Guides & data
Guides & data for swim families
Free to read, no account needed. Built from more than 360,000 Australian race results.
The median 12-year-old girl swims 50 free in 31.13
Average swim times by age
Type a time, or find your swimmer, and see where it sits against the field — median and top 10%, every event, ages 9–16.
See the field →“Every state and national QT in one place”
Qualifying Times Calculator
Look up qualifying times, filter by event and age group, and enter a PB to see how close your swimmer is.
Read more →“Standards, windows, and courses — decoded”
How qualifying times work
A parent’s guide to state and national QTs, and how to judge which events are realistic targets.
Read more →“The median 10-year-old drops 7% a year”
How much do swimmers improve?
Year-on-year improvement rates by age, stroke, and gender — and why the teenage plateau is normal.
Read more →“Zone, regional, state — how selection works”
The NSW school swimming pathway
Why school age groups run on birth year, and how a swimmer gets from the school carnival to nationals.
Read more →“Why 25m times are faster”
Short course vs long course
What the extra turns are worth, and why comparing an SC time to an LC time misreads progress.
Read more →“Marshalling, heats, DQs — explained”
Your child’s first swim meet
Entries, programs, what to pack, timekeeping duty, and how results get published.
Read more →See how your swimmer is really going.
Personal-best history, improvement trends, where they sit in the field, and how close they are to qualifying.
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