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2025 Race Night July 18

18 Jul 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
44
swimmers* from 1 club swam 131 races
37 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
21 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 45 in 100
11–16
years old: 55 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 Canterbury & West Coast; the most swimmers came from North Canterbury Inc (44 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 37 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 here37
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 44 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, 21 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 45 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 meet21
Swimmers of the same age who race as often45

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 Jul 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 44 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 13 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, 18 Jul 2025 · n = 13 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 25 swimmers of the 44 this was the first meet in the records; most often among those aged 10: 5 of 6.

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

Swimmers at their first meet, by age
AgeFirst meetSwimmers
1056
1157
1335
18 and over26

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2016 to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 44 swimmers

06Events

Which events were swum most?

50 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 44 races by 44 swimmers; 5 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

50 Freestyle, SC44 races · 44 swimmers
25 Breaststroke, SC40 races · 40 swimmers
200 Backstroke, SC24 races · 24 swimmers
50 Butterfly, SC13 races · 13 swimmers
100 Butterfly, SC10 races · 10 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

55 in 100 swimmers are 11 to 16 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 24 of the 44 are 11 to 16 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
94
106
117
124
135
143
154
161
174
18 and over6

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 18 Jul 2025 · n = 44 swimmers