By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
2026 World Aquatics World Cup #2 – Tashkent
October 8-10, 2026 Tashkent, Uzbekistan SCM (25 meters) Meet Central Psych Sheets ResultsMarrit Steenbergen and Egor Kornev have been on fire all year, and that remained true during last week’s opening stop of the 2026 World Cup in Baku, as both grabbed early leads in the race for the overall series title.
The series continues this week from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with the competition beginning on Thursday and running through Saturday.
Below, find a breakdown of the women’s and men’s series standings through the first stop.
WOMEN’S STANDINGS
Steenbergen won four gold medals, topping the field in the women’s 100 free (50.78), 50 back (25.75), 100 back (55.17) and 100 IM (56.82), while adding a runner-up finish in the 200 IM (2:05.09).
The Dutch star, who won the world title this past summer in the 100 free, leads the women’s series standings after the first stop with 58.2 points, followed by Belgian Roos Vanotterdijk (54.2) and China’s Yu Yiting (53.7).
Vanotterdijk won the 50 fly (24.96) and 100 fly (55.29), and also placed 2nd in the 100 IM (56.84) and 3rd in the 50 back (26.60).
Yu set a pair of new Asian Records, doing so en route to winning the 200 IM (2:02.80) and placing 3rd in the 100 IM (56.99), while she also picked up a dominant win in the 400 IM (4:24.09).
2026 Women’s World Cup Series Standings – Thru Stop 1
Marrit Steenbergen (NED), 58.2 Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL), 54.2 Yu Yiting (CHN), 53.7 Anna Peplowski (USA), 52.6 Mona McSharry (IRL), 50.4 Taylor Ruck (CAN), 48.2 Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS), 48.1 Chang Mohan (CHN), 47.9 Freya Colbert (GBR), 45.8 Abbie Wood (GBR), 45.0MEN’S STANDINGS
Kornev had the performance of the meet in the men’s 100 free, blasting his way to a time of 44.84 to tie Kyle Chalmers‘ world record from 2021 while taking down Amaury Leveaux‘s longstanding European Record (44.94) and Vladimir Morozov‘s eight-year-old Russian Record (44.95).
Kornev also set a new World Cup Record en route to winning the 50 back, clocking 22.23 to move into #3 all-time in the event, and he added a third win in the 50 fly (21.64) while placing 2nd behind Cameron McEvoy (20.22) in the 50 free (20.26).
Kornev’s three victories helped give him the men’s series lead with 59.3 points, having hit the maximum 20 points with his world record swim in the 100 free (more on the scoring system at the bottom of the article).
American Luke Barr had an incredible showing of his own in Baku, winning the men’s 200 breast (2:01.73), 100 IM (51.57) and 200 IM (1:51.34) to grab 2nd in the series standings with 57.4 points.
South African Pieter Coetze roared to victory in the men’s 100 back (49.11) and 200 back (1:49.64), setting a new African Record in the former, and he also tied for silver in the 50 back in an African Record of 22.51 to land him 3rd in the series standings with 55.6 points.
2026 Men’s World Cup Series Standings – Thru Stop 1
Egor Kornev (RUS), 59.3 Luke Barr (USA), 57.4 Pieter Coetze (RSA), 55.6 Carson Foster (USA), 53.8 Chen Juner (CHN), 52.9 Lucas Henveaux (BEL), 51.1 Shaine Casas (USA), 50.7 Kirill Prigoda (RUS), 49.7 Caspar Corbeau (NED), 48.5 Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 47.6SCORING REFRESHER
A swimmer’s score at each leg of the series is based on their best three swims from the meet, combining both placement and World Aquatics points.
A swimmer scores the following number of points based on where they finish in each event:
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1A swimmer also scores the following number of points based on how many AQUA points they score in that event:
Score Range Points 990–999 9.9 980–989 9.8 970–979 9.7 960–969 9.6 950–959 9.5 940–949 9.4 930–939 9.3 920–929 9.2 910–919 9.1 900–909 9 890–899 8.9For Kornev’s world record in the 100 free, he scored 10 points for winning, and another 10 points given his time of 44.84 scored exactly 1000 AQUA points.
As another example, Anna Peplowski was the runner-up in the women’s 400 free, clocking 4:00.47 for 877 AQUA points. Therefore, she scores 16.7 points in that event (8 for placing 2nd, 8.7 for AQUA points).
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