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The gaps between 5 and 6, 6 and 7 are surprisingly large. Definitely something to strive for though if you want to go all in

There should be a tier between 5 and 6 for swimmers that are mid-major D1 and upper tier D2/3. A sub minute 100m free isn’t impressive for competitive swimmers but a sub 50 100m is Olympic trials, which is difficult for even top level collegiate swimmers.

I started swimming at the age of fifteen, very late compared to most swimmers, still progressing. Let's see how far i'll come :)

I placed 6th at state in my 100 breast, my time was a low 1:04.. my medley relay also placed 6th.. I also placed 9th in the 50 free at state with a 23.80.. I can swim under 55 seconds on my 100 free and I swim a 5:36 on my 500 free.. I feel very complete and proud of all the work I put in, I don’t think I will swim in college competitions but I want to swim in some club teams or even play water polo……. I live in idaho and we have a very small amount of pool time because we share one pool with many different teams.. I get a max of 5 practices per week with about 1 hour and 45 minutes of pool time a day…. But then I share a lane with 10 other people short course…. I am very proud of how far I came given the circumstances of life ❤

I'm at level 5 and it took only one year of being under zero (deep water phobic) to turn into a competitor. This video was incredible and so inspiring. Consistency and discipline are the key. No need for motivation after becoming a level 5

you cant see someone’s levelfrom their 100m pb because if it was for a freestyler then it works but for a breaststroker for example they can have a top 1% pb in breast but cant go under a minute in the 100 free

As a triathlete i have a weird mix of different levels lol. I cant swim butterfly (bc ive never bothered to learn), but could crank out a sub 1:30min 100m freestyle with good form

Requiring people to be able to do the butterfly before they can get out of level 2 is pretty insane given how useless it is as a stroke for anyone not interested in racing butterfly, which even most competitive swimmers don't do. Front crawl is fast and pretty efficient, breast stroke is very efficient when not done for speed but not fast, side stroke is the safest option for open water and used by militaries everywhere but not even mentioned because it's not a competition stroke, so all these strokes have an obvious place in a practical swimming arsenal. Butterfly does not. Also this ignores the a massive difference in capability between sprinters and endurance athletes - I can cruise for kilometers at sub 10 minute 500 m pace (And that's in a 50 m pool, with all the extra pushes off the wall on shorter pools I can knock a few seconds more per 100 off and use less energy overall), and it's boredom that usually ends the swim rather than fatigue. I can even do this pace for as a warm down after 2 hours or more of other high intensity exercise because that pace is all day zone 2 work as far as my heartrate is concerned. At my very best when I was swimming nearly daily for a couple of months, I've only ever gone under 1:30 for 100 m a handful of times, so for someone with my physiology, putting those two things into the same category makes no sense.

Well, I not swin butterfly but I do 2~2,5km in 40min 3 times in the week. For now I'm very happy with that, and my focus is my techinique / strenght. Also I'm started last on july 22, and have 37 years :). Your videos are very inspiring.

I started swimming this year amd easily meet all requirments for level 4 other than holding my breath

Thank you, Fares! This leveling does not take into account one's AGE, which impacts aerobic lung capacity and other aspects and thus our times. Still it is useful to me. :)

Breaking 1:00 on 100m (not yards) freestyle is extremely hard and you are pretty much an elite level anywhere in the worlds. Low 50s means you are most likely a D1 swimmer or former and anyone there has a good shot at the Olympic trial pretty much. Level 6 and 7 are pretty much unattainable, unless you are a professional or d1 swimmer. No time for 12 sessions workout per week, they’ve got a real job and family to take care of.

I’m digging the subtle brag showing your age group results from the 100 breast.

I'm a tier 7 competitor :) I'm a para swimmer and I'm this year I made my first International rankings in the 100m Free, 200m Free & 200m Back ❤

Very happy! I’m in 5% or less. I swim with Master group and most of my peers are in that upper group.I am disabled and I will never get to those times posted, but I have the endurance etc. I always swim on an outside lane. I love drills as there are many, especially arms only, when I can keep up or pass. Other speed work I am way behind…..So what percentile would I be for my particular population?

I joined my highschool swim team as a freshman for the 23-24 season and according to this I’ve gone from survival to being in the top 5% of swimmers with in the span of a little over three months with eight practices a week for most of that my first 50 free time was basically 50 seconds and now I’m going for sub 30 and I wasn’t even really an active person before this really shows with enough hard work and discipline your effort will pull through and I can’t wait for my next season

From the get go level 1 to 2 is waaayy of a Stretch. I AM beyond survival but can't swim 4 styles. Specially butterfly which os Impossible.

Hey Fares ! In France, it's same. No swimming-pool enough and no coaches too. It's difficult to go to swim because of opening and closing hours... But, we have big champions Leon, Maxime, Marie and Melanie 😄

Been swimming for a year now and can say proudly im at the 1% club (except that I do 100m in 1:01), this channel helped me improve a lot! Thanks !

I'm a level 5. But I've had to cut my training to 3 days a week. I tore my rotator cuff, had surgery, and am recovering.

Love how informative this was and nice to see that I’m making progress with my swimming

lol I thought I'd be level 3, but no way I'm swimming 500m under 15 min haha

There's many many variation and combination between those rankings. I'm open water swimmer, but i have long periods with less training than i would need/want, as ot is now, in the winter. I cannot swim very often and long distances in 3°c -7°c lakes, because i'm 51yo. My spint top speed was 10.2kmh (25m) but my regular speed for relaxing (18-23°c) is 3-4kmh in front crawl (freestyle). I cannot sustain a speed of 7-8kmh for 500m as you said is needed for level 5, but i was swimming in lakes for 5hours (without any support as water etc.. alone 100%) and i swim easyly in heavy seastorm - i do that from 15years ago, black sea and mediteranean sea (but that not in winter time)

So close to breaking that minute mark. At 1:04 currently. Need for Speed workouts make it tough with it being at the end of the workout haha. Wonder if I could do it with fresh arms and a block start?

love the video, so motivative, self-motivative training, no coach; swim at least 3-4 times a week; trying to boost up to session from 2000m a day to 3-4000 a day; and I'm happy in level 5, but I really want to swim faster and faster 🤣🤣

This is focused on pool speed and workouts. What about open water marathon swimming? I'm pretty slow in the pool, but I have swim open water for over 10 miles.

Great video! Thanks 🙏

I am happy to be in Capable Level >.

I'm just under level 5 as my 100 free pb is 1:06 and my 400 it's 6:08

💓Always 'Intermediate' mindset makes me train harder. Dreaming back to infant level!

Why did I watch til the end? I'm in the group "can't swim". Know how to breaststorke and can float on my back for a couple of seconds. Swam alot during school, then I never tried again until a month ago (almost 10 years since I swam last time). Intresting how the reflexes how to do the breaststorke where still there. My problem is being afraid of deep water due to an accident where I was about to drown and not knowing how to tread water. Going to try learn it "again" after the new year by an instructor.

When I was 16 years old. Now I think I am at least at level 3. Maybe level 4 or 5 to be generous.

im either level 4/5, since i have been swimming for around 8 years now but i dont know how to level up to level six since there is such a big gap.

Thanks for your sharing

comfortably level 3😊😂

I finally learned all four competitive strokes but I have feats at level 6 for speed and stamina.

Another great video Fares. Always get inspiration from your material.

This is fun because I can do all of the stuff in the 5% category except the fact that I cannot swim butterfly so I am stuck in level two :(. in high school I had a freestyle PB of 6:05 in 500 and 1:00.5 in the 100. I am in almost the same shape now as then too.

hearing that level 3 only requires basic skills is quite surprised, but after seeing the statistics, I was even more shocked. I mean I can't believe I'm in the 10% just by practicing at school for a week

I just came to watch this video to boost my swimmers ego. 😂😂

🔽 Level 4 gang. (I qualify for level 4 but no so much the 60s holding breath)

Even with my chronic injuries and most of my body being in pain, I am still lv 5. It's quite often that I am the best swimmer at the pool and people look at me funny when I get out and suddenly I can barely move my body and need a cane to walk.

So are the times you are talking about are in long course or short course?

Thanks Farea👍

5% gang represent

I’m currently a freshman going 1:01 in my 100 butterfly and if not for my garbage turns and less so my breathing I would be going sub 1 and my coaches want me at a 58 by the end of the season and the school record is a 53. It’s been standing for 40 years and I missed the middle school one because I missed a turn. I’m proud to be where I am at but The state qualifying time is a 48 something so there is like no chance I make it to the national level.

I don’t get why you have to be able to swim butterfly before going up to competent. What if you’re much faster at eg freestyle but can’t swim butterfly?

Glad to know I’m 1% by just swimming in all 4 years of high school lol. Makes me feel more proud of myself as I’m surrounded by monsters who are way too fast for me

Turns out i am better than i thought, i thought i would be in capable, but i am between level 4 and 5, i have been doing this for three years now, much less than most people in my age but, i will continue. so watch out, in a few years ill take the world record in 50 fly😤

Im like a level 5! I cant wait to go up in the higher ranks!

I never really trained for swimming (except for swimming lessons) and I can perform all things up to level 3, except for 25m of butterfly of the level 2. I'm now actually looking into how to proceed further, maybe with training schemes, or do you have any advice on this?

There is an official ranking system for almost any kind of sport in a countries of post Soviet Union. For swimming, basically it is the table, where you can find distance, time and your "rank". This table is always updating according to the results of current World Championships and Olympic Games. There are 9 ranks. For example, in Russian swimming ranking system, the lowest rank "third youth rank" for 800m freestyle men in 25m pool is 18:30. The highest rank is "international master of sports" for the same distance and pool the time is 7:46. Same for 100m freestyle in 50m pool it is 2:05 to 0:48:35 from lowest to highest rank. So, this ranking system covers pretty wide range of swimmers. (P.S. The times I wrote may be a bit wrong, since I took them not from official sources). If you once swim any distance during big competitions (I think they usually accord to standards of FINA), you may be recognised to a certain rank. For example, I can swim 800m freestyle in 50m pool within around 10:40, and can be claimed as "second rank". To become second rank, you need to swim this distance at 11:18. To become 1st rank 9:41. In general, the second rank is 5th of 9 ranks from best to worst. As addition, actually there is one more hidden rank, which you won't find in that table: "Honored Master of Sports". You can be recognised as that, if you bring a medal to your country from Big International Championships and your merit is really valuable. Also, probably it may work for a world record, however I dont know exactly. Sometimes it happens, guys jump from "master of sport" to "honored master of sport", skipping "international master of sport" if they bring the medal (relay race is counted as well).

I'm in the level 4 Advanced 😊😛 I really want to be in level 5 og 6, but I'm 33 years old masters swimmer, so that probably won't happen. I swim 4 times a week and compete internationally as masters swimmer 😊 I am the fastest swimmer in a public pool with very few exceptions. But in my club I'm one of the slower ones 😅

I swim five times a week, do at least 1.5 k each practice, strength training 2 days a week, and an almost 1 m run twice a week

I can swim 100m frestyle in 1:24 at 10years old i din't know that im that good but im from Croatia im swim fan for year and a half and enjoy this video. Happy swimming

Without watching the video yet and it being my first time watching your channel I guessed I would be around a 2 or 3. I was right. I know im at least a 2, and don't get to swim often enough to know if im a 3. Really wish pools were more available where I am.

this video is so helpful to set goals for myself!

I am from Egypt and let want to know it's better to change my teckneck to s arm or still at high elbow in free lam swimmer short distance

I've been swimming for 9+ years and I'm still at level 4 😭😭😭

Level 4

I am right inbetween 4 and 5

I’m just shy of level 5, but I’m over 40 and train twice a week in the pool, no dry land - need to up that so I can crack into top 1%

I am competent, 10 percent😊

Level 2

I’m at level 4 and I’ve only been swimming for like 11 months 😮

Woohoo! Level 4!

Level 3.5

wow this is suprising

I can swim a 51 100 free SCY. I’m guessing that’s about 58-1:00 LCY. Anyway, I got moved down from Senior group to “Development group” today at practice.

Used to be 4, now I'm confortably sit at 3 since I barely swim anymore, but I'm pretty fit so I can still do all the basics. Levels 6-7 are just too high 💀

there is one complaint with this video. there is in fact, a 500m race. (at least in my district) 5:48

I'd say I'm in the 1%. Also can you give some tips to improve my kicking cause that's one of the things Iack in

As a 14 year old level 5.5, i feel very good about myself

I never tried butterfly, but I can keep 1:50/100 freestyle pace for 25m according to my watch... but I can't hold it, my average while swimming normally is more like 2:20 - 2:40 depending on how tired am I and how is my day

Currently at level 6 hopefully one day I'll get to level 7

When i was in highschool i was level 4. Now in my 30s after not training for 15 yrs im probably around level 3.

Level 1 ✌️

Level one gang 👇

Top 1%👌🏻

Very nice information but could it be translated to yards

Can you do one for the UK

Yo top 1% right here

Hey, last Tuesday, I was barely surviving the 8x75 on that specific interval.

Well, can do everything of level 3 instead of freestyle (never learned it but made 19 meters today) and butterfly (never even tried) so. I should learn them to be an average 3.

I’m on the border of the top 5%. Only I can’t do butterfly. I’m working on it.

i'm level 2 i guess, still learning butterfly with fins 😅

As someone who currently swims USMS, I'd argue no active USMS swimmers are level 6. At the 2023 Summer Nats, there were 0 men sub 50 in the 100m free. And honestly, that makes sense, sub 50 in the 100m free is blisteringly fast, and getting up to that speed after your college years are over is just so hard. There's going to be very very few USMS swimmers with trials cuts. In short, the skill gap between level 5 and 7 is almost larger than the gap between 1 and 5- and the gap between 1 and 5 is enormous.

Fares Sir I have a question from you How can I stand on water without treading of hand and leg? Please tell me how I want to know it exactly how you can stand on water without moving hand or legs

I’m ten and I’m level 4

The real test of a great athlete... sub 1 minute in the 100m free, sub 50 in the 400m run. I can't name anyone who can do that.

Dane... I'm in the middle of nowhere between level 5-6. 55.62 100m freestyler at 16 atm...

Level 5 here

I am between tier 4 and 5 for my times but I cannot hold my breath for 1 minute

I am solidly a competent swimmer by this scale. Granted I am currently fairly out of shape.

I’m probably 6 to 7

Of course BUTTERFLY messed this up

I am between 5 and 6

Hey I am under the fourteen age group and am level six but can’t hold my breathe to save my life😅 I am on a team where we do 2 1/2 hours every day and will start morning practice for 2 additional hours to. I am a female and have a 54.30 in my 100 free and I can’t even make jr state so I am not sure it will be Olympic trial but I work very hard every day my 500 free is a 5:20 sooo I am a sprinter I have been doing swim for 7 years but joined a good team about 3 years ago. My best stroke is breaststroke and I have hurt shoulder I have a torn muscle and 2 impinged muscles in the other shoulder but I will not be taking any breaks anytime soon. I am hopping to make the Olympics it’s one of my dreams.

Before watching the video my thought was "I'm probably a 2 or a 3, I finished the 12 levels of Swimming in Canadian Swim lessons once upon a time". After watching the video, I think I'm a level 1. I can probably tread water for 10+ minutes, but there is no way I could do the Butterfly & have it "count" as legal. I assume there is a lot of people in my boat (noice, because boats go on water & you swim in water) who can't do the Butterfly, I think even some people capable of doing the level 3 standards time wise/endurance wise might not know how to do the Butterfly, that's not a "general public" skill as far as I'm aware. I just picked up a monthly pass at my local pool today & timed my 500m, it took me around 30 minutes, haha. It was anything but continuous though, I think I took a break every 25m, except the last 50m I did in one go. Each time I go I'll try to reduce the breaks taken until I can do 500m without a break again (like I had to do back in swim lessons years ago). Nice to be back doing activity, had an achilles injury (well still do) for a long time so running/sprinting which I used to do is less realistic for now. I did forget my towel, so I dried off using my pants & then wore my wet pants home like a casual, it's only upriver (you know like uphill, but in water) from here!