USMS Results Data Analysis

Hello all! I wanted to give another update on Openlane since last month!

Over 250 USMS swimmers have analyzed their results, accounting for nearly 2% of unique USMS swimmers who've competed in meets this year. A huge thank you for your support!

Here are a few feature updates based on various conversations with swimmers and LMSCs, and Masters swimmers abroad as well:

Open to anyone, no matter if they have a USMS ID:

1. Percentile-based Motivational Times - times based on the event ranking of the season best for each USMS swimmer in each age group during the 2024-2025 season. Some of you very competitive ones wanted to achieve a time within the top 2-55% of real times at meets (you guys are fast!).

2. Swimming Time Converter - We've heard that the swimswam.com time converter linked to Club Assistant can be improved. This converter allows you to enter your USMS ID and get an SCY, SCM, LCM conversion for your personal best times, age-group personal bests, or based on the time that you last swum in that event. If you are not a USMS member, you can still enter multiple swim times at once and save them.

3. Compare with USMS Top 10 - See the trends of the USMS Top 10 or how a swim time stacks up against every year of USMS Top 10 ranges. This is for anyone who wants to strive for a Top 10 finish in USMS!

4. Legendary Sets - list of famous workouts and sets by famous Olympic coaches and athletes. I think we should collect famous workouts and sets by famous Masters coaches and athletes!

For those who are going to their Openlane swimmer profile by searching using their ID:

5. All Race Results tab - The All Race Results tab is their full USMS Individual Results page with helpful filters which allow you to organize meet results such as by meet, event, age group, course, etc.

Here's an example of mine:

6. The Swimmers to Follow section on the main page suggests other swimmers whom you should aspire to and swimmers who've accomplished similar times in your best event. It shows accomplished swimmers in 2–3 age groups ahead that you should aspire to become and swimmers who matched your speed in your best event this season in your gender and age group for the 2025–2026 SCY season.

Here's an example of mine:

For those who are not USMS swimmers, they can use the Find Swimmers like you page to input their age, gender, time in one event (and optionally, their goal), and see where they would rank amongst USMS swimmers and which USMS swimmers have the most similar times to them, swimmers that have already accomplished their goal, and who they should aspire to. 

Hello all! I wanted to give another update on Openlane since last month!

Over 250 USMS swimmers have analyzed their results, accounting for nearly 2% of unique USMS swimmers who've competed in meets this year. A huge thank you for your support!

Here are a few feature updates based on various conversations with swimmers and LMSCs, and Masters swimmers abroad as well:

Open to anyone, no matter if they have a USMS ID:

1. Percentile-based Motivational Times - times based on the event ranking of the season best for each USMS swimmer in each age group during the 2024-2025 season. Some of you very competitive ones wanted to achieve a time within the top 2-55% of real times at meets (you guys are fast!).

2. Swimming Time Converter - We've heard that the swimswam.com time converter linked to Club Assistant can be improved. This converter allows you to enter your USMS ID and get an SCY, SCM, LCM conversion for your personal best times, age-group personal bests, or based on the time that you last swum in that event. If you are not a USMS member, you can still enter multiple swim times at once and save them.

3. Compare with USMS Top 10 - See the trends of the USMS Top 10 or how a swim time stacks up against every year of USMS Top 10 ranges. This is for anyone who wants to strive for a Top 10 finish in USMS!

4. Legendary Sets - list of famous workouts and sets by famous Olympic coaches and athletes. I think we should collect famous workouts and sets by famous Masters coaches and athletes!

For those who are going to their Openlane swimmer profile by searching using their ID:

5. All Race Results tab - The All Race Results tab is their full USMS Individual Results page with helpful filters which allow you to organize meet results such as by meet, event, age group, course, etc.

Here's an example of mine:

6. The Swimmers to Follow section on the main page suggests other swimmers whom you should aspire to and swimmers who've accomplished similar times in your best event. It shows accomplished swimmers in 2–3 age groups ahead that you should aspire to become and swimmers who matched your speed in your best event this season in your gender and age group for the 2025–2026 SCY season.

Here's an example of mine:

For those who are not USMS swimmers, they can use the Find Swimmers like you page to input their age, gender, time in one event (and optionally, their goal), and see where they would rank amongst USMS swimmers and which USMS swimmers have the most similar times to them, swimmers that have already accomplished their goal, and who they should aspire to.