* 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?
15 clubs from the regions Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato; the most swimmers came from St Peter's (17 swimmers).
How strong was the field?
A typical swimmer here is faster than 78 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 | 78 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 2026 · n = 88 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, 87 in 100 were personal bests, more than the 65 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 | 87 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 65 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 7 Nov 2026 against 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 88 swimmers
Who raced for the first time?
For 3 swimmers of the 88 this was the first meet in the records.
Swimmers with no club race before this meet in the records, which start in 2016.
Which events were swum most?
50 Freestyle, LC was swum most: 71 races by 71 swimmers; 9 events in all.
Events by races swum, SC and LC counted apart.
How old are the swimmers?
Nearly 4 in 5 swimmers are 10 or 11 years old.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race of the meet; 68 of the 88 are 10 or 11 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 3 |
| 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 29 |
| 11 | 39 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 7 Nov 2026 · n = 88 swimmers