Where there are more crews entering the Bumps than there are places on the River, the lowest crews must compete for places in the Getting-On Race. Crews are removed from the lowest division such that there is one place available in the Bumps for every two crews competing in the Getting-On Race (up to a maximum of 18 places). Crews are timed from the upstream side of the A14 Road Bridge to the upstream side of the Railway Bridge and the fastest will qualify for places in the Bumps.

2025

The Getting-On Race took place on 7 March 2025. The following crews got on:

Christ's M3
Corpus Christi M2
First and Third M3
First and Third M4
Hughes Hall M2
Jesus M3
King's M2
Pembroke M3
Peterhouse M3
Queens' M3
Sidney Sussex M2
Wolfson M2

Churchill W2
Churchill W3
Clare W3
First and Third W2
Fitzwilliam W2
Homerton W2
Hughes Hall W2
Jesus W3
Lady Margaret W3
Lucy Cavendish W2
Magdalene W2
Murray Edwards W2
Newnham W3
Selwyn W2
Wolfson W2

The following crews did not get on:

Clare Hall M2 (TO) - 8:12
Darwin M2 - 8:24
Clare M3 - 8:31
Girton M2 - 8:36
Robinson M2 - 8:41
Trinity Hall M3 - 8:46
Emmanuel M3 - 8:50
Jesus M4 (TO) - 8:51
Sidney Sussex M3 - 8:58
St Edmund's M2 - 9:33
King's M3 - 9:37
Lucy Cavendish - 9:59

Pembroke W3 - 9:18
Peterhouse W2 - 9:19
Churchill W4 - 9:21
Sidney Sussex W2 - 9:25
Caius W3 - 9:35
Murray Edwards W3 (TO) - 9:38
First and Third W3 - 9:42
King's W2 - 9:44
Corpus Christi W2 - 9:52