* 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?
73 clubs from every region of New Zealand; the most swimmers came from Wharenui (41 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 82 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 | 82 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2026 · n = 607 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, 46 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 39 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 | 46 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 39 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Sep to 1 Oct 2026 against 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 607 swimmers
How many swam national qualifying times?
92 in 100 swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam a race here faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age: 1,941 such races in 17 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, 27 Sep to 1 Oct 2026 · n = 407 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Who raced for the first time?
For 2 swimmers of the 607 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, 2025 New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships (21–25 Sep 2025), had 644 swimmers from 71 clubs; this one 607 from 73; personal bests in an event swum before: 50 in 100 races then, 46 in 100 now.
Meets of the same name in other years, with a club in common.
Which events were swum most?
100 Freestyle, SC was swum most: 347 races by 247 swimmers; 18 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
Nearly 2 in 3 swimmers are 14 to 17 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 394 of the 607 are 14 to 17 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 13 | 77 |
| 14 | 118 |
| 15 | 95 |
| 16 | 117 |
| 17 | 64 |
| 18 and over | 136 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 27 Sep to 1 Oct 2026 · n = 607 swimmers