How realistic is meters converted to yards in my situation?

Hi there, I am a 25-meter pool swimmer, and I just finished a 500-meter swim in 9:59.

That is equivalent to a 9:05 in a yard pool, according to a swim pace calculator.

To what extent are these accurate? In yards, would I have really swum a 9:05?

Regards!

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Fairly Precise Calculation: 1 meter = 1.0936 yards.

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It’s tough to say for sure because the best calculators use competition distances, and 500 meters isn’t one of them. But a 54-second improvement over 500 yards or meters sounds about right.