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 17 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 for the May Bumps 2025 took place on the evening of Friday 13th June. 

The following crews got on:

Clare Hall M2
Downing M3
First and Third M4
King's M3
Peterhouse M3
Peterhouse M4
Queens' M3
Selwyn M3
Sidney Sussex M3
St. Edmund's M2
Trinity Hall M3

Churchill W4
Corpus Christi W2
Hughes Hall W2
Hughes Hall W3
Murray Edwards W3
Selwyn W2

Below are the times of crews that did not get on:
Homerton M2 - 7:47
Christ's M3 - 7:49
Jesus M5 - 7:54
Lady Margaret M5 - 7:59
Queens' M4 - 8:08
Christ's M4 - 8:10
Girton M3 - 8:13
King's M5 - 8:27
Pembroke M4 - 8:27
Clare M4 - 8:28
King's M4 - 10:11

First and Third W3 (TO) - 8:49
St. Edmund's W2 - 9:02
Lucy Cavendish W3 - 9:13
Trinity Hall W3 - 9:14
Pembroke W4 - 9:18
King's W3 (TO) - 9:31
Robinson W2 - 9:36
Newnham W4 - 9:40