Splits reads a race in four tabs: Splits, vs PB, Pace, and Find time. Pick the event and the race, then walk the tabs.
What Splits shows you
A final time says what happened. The splits say how. Splits takes the official splits from a race, no manual entry, and turns them into four views, each answering a different question about the same swim.
Splits shows how the race was swum. vs PB shows what changed from the best. Pace tracks endurance over years. Find time works out where the next seconds are most likely to come from.
Step by step
Open Splits
Select Times in the bottom bar on your phone, or in the side menu on a computer, then Splits.
Pick the event and the race
Set the course, stroke, and distance in the quick filters, then choose the race in Select a race. It starts on the personal best. Only races where the meet recorded splits appear.
Read the Splits tab
Each bar is a split, measured against the race’s own average. Green is faster than average, red is slower. The label calls the pattern: Positive split (faster first half), Negative split (faster second half), or Even pace. Turn on Overlay last races to see if the pattern is a habit.
Compare with the PR
The vs PB tab lines this race’s splits against the personal best, split by split, and shows exactly where time was gained or lost.
Check the Pace tab
The Pace tab shows how much the last split slowed compared to the first, and charts it race by race over time. Lower is better, and a negative number means the swimmer sped up.
Find where to gain time
Pick a target time. The Find time compares each split against swimmers of a similar age and time range and shows the Weakest split. Drag the bars in the simulator to test where the seconds should come from.
Where to find it
Free, with a free account
Free. You need a free Gophin account, because it works with the swimmers you follow.
Tips
- No splits in the list? Some meets do not record them. Try another race or distance.
- Read the pattern label first. Positive, negative, or even is the headline of the race.
- Compare with teammates. Use Compare with to add up to 3 other swimmers to the same views.
- Trust the trend over one swim. One red bar is a race; a repeated red bar is a habit.
- The weakest split is often a surprise. A fading finish can actually be a slow start, the benchmark tells you which.
Common questions
What can I see in Splits?
Four tabs on the same race: Splits, vs PB, Pace, and Find time. They work for every distance with splits, from the 50 up to the 1500 (1650 in yards), and you can add up to 3 other swimmers to compare.
Where do the splits come from? Do I enter them?
No manual entry. Splits pulls the official splits recorded for the race and turns them into the four views automatically. If a meet did not record splits, that race simply will not appear.
What is the difference between a positive and a negative split?
A positive split means the first half was faster than the second. A negative split means the swimmer finished faster than they started. The Splits tab labels the pattern for you so you can read the race at a glance.