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1. What's the difference between a PB Qualification Check and an earned qualification badge?

They answer two different questions:

PB Qualification Check — available on the swimmer's Fastest/PB table:

What qualification cuts does this PB satisfy now, based on the swimmer's current age?

Earned Qualification Badge — shown on rankings, meet results, and other result tables:

What qualification cut did this swim earn when it happened?

The PB check uses the swimmer's current age. An earned badge uses the swimmer's age at the time of the swim.

2. Why can a swimmer's PB show a different qualification than the badge on the original swim?

Because a swimmer's age may have changed.

For example, a swimmer sets a PB at age 14 and later turns 15.

• The badge on the original swim shows what the swim qualified for at age 14.
• The PB Qualification Check shows what that PB qualifies for now at age 15.

This keeps historical results accurate while making the PB useful for current qualification planning.

3. Which qualification cuts are checked for different ages?

14 & Under

The PB check uses the swimmer's applicable NCSA Age Group cut:

• 11 & Under
• Age 12
• Age 13
• Age 14

For 13–14 swimmers who have achieved the Sectionals cut, additional national qualification cuts can also be shown.

15–18

Age-group cuts no longer apply. Eligible cuts include Sectionals, Futures 18 & Under, NCSA, Junior Nationals, and other applicable national cuts.

19 & Over

Open qualification standards are used, including Futures 19 & Over where applicable. Age-group and Futures 18 & Under cuts are excluded.

4. What does the teal qualification badge mean?

A teal badge means that the specific swim actually achieved that qualification cut when it occurred.

Only the highest applicable cut achieved is shown.

Examples include:

• NCSA AG — NCSA Age Group
• Sec Max — Sectionals Maximum
• Fut 18u — Futures 18 & Under
• Fut 19 — Futures 19 & Over

Tap or click the badge to see the full qualification name, year, and age group when applicable.

If the swim didn't earn an applicable qualification cut, no badge is shown.

5. How do B, BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA standards work?

Motivational standards are based on the swimmer's age when the swim occurred.

For example, if a swimmer earned AA in the 100 Fly at age 12, that swim continues to show AA after the swimmer turns 13.

This is different from the PB Qualification Check, which uses the swimmer's current age when determining applicable national qualification cuts.

Motivational standards are shown through age 18.

6. Why do some events show — or no qualification check?

Not every event has an applicable motivational or national qualification standard.

Examples include:

• 25 Free, Back, Breast, and Fly — no applicable standards.
• 100 IM for ages 13+ — no applicable motivational standard.
• SCM — national qualification comparisons are not shown when no applicable SCM cut is provided.
• Some NCSA 50 events qualify through the corresponding 100 event, so the 50 time itself is not directly compared.

In these cases, Swim Standards shows — or leaves the qualification area blank rather than displaying a misleading comparison.

A cut, B cut, QS, Qualifying, Provisional — the terminology shifts depending on which NCAA division you're looking at, and in Division I's case, from year to year. Here's what each one actually means.

Division I

Starting in 2026, D1 replaced the old A/B system for individual events with a single qualifying standard (QS) per event. The rank behind that number isn't fixed — it's been recalculated each year so far:

• 2026: a 3-year average of the 72nd-best time nationally, same rank for men and women.
• 2027: gender-specific and based on the prior season alone — 64th-best time for men, 88th-best for women.

Where that 2026 line sat is still useful context: the old A cut was roughly the 8th-best time nationally (a handful of qualifiers per event), the old B cut roughly the 125th (hundreds of qualifiers). The new QS landing near 70th-90th put it deliberately in between.

The headline change is how you use that standard. Win your conference championship while swimming under the QS, and you're in automatically — no waiting on national rankings. That shortcut only applies to individual events. Hit the QS at any other point in the season without winning your conference, and you're ranked and selected event-by-event with everyone else, filled evenly across events until the meet caps out (235 men, 281 women).

The reason the QS wasn't set as loose as the old B cut: at that level, most conference champions would clear it automatically, and the "win and you're in" rule would stop meaning anything.

Relays didn't change. They still run the old two-tier system, now called Qualifying (auto-in) and Provisional (fills remaining spots), with no conference-champion shortcut. Relay bids also belong to the school, not the four swimmers who earned the time — a team can swim anyone in the final.

Division II

D2 kept the classic two-tier system for individual events. A cut is an automatic invite; B cut fills whatever room is left once every A-cut swimmer is seated. There's no cap on A cuts — if fifteen swimmers hit the standard in one event, all fifteen get in, and it's the B-cut pool that absorbs the squeeze.

Relays work differently than you'd expect. D2's published standards list a "Qualifying" column and a "Provisional" column for every relay — but Qualifying is marked N/A across the board. D2 relays only have one real cutline.

Division III

Same two-tier shape as D2, with three separate published formulas underneath:

• A cut: 3-year average of the top finisher's time in finals.
• B cut: 3-year average of the 32nd-place time from the meet entry system.
• Relay cut: 3-year average of the 20th-place time (men) or 24th-place time (women) from the entry system.

Those are three different ranks, not one formula reused. Selection fills the top 16 men / 20 women per individual event, adds top relay finishers, then fills remaining spots one swimmer at a time until the meet hits its cap (260 men, 319 women).

On "NS": occasionally you'll see an "NS" entry alongside A/B in a results database. It isn't an NCAA standard — there's no such designation in any division's official rules. Where it shows up, it's almost always a database placeholder (unpopulated row, "No Standard" for an event with no cutline), not a real qualifying tier.

A/B cuts vs. A-final/B-final

Two unrelated concepts that happen to share letters:

• A cut / B cut / QS — a season-long time standard that decides whether you're invited to the meet at all.
• A-final / B-final — the at-the-meet grouping after prelims, based on how you rank in that session. A swimmer who arrived on a B cut can still swim into the A-final if they're fast enough on the day.

D1 dropped B-finals for 2026, then brought them back for 2027 — a separate change from the QS overhaul happening the same year.

Quick reference

Current standards

• 2027 NCAA Division I Championship Time Standards
• 2027 NCAA Division II Championship Time Standards
• 2027 NCAA Division III Championship Time Standards

It’s on the roadmap. We’ll announce it here when it’s ready.

We’re introducing three ways to discover and follow top performances throughout the 2026–27 season.

Each one looks at performances a little differently.

Weekly Top Swims — Live Now

Weekly Top Swims shows the top 18 & Under swims that actually happened during each week.

• Monday through Sunday
• Based on the actual swim date
• Ranked by Power Points
• Updated live as results are added to Swim Standards
• Browse up to the Top 500

For example, the Aug. 31–Sept. 6 ranking includes swims performed during that exact date range, even if the results were added to Swim Standards later.

Weekly Top Performers — First Edition Sept. 16

Our popular Weekly Top Performances series is returning for the 2026–27 SCY season with a clearer name: Weekly Top Performers.

The format remains the same.

Each edition features the Top 10 performers for girls and boys in:

• 10 & Under
• 11–12
• 13–14
• 15–18

Performers are ranked by Power Points, with each swimmer represented by their highest-rated performance.

Unlike Weekly Top Swims, this series is based on when results are added to Swim Standards, with the regular weekly data period running Thursday through Wednesday.

Because the new season has just started, our first edition will include eligible 2026–27 SCY performances added through Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Power 100 — Coming Sept. 18

We’re also introducing something completely new: Power 100.

Power 100 will rank the 100 highest-rated 18 & Under performances of the 2026–27 season by Power Points.

• Top 100
• Girls + Boys
• SCY + LCM
• All events
• One national chart
• Updated every Friday

Unlike the other weekly features, Power 100 is season-to-date.

As new performances are added throughout the season, swimmers can enter the Power 100 or move up and down the chart. Weekly snapshots will let you follow chart movement, new entries, peak positions, and more as the season progresses.

The first Power 100 will be released Friday, Sept. 18.

Follow the Weekly Updates

We’ll also share Weekly Top Performers, Power 100, and other highlights throughout the season on Instagram.

📸 Follow us on Instagram: @swimstandards

Three different ways to look at the season

Weekly Top Swims → What actually happened that week
Weekly Top Performers → Top performers from results added that week
Power 100 → Where the top performances rank across the entire season

We hope these give swimmers, families, coaches, and swimming fans some fun new ways to follow performances throughout 2026–27.

Let us know what you think!

Haha. We’ll be adding “Futures,” “Winter Junior Nationals,” “Summer Junior Nationals,” “U.S. Open,” “Olympic Trials,” etc. soon.

@clever_tang411
What you saw is the ranking for the 2026–2027 season, which only includes swims from September 1, 2026 onward. Since the season has just started, fewer than a dozen meets have been held by clubs across the U.S. So far, Van is ranked 7th out of only 66 swimmers.

Both the website and the app have a similar dropdown, like the one shown below (screenshot from the website), that allows you to view rankings from previous seasons.

Also, since there are not many swims yet for the 2026–2027 season, we have not added the 2026–2027 option to the main Rankings page yet. However, the rankings have already been generated based on the data currently available.

I hope this answers your question. If not, please leave a comment below, and I’ll be happy to explain further.

Yes, we received them from the meet director.
https://swimstandards.com/meets/2026-psc-september-sizzler-0904

I’d love to hear what has worked for other teams too. Hopefully some coaches or team admins here can share their experience and ideas.

We import data daily, as new data can become available at any time during the week. For Arizona, there can sometimes be a delay, and in some cases it may take more than a week, depending on how often your LSC submits the data.

From what I can see, the most recent one, the 2026 JSC Team Combine held on 8/28, was imported into our system on 9/1.

If you let us know the meet name, we can manually look up the results for you.

Thank you for reaching out! Our data is mainly focused on USA Swimming club swimming, and we currently don’t support user-submitted swimmer profiles.

However, if you don’t mind, please send your daughter’s information, including her full name and team/club to support@swimstandards.com. We can try to set up a profile for her on our end. Once the profile is created, we can look into helping you add her swim times as well.

Motivational Standards aren't available for every swim. Here's why:

• Age range: Motivational Standards are published for the 10 & Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18 age groups (and by single age, 10 through 18). Swims by swimmers over age 18 fall outside these published groups, so no standard applies.
• Event recognition: Motivational Standards are only calculated for USA Swimming–recognized events. Swims from unrecognized event types don't have a standard.
• 13&Over 50s: Starting with the 2025–2026 season, 13&Over 50-yard/meter events became recognized by USA Swimming. Swims from before that season in these events won't have a Motivational Standard, since they weren't a recognized event at the time.
• Standards cycle (QUAD): USA Swimming publishes new Age Group Motivational Time Standards every four years (a "quad"), each with B, BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA levels for SCY, SCM, and LCM. The current quad covers 2024–2028, effective September 1, 2024. We always compare a swim against the standards that were in effect on the date it was actually swum — not today's standards — so older swims are judged fairly against the criteria of their own era.

You can view the full current standards here: Age Group Motivational Times

Power Points scores aren't available for every swim. Here's why:

• Age range: We calculate Power Points for swimmers ages 4–22. Swims outside this range won't show a score.
• Event recognition: Power Points are only calculated for USA Swimming–recognized events. Swims from SCM (short course meters) or other unrecognized event types don't have a score.
• 13&Over 50s: Starting with the 2025–2026 season, 13&Over 50-yard/meter events became recognized by USA Swimming. Swims from before that season in these events won't have a Power Points score, since they weren't a recognized event at the time.

If a swim falls into one of these categories, you'll see "N/A" instead of a score.

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Great news for anyone tracking sprint performances — USA Swimming Power Points are now available for 13 & Over 50s in both SCY and LCM.

What's New

We've backfilled Power Points for 50 Back, 50 Breast, and 50 Fly in both SCY and LCM, covering all swims from the 2025–2026 season (meets held on or after September 1, 2025). Points now appear anywhere times are displayed across SwimStandards — leaderboards, swimmer profiles, meet results, and top times pages.

Where You'll See It

Points columns are now live across the site for these events, giving you an apples-to-apples way to compare 50s performances across age groups — something that's historically been harder to do with sprint events, where raw time gaps can be misleading given how tightly bunched the competition often is.

Calculator Update

The Power Points Calculator has also been updated to support 50s in both SCY and LCM, so you can plug in a time and see exactly where it stacks up.

Example

Here's a look at the Girls 15-16 LCM 50 Back leaderboard with Points now populated:

Questions or notice something off with a points calculation? Drop a note in the thread and we'll take a look.

Hi! Thanks for reaching out. We received your email and have already merged Charlotte’s profiles.

If anyone else runs into duplicate swimmer profiles, please email us at contact@swimstandards.com with the swimmer’s name and the URLs of the duplicate profiles. We’ll review them and merge them as quickly as possible.

Thank you for reaching out. The CA/NV Sectional standards were inadvertently missed, but we’ve now added them, including the 50s.

https://swimstandards.com/times/2026-ca-nv-speedo-sectionals-time-standards