Who Leads the Overall World Cup Standings After Day Two in Toronto?

2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Toronto

• October 23-25, 2025
• Toronto, Canada
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We have one day left of the 2025 World Cup Series, and the overall standings race is coming down to the wire on the women’s side of the meet with Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass sitting just 0.2 points apart.

Coming into the meet, Walsh led Douglass 118.1 to 118 after they split the stops, both breaking World Records en route to their stop wins.

Day one of the meet saw Kate Douglass score 19.7 points with her win in the women’s 200 breaststroke, 10 for the event win and 9.7 for her 978 AQUA points. Gretchen Walsh scored 19.5 points in the 100 IM, 10 for the event win and 9.5 for her 953 point swim.

If we exclude Gretchen Walsh‘s 50 backstroke (since World Aquatics only uses top three events in the overall standings calculations), Kate Douglass held the lead at 137.7 points to Walsh’s 137.6, swinging the standings in her favor.

Day two saw the opposite happen with Walsh scoring 20 points in the 50 fly, 10 for winning the event and 10 for swimming under the World Record as of August 31, 2025. Douglass brought in 19.7 points, 10 plus 9.7 for her 973 AQUA points. This tilted the standings back in Walsh’s favor, with Walsh standing at 157.6 to Douglass’ 157.4.

What does this mean for tomorrow? If both athletes swim the exact same times they did in Westmont, Douglass would score 20 points, with her World Record swim in the 100 free, while Walsh would score 19.4, after her 100 fly was 944 points. This would give Douglass the edge at 177.4 to Walsh’s 177.

Walsh has yet to score more than 9.4 points in the 100 fly, with her time in Carmel putting her at 946 points. She owns the current World Record at 52.71, but her 53.69 from two weeks ago is the closest she has been to that time since last December.

If Walsh scores 9.4 points again tomorrow, Douglass would need a 9.7 point swim to win, which would be 50.76 or faster. She scored 9.6 in Carmel with her 50.83.

If Douglass scores 20 points tomorrow, Walsh would need 19.9 points to win outright. That puts her at 52.88 or faster if Douglass breaks the World Record.

What happens if they tie? Ties are broken by the swimmer with the highest “World Aquatics Points”. That honor currently goes to Walsh’s 1028 point 50 fly from Carmel. In order to break a potential tie, Douglass would need to swim 49.75 or faster to earn 1030 points.

After Walsh and Douglass, there is a battle going on for 3rd. Kaylee McKeown currently holds the position at 153.2 points, sitting 1.5 points ahead of Regan Smith‘s 151.8. That battle will come down to the 200 backstroke results. If McKeown completes her backstroke sweep, she will finish 3rd, and if Smith wins the event, she will likely finish 3rd.

McKeown is in the battle to win the Toronto stop prize, though, with 39.5 points to tie with Walsh and sit 0.1 point ahead of Douglass’ 39.4.

Lani Pallister is currently 5th at 150.8. She will have a harder time moving into 3rd, but if she wins tomorrow and Smith loses, she will likely overtake the 4th overall position and Smith will move into 5th.

In 8th on overall leaderboard (money gets awarded to 8th overall), Erika Fairweather holds the spot at 129.3, comfortably ahead of Ireland’s Ellen Walshe, who sits in 128.5 (with three events).

Current Women’s Standings Overall (Top Two Events Only)

1. Gretchen Walsh– 157.6
2. Kate Douglass– 157.4
3. Kaylee McKeown– 153.2
4. Regan Smith– 151.8
5. Lani Pallister– 150.8
6. Mollie O’Callaghan- 143.2
7. Alexandria Perkins– 132.6
8. Erika Fairweather– 129.3

The men’s standings are more straightforward at the top. Hubert Kos leads at 155.7 with his 20.1 point swim in the 200 back and his 19.2 point 50 backstroke. Even if he gets disqualified tomorrow, he will still finish the meet with at least 172.9 points, which is an impossible gap to bridge.

Shaine Casas is 2nd in 151.4, which means even if he earns a perfect 20 points tomorrow, he will not be able to catch Kos. Caspar Corbeau is 3rd in 150.9, and Kharun is 4th in 149.9.

As we go down the list, it gets more difficult to determine the current standings since many of the men are racing more than three events over the course of the meet. Josh Liendo currently sits in 7th, but that is counting his three event wins so far, and even if he wins the 50 fly tomorrow, he can’t move up the rankings much more. He could win the stop, though, depending on how he and Kos perform tomorrow.

If we remove one event from all the athletes, Thomas Ceccon holds the current 8th place spot at 125.8 points, which is the final spot that earns prize money.

Current Men’s Standings Overall (Top Two Events Only)

1. Hubert Kos (HUN)- 155.7
2. Shaine Casas (USA)- 151.4
3. Caspar Corbeau (NED)- 150.9
4. Ilya Kharun (CAN)- 149.9
5. Carson Foster (USA)- 141.3
6. Noe Ponti (SUI)- 138.2
7. Chris Guiliano (USA)- 128.7
8. Thomas Ceccon (ITA)- 125.8