I'm slow, but at almost 69 I'm OK with that since being here at all is something of a triumph. What I'd like to know is what percentile I might fall into for my age group and then eventually figure out what I need to do to improve. I see here all sorts of top 10s, motivational times, and personal bests, but I have not seen a percentile spread by age. I don't come close to the "motivational" times. I'm a fitness swimmer with no past performances to compare. I have never done a pool race and only 1 OWS where I intentionally held back from the start to complete it comfortably. I intend on doing the USMS 1 hr swim on my 69th B-day in January.
I have a Swimovate Poolmate watch so I can track data. At a casual pace it tells me I have an effiency between 50-60. The help info. says that's "average", but avg for whom? Would that be everyone, all ages? I don't care a whit what a 28 yr old can do. I'll do 500y at 12+, 1000y in 25+, a 1650 in 42+, and the 1 mile OWS was about 48. My all-out 50y is 55 sec. and a 100y in 2:03. So where might that fit in with my peers?
You can view the USMS Event Rankings for your age group to see all of the times swum for a given course and event in a given year.
You'd want to look at a complete year, so for the SCY course you'd view the 2016 rankings:
1) go to usms.org
2) mouse over the red "Events & Results" tab
3) select "Event Results"
4) in the left-hand column, click on "Event Ranking"
5) in the Short Course Yards form, search on:
--- Season: 2015-2016
--- Gender: Men
--- Stroke: Free
--- Distance: 500
--- Ages: 65 through 69
--- Display top: 500
The above search returns a list of 131 names.
The fastest time was 5:29.10 and the slowest time was 21:51.97.
You can view the USMS Event Rankings for your age group to see all of the times swum for a given course and event in a given year.
You'd want to look at a complete year, so for the SCY course you'd view the 2016 rankings:
1) go to usms.org
2) mouse over the red "Events & Results" tab
3) select "Event Results"
4) in the left-hand column, click on "Event Ranking"
5) in the Short Course Yards form, search on:
--- Season: 2015-2016
--- Gender: Men
--- Stroke: Free
--- Distance: 500
--- Ages: 65 through 69
--- Display top: 500
The above search returns a list of 131 names.
The fastest time was 5:29.10 and the slowest time was 21:51.97.
