Perhaps Mack Horton summed it up best after winning a bizarre 200m freestyle final at the national swim titles in Brisbane on Monday night.
"What's going on?" the gobsmacked Rio Olympic 400m freestyle champion laughed.
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Confusion reigned over who would represent Australia in the 200m freestyle at July's world titles in Budapest after no one posted an individual qualifying mark in the final - including hot favourite Cameron McEvoy.
The three-time defending champion could only manage fifth behind shock lane eight winner, 400m Rio champion Horton.
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Olympic 100m gold medallist Kyle Chalmers was a surprise second in lane seven.
The result sheet looked like it was upside down with 200m specialists, Rio teammates Dan Smith and David McKeon, finishing second last and dead last respectively.
A top-two finish under the qualifying time would have earned an individual 200m berth with the top six considered for the 4x200m relay squad.
But Australia coach Jacco Verhaeren may use discretionary powers to slot the usually super-fast McEvoy into the 200m freestyle event in Hungary with the sprint king already earning world titles selection by winning the 50m final on Sunday night.
In the meantime, Horton was among those scratching their head over what the 200m final results actually meant.
Horton said he wasn't keen to contest the 200m at Hungary, preferring to focus instead on the 400m and 1,500m freestyle.
"I don't think so (contest 200m). I would like to do it one day," Horton said.
"I was hoping to get onto the podium and secure a relay spot - I'll talk to Jacco."
In keeping with the odd 200m final, distance king Horton outgunned Chalmers in a final lap sprint finish to win a maiden 200m title from lane eight as McEvoy faded.
McEvoy finished more than two seconds outside his 200m personal best time.
"I don't know what is going on to be honest - it's a bit of a surprise," Horton said.
"I haven't done any 200m work. I literally just rocked up and had a crack."
Chalmers also entered the 200m event "for fun", hoping to simply make the final.
He is expected to dominate Wednesday night's 100m final.
Other Monday night winners were four-time Olympic medallist Emma McKeon (100m butterfly), dual world champion Emily Seebohm (100m backstroke), Taylor McKeown (100m breaststroke), Blair Evans (400m IM), Matthew Wilson (200m breaststroke) and Brayden McCarthy (50m butterfly).
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