29 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, 49 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 59 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 meet49
Swimmers of the same age who race as often59

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 8 Jul 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 30 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

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, 8 Jul 2025 · n = 10 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 10 swimmers of the 30 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 8 and under: 2 of 5.

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 under25
1205

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 30 swimmers

06Editions

Which other editions are there?

1 other edition of this meet is in the records, the latest in 2022.

Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.

SOS Club Night Sept 202223 Sep 20225 swimmers · 1 club
07Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 17 races by 17 swimmers; 17 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC17 races · 17 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC16 races · 16 swimmers
25 Freestyle, SC15 races · 15 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
25 Backstroke, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
08Ages

How old are the swimmers?

63 in 100 swimmers are 9 to 14 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 19 of the 30 are 9 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under5
94
103
113
125
132
142
152
164

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 8 Jul 2025 · n = 30 swimmers