Results to 10 Nov 2026

Southland

South Island · 7 clubs raced in 2026 so far

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Key figures (4)2026 so far

110

swimmers* raced for 7 clubs at 25 meets

38 in 100

swimmers gained more points since the same months of 2025 than is typical for their age, gender and level, clearly fewer than half

67 in 100

Southland swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced again this year; swimmers of the same age: 70 in 100

42 of 100

swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand are slower than a typical Southland swimmer

* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.

01Clubs2026 so far

Which clubs swim in Southland?

7 clubs had swimmers in 2026 so far; the biggest was Johnston Waters with 41 swimmers.

The five bars beside a club are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and medley: the taller the bar, the faster its typical swimmer beside swimmers of the same age and gender; half height is typical.

Johnston Waters Swimming Club41 swimmers Waverley Swimming Club27 swimmers Murihiku Swimming Club26 swimmers Central Southland Swimming Club9 swimmers Hokonui Aquatics9 swimmers

02Year on year2026 so far

Do they get faster?

Of 84 swimmers in both years, 38 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, clearly fewer than half; a typical gain of +36 points; swimmer by swimmer, typically 9 points fewer than them.

Each swimmer’s gain in best points* since the same months of 2025, at each age with 5 or more of them, set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - level meaning the same quarter of best points for their age and gender then.

Columns: the typical gain in points at each age. Over them: points beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - more, fewer, grey where not clear.

Typical gain in best points since the same months of 2025, by age
Age	Swimmers	Typical gain, points	Beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, points
9	6	40	+2
10	6	14	−25
11	13	55	−4
12	13	39	−10
13	9	51	−3
14	11	55	+10
15	9	14	−17
16	8	-1	−12
17	5	-20	−29

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 84 swimmers

03Returning2026 so far

Who keeps racing?

67 in 100 Southland swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced again this year, about the same as the 70 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.

Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced in the same months of 2026.

Southland swimmers of 2025, per 100
Swimmers of 2025	Per 100
Raced again	67
No race this year	33

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 132 swimmers of 2025

04Still racing2016 to 2026

Which Southland swimmers are still racing years later?

Of Southland swimmers of a year, 71 in 100 raced again the next year and 52 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 70 in 100 and 52 in 100.

Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race one, two, three… years on, in the same months. Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same start year, age and gender.

Years on, per 100 swimmers of the start year.

Share still racing, per 100
	one year on	two years on	three years on	four years on	five years on	six years on	seven years on	eight years on	nine years on	ten years on
Southland	71	52	39	28	19	12	8	5	3	1
Same age and gender across New Zealand	70	52	38	28	20	13	9	5	3	3

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 1,417 swimmer-years one year on

05Over the years2016 to 2026

How has Southland changed over the years?

110 swimmers raced for a club in Southland in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 19% fewer than in the same months of 2016; 17% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2024 (180); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.

Swimmers with at least one race for a club in Southland from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.

Swimmers raced for a club in Southland by year
Year	Swimmers
2016	136
2017	127
2018	141
2019	161
2020	141
2021	122
2022	129
2023	148
2024	180
2025	132
2026	110

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026

06Peers2026 so far

How fast are they for their age?

A typical Southland swimmer is faster than 42 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: nearly 2 in 5 of them are faster than New Zealand’s typical swimmer of their age.

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).

Faster than … of every 100 peers
	Faster than … of 100
A typical Southland swimmer	42
A typical New Zealand swimmer	50

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender · n = 109 swimmers with points

07Strengths2026 so far

Where are they strongest?

Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Southland swimmers rank highest in backstroke (faster than 46 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (38); by distance, they stand highest at 400 m and longer (52) and lowest at 100–200 m (37).

Each stroke and distance sets a swimmer’s best race in it against the best of New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender who raced it; 50 is the typical swimmer. Faded bars are not clearly different from 50, or have too few swimmers to tell.

By stroke

By distance

Faster than … of every 100 peers, by stroke and distance
	Faster than … of 100	Swimmers
Freestyle	44	107
Backstroke	46	96
Breaststroke	38	70
Butterfly	38	62
Medley	44	56
50 m	39	109
100–200 m	37	92
400 m and longer	52	31

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 109 swimmers with points

08Qualifying times2026 so far

How many swim national qualifying times?

28 in 100 Southland swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, about the same as the 35 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age and gender.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16, per 100, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender.

Swimmers aged 13 to 16 with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool, per 100, NZ Age Group times
	Per 100
Southland	28
Swimmers of the same age and gender	35

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 39 swimmers aged 13 to 16

09Ages2026 so far

How old are the swimmers?

56 in 100 swimmers are 10 to 14 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 2 in 3.

Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 62 of the 110 are 10 to 14 years old.

Swimmers by age
Age	Swimmers
8 and under	12
9	12
10	8
11	17
12	15
13	11
14	11
15	9
16	8
17	5
18 and over	2

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 110 swimmers

10Races2026 so far

How often do they race?

A typical swimmer raced 20 times, at 6 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 18 times.

Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.

Swimmers by the number of races
Races	Swimmers
1 to 10	39
11 to 20	18
21 to 30	13
31 to 40	13
41 to 50	5
51 or more	22

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 110 swimmers

11The year2026 so far

When do Southland swimmers race?

The busiest day in 2026 so far was 16 Aug, with 234 races; all told, 2,951 races and about 333 km of racing.

Each cell is a week of 2026, from the first of January; the darker, the more races. Empty cells are weeks without a race; the outline fades for weeks still to come.

Races each week of 2026
Week	Races
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	14
5	0
6	219
7	114
8	179
9	212
10	0
11	110
12	105
13	82
14	7
15	35
16	82
17	0
18	11
19	0
20	229
21	0
22	117
23	0
24	0
25	199
26	0
27	0
28	1
29	227
30	52
31	0
32	55
33	234
34	0
35	224
36	0
37	65
38	0
39	52
40	11
41	0
42	176
43	21
44	0
45	118

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 2,951 races

12Pacing2026 so far

How much slower is the second half?

A typical Southland swimmer swims the second half of a race 7.8% slower than the first; swimmer by swimmer, they slow down typically 0.9% less than swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events.

Each swimmer’s typical race of 100 m or more in one stroke, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender in the same event and pool. The first half holds the start, so even an evenly swum race has a slower second half.

The second half against the first, % slower
	% slower
Southland	7.8%
Swimmers of the same age and gender	9.3%

Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · with the halfway split recorded in a race of 100 m or more · n = 76 swimmers

Week	Races
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	14
5	0
6	219
7	114
8	179
9	212
10	0
11	110
12	105
13	82
14	7
15	35
16	82
17	0
18	11
19	0
20	229
21	0
22	117
23	0
24	0
25	199
26	0
27	0
28	1
29	227
30	52
31	0
32	55
33	234
34	0
35	224
36	0
37	65
38	0
39	52
40	11
41	0
42	176
43	21
44	0
45	118

Week	Races
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	14
5	0
6	219
7	114
8	179
9	212
10	0
11	110
12	105
13	82
14	7
15	35
16	82
17	0
18	11
19	0
20	229
21	0
22	117
23	0
24	0
25	199
26	0
27	0
28	1
29	227
30	52
31	0
32	55
33	234
34	0
35	224
36	0
37	65
38	0
39	52
40	11
41	0
42	176
43	21
44	0
45	118

Week	Races
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	14
5	0
6	219
7	114
8	179
9	212
10	0
11	110
12	105
13	82
14	7
15	35
16	82
17	0
18	11
19	0
20	229
21	0
22	117
23	0
24	0
25	199
26	0
27	0
28	1
29	227
30	52
31	0
32	55
33	234
34	0
35	224
36	0
37	65
38	0
39	52
40	11
41	0
42	176
43	21
44	0
45	118