Saskia Merrick
FINA points compare performances across courses.
Progression
Faster times sit lower — the line drops as the swimmer improves. Dashed lines mark the qualifying time for each tier at the current age.
Stroke Strengths
Best result in each stroke vs the qualifying ladder for this age
Rings: Metro · State · Aus Age. A dash means the stroke hasn't been raced.
Athlete Profile
What the race results show — measured, not inferred
Strongest event
50m Freestyle
Top 9% for age · 578 FINA points
Strongest in Freestyle
Per year
+11.3%
PBs / 12mo
16
Last PB
2mo ago
Saskia's strongest event is the 50m Freestyle (a State Age qualifier). Racing a balanced spread of distances, strongest in freestyle. Improving — about 11.3% faster across events over the past year, with 16 personal bests in the last 12 months.
Racecraft
Front-enderAcross 12 raced splits, Saskia’s back half runs +5.6% vs the front (dive-adjusted) — spends early and pays late — back-end endurance is the cheapest time on offer. ≈0.9s a race is sitting in the back half — available from pacing alone.
Legs after butterfly are push starts — around a second of any gap is the start, not the stroke.
Qualifications
Personal Bests & Progress
“To next milestone” is how much time must come off the PB to clear the next tier. “12-mo gain” compares the last year’s best with the best before it.