World Aquatics World Cup #2 – Tashkent
On the final day of the World Cup in Tashkent, Russia’s Egor Kornev set a new world record in the men’s 50 butterfly, stopping the clock in 21.28 to take four hundredths off Noe Ponti‘s 2024 World Record of 21.32
Men’s 50 Butterfly — Final
Top 10 Finishers
- Egor Kornev (RUS) — 21.28
- Isaac Cooper (AUS)/Teong Tzen Wei (SGP) — 21.96
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- Oleg Kostin (RUS) — 22.07
- Grigori Pekarski (BLR) — 22.32
- Egor Iurchenko (RUS) — 22.41
- Daniil Markov (RUS) — 22.42
- Sean Niewold (NED) — 22.54
- Roman Shevliakov (RUS) — 22.58
- Chen Juner (CHN) — 22.91
Kornev won the event by almost seven tenths over Australia’s Isaac Cooper and Singapore’s Teong Tzen Wei.
He got out in a blistering 9.60 pace, turning about two tenths ahead of Teong, who split 9.83 on the opening 25. He came home in 11.68, the fastest closing split in the field.
Kornev was out faster than Ponti, but came home slower than both the previous world record and the previous World Cup record.
Split Comparison
| New World Record — 21.28, Egor Kornev (2026 World Cup — Tashkent) | Old World Record — 21.32, Noe Ponti (2024 SC World Championships) |
Old World Cup Record — 21.50, Noe Ponti (2024 World Cup — Singapore)
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| 25 | 9.60 | 9.74 | 9.86 |
| 50 | 11.68 | 11.58 | 11.64 |
| 21.28 | 21.32 | 21.50 |
Kornev will also become the only non-Ponti swimmer in the top 5 performances of all-time with the next fastest performer, Nyls Korstanje, coming in with the 8th fastest performance of 21.62.
Top 10 Performances All-Time
- Egor Kornev, Russia — 21.28 (2026)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.32 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.43 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.50 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.51 (2025)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.53 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.54 (2025)
- Nyls Korstanje, Netherlands — 21.62 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.64 (2024)
- Noe Ponti, Switzerland — 21.65 (2025)
