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Battle of the Bridges

15 Nov 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
48
swimmers* from 2 clubs swam 287 races
75 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
27 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 42 in 100
15–17
years old: nearly 3 in 5 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?

2 clubs from Waikato; the most swimmers came from Hamilton Aquatics (29 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 75 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 here75
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 48 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, 27 in 100 were personal bests, less than the 42 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 meet27
Swimmers of the same age who race as often42

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Nov 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 48 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

6 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 2 such races in 2 events.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

100 Backstroke, SC1 race · 1 swimmer
100 Freestyle, SC1 race · 1 swimmer

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Nov 2025 · n = 31 swimmers aged 13 to 16

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

Nobody here was racing for the first time: every swimmer had raced before, as far as the records go (2016).

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

100 Backstroke, SC was swum most: 48 races by 48 swimmers; 6 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Backstroke, SC48 races · 48 swimmers
100 Breaststroke, SC48 races · 48 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC48 races · 48 swimmers
100 Individual Medley, SC48 races · 48 swimmers
1000 Freestyle, SC48 races · 48 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 3 in 5 swimmers are 15 to 17 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 28 of the 48 are 15 to 17 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
136
145
1512
168
178
18 and over9

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 15 Nov 2025 · n = 48 swimmers