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2025 Selwyn Candy Cane Carnival

9 Nov 2025 · SC

Key figures (4)
39
swimmers* from 1 club swam 84 races
44 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
55 in 100
races in an event swum before were personal bests; for swimmers of the same age who race as often: 63 in 100
10–13
years old: nearly 2 in 3 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 Selwyn (39 swimmers).

02The field

How strong was the field?

A typical swimmer here is faster than 44 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 here44
A typical New Zealand swimmer50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2025 · n = 39 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, 55 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 63 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 meet55
Swimmers of the same age who race as often63

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 9 Nov 2025 against 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2025 · n = 39 swimmers

04Qualifying times

How many swam national qualifying times?

None of the 18 swimmers aged 13 to 14 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age.

Swimmers aged 13 to 14 at this meet, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool.

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 9 Nov 2025 · n = 18 swimmers aged 13 to 14

05First meet

Who raced for the first time?

For 1 swimmer of the 39 this was the first meet in the records.

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

06Events

Which events were swum most?

100 Individual Medley, SC was swum most: 28 races by 28 swimmers; 5 events in all.

Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.

100 Individual Medley, SC28 races · 28 swimmers
50 Breaststroke, SC24 races · 24 swimmers
100 Freestyle, SC21 races · 21 swimmers
50 Backstroke, SC8 races · 8 swimmers
50 Freestyle, SC3 races · 3 swimmers
07Ages

How old are the swimmers?

Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 10 to 13 years old.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 25 of the 39 are 10 to 13 years old.

Swimmers by age
AgeSwimmers
8 and under2
93
105
117
124
139
149

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 9 Nov 2025 · n = 39 swimmers