Portugal FPN Time Standards (TAC)

Name: TAC — Tempos de Acesso ao Campeonato, explained
Creator: Federação Portuguesa de Natação

Not by birthday: everyone born in the same year moves up together when the new season opens on 1 October. A December-born and a January-born child are in the same escalão and are measured against exactly the same TAC, which is worth remembering on the days it feels unfair.

For the family calendar that means the escalão your swimmer finishes the summer in is not the one they start the new season in: on 1 October they step up, and the TAC they are chasing in October is a harder number than July's. Nothing about it moves again until the following October, so the target set at the start of the season is the target for the whole of it.

Escalões for 2025-2026
Escalão	Born
Infantis B	2013
Infantis A	2012
Juvenis B	2011
Juvenis A	2010
Juniores	2008–2009
Seniores	2007 and earlier

The TAC tables start here, at Infantis B — born 2013 for the 2025-26 season. Younger swimmers race in association and regional meets that have no national qualifying times at all, so there is no TAC to look up for them yet.

The FPN tables carry two families of standard. Zonal TACs open the Torneios Zonais (the regional tournaments for Infantis and Juvenis) and are the more accessible of the two. National TACs open the Campeonatos Nacionais, and are meaningfully harder.

For most families the zonal tournament is the first real qualification of a swimmer's life, and it deserves to be treated as one.

Every TAC in the book is derived from one reference time per event, with each column sitting a published percentage above it. Seniores sit 2% above; Juniores 4%; Juvenis A between 8% and 11% depending on the month and gender; Infantis B as much as 29% at national level and 32% at zonal. The lower the percentage, the harder the standard.

That structure is why the tables are internally consistent, and why a swimmer who is "close" in one event is usually close in the others too.

Percentage above the ABS reference, 2025-26
Column	Tier	Male	Female
TAC ABS TAC Absolutos (National)	National	+0%	+0%
TAC Sénior TAC Seniores (National)	National	+2%	+2%
TAC Sub21 TAC Seniores Sub-21 (National)	National	+3%	+3%
TAC Júnior TAC Juniores (National)	National	+4%	+4%
TAC 1ºJúnior TAC Juniores (1st year) (National)	National	+7%	+6%
TAC Juv A-Jul TAC Juvenis A (National, July)	National	+9%	+8%
TAC Juv A-Mar TAC Juvenis A (National, March)	National	+11%	+10%
TAC Juv B-Jul TAC Juvenis B (National, July)	National	+14%	+12%
TAC Juv B-Mar TAC Juvenis B (National, March)	National	+16%	+14%
TAC Inf A TAC Infantis A (National)	National	+23%	+18%
TAC Inf B TAC Infantis B (National)	National	+29%	+21%
TAC Juv A TAC Juvenis A (Zonal)	Zonal	+14%	+13%
TAC Juv B TAC Juvenis B (Zonal)	Zonal	+18%	+16%
TAC Inf A TAC Infantis A (Zonal)	Zonal	+24%	+21%
TAC Inf B TAC Infantis B (Zonal)	Zonal	+32%	+26%

Juvenis have two different tables in one season

This is the piece nobody explains. Juvenis swimmers face two national TACs for the same event: one for the March championship and a harder one for July, on the reasoning that swimmers are expected to be faster by summer. In the 100 Livres long course that's 1:01.25 for March and 1:00.19 for July — just over a second, and the difference between qualifying for March alone and earning both championships, including Jamor in July. Infantis have a single July national table, and their own February zonal.

No conversion between pool types

The regulation is blunt: não sendo admitidas conversões de tempos entre tipologias de piscinas para acesso aos Campeonatos. A short course time cannot be converted to qualify for a long course championship, or the reverse. The time must be swum in the same pool type as the meet. This catches more families than anything else in the system.

Every meet has a validity window

Times count only if they were swum between two published dates. For the March 2026 CN de Juvenis, the window ran from 1 January 2025 to 10 March 2026. A brilliant swim outside the window is still a best time, but it doesn't count for entry.

The 200-to-100 exception

A Juvenil who has the mínimo in the 200 of a stroke may also enter the 100 of that same stroke without holding its TAC — on the condition that they swim the 200. It's the one place the system gives something back, and it's easy to miss.

Two more rules worth knowing

Swimmers in the Alto Rendimento regime are exempt from the TAC for national championships.
Non-Portuguese swimmers compete extracompetição (outside the classification) except at the Open de Portugal and the Torneios Zonais, where they are fully classified.
A qualifying time only counts if it was swum inside that championship’s validity window. The windows are listed with each championship below.

Championship	Dates	Pool	Times count from
Torneio Zonal de Juvenis Norte: Estarreja (ANCNP) / Sul: Albufeira (ANALGARVE)	December 6 – 8, 2025	25 m	Swum between October 1, 2024 and November 25, 2025
Campeonatos Nacionais de Juniores e de Seniores de Piscina Curta Piscinas Municipais de Leiria (ANDL)	December 13 – 16, 2025	25 m	Swum between October 1, 2024 and December 2, 2025
Torneios Zonais de Infantis Norte: Penafiel (ANNP) / Sul: Ponte de Sor (ANIC)	February 20 – 22, 2026	25 m	Swum between January 1, 2025 and February 8, 2026
Campeonato Nacional de Juvenis Centro Olímpico de Piscinas Municipais de Coimbra (ANC)	March 20 – 22, 2026	50 m	Swum between January 1, 2025 and March 10, 2026
Campeonato Nacional JUN e ABS – Open de Portugal Centro Olímpico de Piscinas Municipais de Coimbra (ANC)	March 28 – 31, 2026	50 m	Swum between January 1, 2025 and March 17, 2026
Campeonatos Nacionais de Infantis Complexo de Piscinas das Manteigadas, Setúbal (ANL)	July 17 – 19, 2026	50 m	Swum between October 1, 2025 and July 7, 2026
Campeonatos Nacionais de Juvenis, Juniores e Seniores Complexo de Piscinas do Jamor, Oeiras (ANL)	July 23 – 26, 2026	50 m	Swum between January 1, 2025 and July 14, 2026

A time qualifies when it is equal to or faster than the standard. Relay rows are club entries.

Long course (50 m) · Female Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Event	TAC ABS Absolutos (open) · National	TAC Sénior Seniores · National	TAC Sub21 Seniores Sub-21 · National	TAC Júnior Juniores · National	TAC 1ºJúnior Juniores (1st year) · National	TAC Juv A-Jul Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv A-Mar Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv B-Jul Juvenis B · National	TAC Juv B-Mar Juvenis B · National	TAC Inf A Infantis A · National	TAC Inf B Infantis B · National	TAC Juv A Juvenis A · Zonal	TAC Juv B Juvenis B · Zonal	TAC Inf A Infantis A · Zonal	TAC Inf B Infantis B · Zonal
50 m Free	27.63	28.18	28.46	28.74	29.29	29.84	30.39	30.95	31.50	32.60	33.43	31.22	32.05	33.43	34.81
100 m Free	59.64	1:00.83	1:01.43	1:02.03	1:03.22	1:04.41	1:05.60	1:06.80	1:07.99	1:10.38	1:12.16	1:07.39	1:09.18	1:12.16	1:15.15
200 m Free	2:08.20	2:10.76	2:12.05	2:13.33	2:15.89	2:18.46	2:21.02	2:23.58	2:26.15	2:31.28	2:35.12	2:24.87	2:28.71	2:35.12	2:41.53
400 m Free	4:28.98	4:34.36	4:37.05	4:39.74	4:45.12	4:50.50	4:55.88	5:01.26	5:06.64	5:17.40	5:25.47	5:03.95	5:12.02	5:25.47	5:38.91
800 m Free	9:04.25	9:15.14	9:20.58	9:26.02	9:36.91	9:47.79	9:58.68	10:09.56	10:20.44	10:42.22	10:58.54	10:15.00	10:31.33	10:58.54	11:25.76
1500 m Free	17:44.97	18:06.27	18:16.92	18:27.57	18:48.87	19:10.17	19:31.47	19:52.77	20:14.07	20:56.66	21:28.61	20:03.42	20:35.37	21:28.61	22:21.86
50 m Back	31.74	32.37	32.69	33.01	33.64	34.28	34.91	35.55	36.18	37.45	38.41	35.87	36.82	38.41	39.99
100 m Back	1:07.62	1:08.97	1:09.65	1:10.32	1:11.68	1:13.03	1:14.38	1:15.73	1:17.09	1:19.79	1:21.82	1:16.41	1:18.44	1:21.82	1:25.20
200 m Back	2:25.92	2:28.84	2:30.30	2:31.76	2:34.68	2:37.59	2:40.51	2:43.43	2:46.35	2:52.19	2:56.56	2:44.89	2:49.27	2:56.56	3:03.86
50 m Breast	34.68	35.37	35.72	36.07	36.76	37.45	38.15	38.84	39.54	40.92	41.96	39.19	40.23	41.96	43.70
100 m Breast	1:16.29	1:17.82	1:18.58	1:19.34	1:20.87	1:22.39	1:23.92	1:25.44	1:26.97	1:30.02	1:32.31	1:26.21	1:28.50	1:32.31	1:36.13
200 m Breast	2:45.23	2:48.53	2:50.19	2:51.84	2:55.14	2:58.45	3:01.75	3:05.06	3:08.36	3:14.97	3:19.93	3:06.71	3:11.67	3:19.93	3:28.19
50 m Fly	29.34	29.93	30.22	30.51	31.10	31.69	32.27	32.86	33.45	34.62	35.50	33.15	34.03	35.50	36.97
100 m Fly	1:05.51	1:06.82	1:07.48	1:08.13	1:09.44	1:10.75	1:12.06	1:13.37	1:14.68	1:17.30	1:19.27	1:14.03	1:15.99	1:19.27	1:22.54
200 m Fly	2:26.25	2:29.17	2:30.64	2:32.10	2:35.02	2:37.95	2:40.88	2:43.80	2:46.73	2:52.57	2:56.96	2:45.26	2:49.65	2:56.96	3:04.28
200 m IM	2:27.71	2:30.66	2:32.14	2:33.62	2:36.57	2:39.53	2:42.48	2:45.44	2:48.39	2:54.30	2:58.73	2:46.91	2:51.34	2:58.73	3:06.11
400 m IM	5:08.82	5:15.00	5:18.08	5:21.17	5:27.35	5:33.53	5:39.70	5:45.88	5:52.05	6:04.41	6:13.67	5:48.97	5:58.23	6:13.67	6:29.11
Relays (club entries)
4×50 m Free relay	1:53.24	1:55.50	1:56.64	1:57.77	2:00.03	2:02.30	2:04.56	2:06.83	2:09.09	2:13.62	2:17.02	2:07.96	2:11.36	2:17.02	2:22.68
4×100 m Free relay	4:07.14	4:12.08	4:14.55	4:17.03	4:21.97	4:26.91	4:31.85	4:36.80	4:41.74	4:51.63	4:59.04	4:39.27	4:46.68	4:59.04	5:11.40
4×200 m Free relay	9:03.25	9:14.11	9:19.55	9:24.98	9:35.85	9:46.71	9:57.58	10:08.44	10:19.30	10:41.03	10:57.33	10:13.87	10:30.17	10:57.33	11:24.50
4×50 m Medley relay	2:04.50	2:06.99	2:08.23	2:09.48	2:11.97	2:14.46	2:16.95	2:19.44	2:21.93	2:26.91	2:30.64	2:20.68	2:24.42	2:30.64	2:36.87
4×100 m Medley relay	4:34.00	4:39.48	4:42.22	4:44.96	4:50.44	4:55.92	5:01.40	5:06.88	5:12.36	5:23.32	5:31.54	5:09.62	5:17.84	5:31.54	5:45.24

Long course (50 m) · Male Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Event	TAC ABS Absolutos (open) · National	TAC Sénior Seniores · National	TAC Sub21 Seniores Sub-21 · National	TAC Júnior Juniores · National	TAC 1ºJúnior Juniores (1st year) · National	TAC Juv A-Jul Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv A-Mar Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv B-Jul Juvenis B · National	TAC Juv B-Mar Juvenis B · National	TAC Inf A Infantis A · National	TAC Inf B Infantis B · National	TAC Juv A Juvenis A · Zonal	TAC Juv B Juvenis B · Zonal	TAC Inf A Infantis A · Zonal	TAC Inf B Infantis B · Zonal
50 m Free	24.26	24.75	24.99	25.23	25.96	26.44	26.93	27.66	28.14	29.84	31.30	27.66	28.63	30.08	32.02
100 m Free	52.80	53.86	54.38	54.91	56.50	57.55	58.61	1:00.19	1:01.25	1:04.94	1:08.11	1:00.19	1:02.30	1:05.47	1:09.70
200 m Free	1:56.36	1:58.69	1:59.85	2:01.01	2:04.51	2:06.83	2:09.16	2:12.65	2:14.98	2:23.12	2:30.10	2:12.65	2:17.30	2:24.29	2:33.60
400 m Free	4:06.04	4:10.96	4:13.42	4:15.88	4:23.26	4:28.18	4:33.10	4:40.49	4:45.41	5:02.63	5:17.39	4:40.49	4:50.33	5:05.09	5:24.77
800 m Free	8:32.14	8:42.38	8:47.50	8:52.63	9:07.99	9:18.23	9:28.48	9:43.84	9:54.08	10:29.93	11:00.66	9:43.84	10:04.33	10:35.05	11:16.02
1500 m Free	16:21.19	16:40.81	16:50.63	17:00.44	17:29.87	17:49.50	18:09.12	18:38.56	18:58.18	20:06.86	21:05.74	18:38.56	19:17.80	20:16.68	21:35.17
50 m Back	27.87	28.43	28.71	28.98	29.82	30.38	30.94	31.77	32.33	34.28	35.95	31.77	32.89	34.56	36.79
100 m Back	59.87	1:01.07	1:01.67	1:02.26	1:04.06	1:05.26	1:06.46	1:08.25	1:09.45	1:13.64	1:17.23	1:08.25	1:10.65	1:14.24	1:19.03
200 m Back	2:12.75	2:15.41	2:16.73	2:18.06	2:22.04	2:24.70	2:27.35	2:31.33	2:33.99	2:43.28	2:51.25	2:31.33	2:36.64	2:44.61	2:55.23
50 m Breast	30.72	31.33	31.64	31.95	32.87	33.48	34.10	35.02	35.64	37.79	39.63	35.02	36.25	38.09	40.55
100 m Breast	1:07.76	1:09.12	1:09.79	1:10.47	1:12.50	1:13.86	1:15.21	1:17.25	1:18.60	1:23.34	1:27.41	1:17.25	1:19.96	1:24.02	1:29.44
200 m Breast	2:28.12	2:31.08	2:32.56	2:34.04	2:38.49	2:41.45	2:44.41	2:48.86	2:51.82	3:02.19	3:11.07	2:48.86	2:54.78	3:03.67	3:15.52
50 m Fly	25.59	26.10	26.36	26.61	27.38	27.89	28.40	29.17	29.68	31.48	33.01	29.17	30.20	31.73	33.78
100 m Fly	57.00	58.14	58.71	59.28	1:00.99	1:02.13	1:03.27	1:04.98	1:06.12	1:10.11	1:13.53	1:04.98	1:07.26	1:10.68	1:15.24
200 m Fly	2:09.36	2:11.95	2:13.24	2:14.53	2:18.42	2:21.00	2:23.59	2:27.47	2:30.06	2:39.11	2:46.87	2:27.47	2:32.64	2:40.41	2:50.76
200 m IM	2:12.78	2:15.44	2:16.76	2:18.09	2:22.07	2:24.73	2:27.39	2:31.37	2:34.02	2:43.32	2:51.29	2:31.37	2:36.68	2:44.65	2:55.27
400 m IM	4:43.91	4:49.59	4:52.43	4:55.27	5:03.78	5:09.46	5:15.14	5:23.66	5:29.34	5:49.21	6:06.24	5:23.66	5:35.01	5:52.05	6:14.76
Relays (club entries)
4×50 m Free relay	1:39.21	1:41.19	1:42.19	1:43.18	1:46.15	1:48.14	1:50.12	1:53.10	1:55.08	2:02.03	2:07.98	1:53.10	1:57.07	2:03.02	2:10.96
4×100 m Free relay	3:37.49	3:41.84	3:44.01	3:46.19	3:52.71	3:57.06	4:01.41	4:07.94	4:12.29	4:27.51	4:40.56	4:07.94	4:16.64	4:29.69	4:47.09
4×200 m Free relay	8:11.93	8:21.77	8:26.69	8:31.61	8:46.37	8:56.20	9:06.04	9:20.80	9:30.64	10:05.07	10:34.59	9:20.80	9:40.48	10:09.99	10:49.35
4×50 m Medley relay	1:50.40	1:52.61	1:53.71	1:54.82	1:58.13	2:00.34	2:02.54	2:05.86	2:08.06	2:15.79	2:22.42	2:05.86	2:10.27	2:16.90	2:25.73
4×100 m Medley relay	4:01.64	4:06.47	4:08.89	4:11.31	4:18.55	4:23.39	4:28.22	4:35.47	4:40.30	4:57.22	5:11.72	4:35.47	4:45.14	4:59.63	5:18.96

Short course (25 m) · Female Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Event	TAC ABS Absolutos (open) · National	TAC Sénior Seniores · National	TAC Sub21 Seniores Sub-21 · National	TAC Júnior Juniores · National	TAC 1ºJúnior Juniores (1st year) · National	TAC Juv A-Jul Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv A-Mar Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv B-Jul Juvenis B · National	TAC Juv B-Mar Juvenis B · National	TAC Inf A Infantis A · National	TAC Inf B Infantis B · National	TAC Juv A Juvenis A · Zonal	TAC Juv B Juvenis B · Zonal	TAC Inf A Infantis A · Zonal	TAC Inf B Infantis B · Zonal
50 m Free	27.05	27.59	27.86	28.13	28.67	29.21	29.75	30.30	30.84	31.92	32.73	30.57	31.38	32.73	34.08
100 m Free	57.95	59.11	59.69	1:00.27	1:01.43	1:02.59	1:03.75	1:04.90	1:06.06	1:08.38	1:10.12	1:05.48	1:07.22	1:10.12	1:13.02
200 m Free	2:04.47	2:06.96	2:08.20	2:09.45	2:11.94	2:14.43	2:16.92	2:19.41	2:21.90	2:26.87	2:30.61	2:20.65	2:24.39	2:30.61	2:36.83
400 m Free	4:19.58	4:24.77	4:27.37	4:29.96	4:35.15	4:40.35	4:45.54	4:50.73	4:55.92	5:06.30	5:14.09	4:53.33	5:01.11	5:14.09	5:27.07
800 m Free	8:46.75	8:57.28	9:02.55	9:07.82	9:18.36	9:28.89	9:39.43	9:49.96	10:00.50	10:21.57	10:37.37	9:55.23	10:11.03	10:37.37	11:03.71
1500 m Free	17:18.56	17:39.33	17:49.72	18:00.10	18:20.87	18:41.64	19:02.42	19:23.19	19:43.96	20:25.50	20:56.66	19:33.57	20:04.73	20:56.66	21:48.59
50 m Back	30.45	31.06	31.36	31.67	32.28	32.89	33.49	34.10	34.71	35.93	36.84	34.41	35.32	36.84	38.37
100 m Back	1:04.97	1:06.27	1:06.92	1:07.57	1:08.87	1:10.17	1:11.47	1:12.77	1:14.07	1:16.66	1:18.61	1:13.42	1:15.37	1:18.61	1:21.86
200 m Back	2:20.72	2:23.53	2:24.94	2:26.35	2:29.16	2:31.98	2:34.79	2:37.61	2:40.42	2:46.05	2:50.27	2:39.01	2:43.24	2:50.27	2:57.31
50 m Breast	34.28	34.97	35.31	35.65	36.34	37.02	37.71	38.39	39.08	40.45	41.48	38.74	39.76	41.48	43.19
100 m Breast	1:13.91	1:15.39	1:16.13	1:16.87	1:18.34	1:19.82	1:21.30	1:22.78	1:24.26	1:27.21	1:29.43	1:23.52	1:25.74	1:29.43	1:33.13
200 m Breast	2:37.74	2:40.89	2:42.47	2:44.05	2:47.20	2:50.36	2:53.51	2:56.67	2:59.82	3:06.13	3:10.87	2:58.25	3:02.98	3:10.87	3:18.75
50 m Fly	29.04	29.62	29.91	30.20	30.78	31.36	31.94	32.52	33.11	34.27	35.14	32.82	33.69	35.14	36.59
100 m Fly	1:04.65	1:05.94	1:06.59	1:07.24	1:08.53	1:09.82	1:11.12	1:12.41	1:13.70	1:16.29	1:18.23	1:13.05	1:14.99	1:18.23	1:21.46
200 m Fly	2:21.94	2:24.78	2:26.20	2:27.62	2:30.46	2:33.30	2:36.13	2:38.97	2:41.81	2:47.49	2:51.75	2:40.39	2:44.65	2:51.75	2:58.84
100 m IM	1:06.89	1:08.23	1:08.90	1:09.57	1:10.90	1:12.24	1:13.58	1:14.92	1:16.25	1:18.93	1:20.94	1:15.59	1:17.59	1:20.94	1:24.28
200 m IM	2:22.41	2:25.26	2:26.68	2:28.11	2:30.95	2:33.80	2:36.65	2:39.50	2:42.35	2:48.04	2:52.32	2:40.92	2:45.20	2:52.32	2:59.44
400 m IM	4:58.69	5:04.66	5:07.65	5:10.64	5:16.61	5:22.59	5:28.56	5:34.53	5:40.51	5:52.45	6:01.41	5:37.52	5:46.48	6:01.41	6:16.35
Relays (club entries)
4×50 m Free relay	1:50.35	1:52.56	1:53.66	1:54.76	1:56.97	1:59.18	2:01.39	2:03.59	2:05.80	2:10.21	2:13.52	2:04.70	2:08.01	2:13.52	2:19.04
4×100 m Free relay	3:55.67	4:00.38	4:02.74	4:05.10	4:09.81	4:14.52	4:19.24	4:23.95	4:28.66	4:38.09	4:45.16	4:26.31	4:33.38	4:45.16	4:56.94
4×200 m Free relay	8:33.27	8:43.54	8:48.67	8:53.80	9:04.07	9:14.33	9:24.60	9:34.86	9:45.13	10:05.66	10:21.06	9:40.00	9:55.39	10:21.06	10:46.72
4×50 m Medley relay	2:00.48	2:02.89	2:04.09	2:05.30	2:07.71	2:10.12	2:12.53	2:14.94	2:17.35	2:22.17	2:25.78	2:16.14	2:19.76	2:25.78	2:31.80
4×100 m Medley relay	4:19.35	4:24.54	4:27.13	4:29.72	4:34.91	4:40.10	4:45.28	4:50.47	4:55.66	5:06.03	5:13.81	4:53.07	5:00.85	5:13.81	5:26.78

Short course (25 m) · Male Scroll the table sideways to see every column.

Event	TAC ABS Absolutos (open) · National	TAC Sénior Seniores · National	TAC Sub21 Seniores Sub-21 · National	TAC Júnior Juniores · National	TAC 1ºJúnior Juniores (1st year) · National	TAC Juv A-Jul Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv A-Mar Juvenis A · National	TAC Juv B-Jul Juvenis B · National	TAC Juv B-Mar Juvenis B · National	TAC Inf A Infantis A · National	TAC Inf B Infantis B · National	TAC Juv A Juvenis A · Zonal	TAC Juv B Juvenis B · Zonal	TAC Inf A Infantis A · Zonal	TAC Inf B Infantis B · Zonal
50 m Free	23.51	23.98	24.22	24.45	25.16	25.63	26.10	26.80	27.27	28.92	30.33	26.80	27.74	29.15	31.03
100 m Free	50.95	51.97	52.48	52.99	54.52	55.54	56.55	58.08	59.10	1:02.67	1:05.73	58.08	1:00.12	1:03.18	1:07.25
200 m Free	1:52.18	1:54.42	1:55.55	1:56.67	2:00.03	2:02.28	2:04.52	2:07.89	2:10.13	2:17.98	2:24.71	2:07.89	2:12.37	2:19.10	2:28.08
400 m Free	3:57.72	4:02.47	4:04.85	4:07.23	4:14.36	4:19.11	4:23.87	4:31.00	4:35.76	4:52.40	5:06.66	4:31.00	4:40.51	4:54.77	5:13.79
800 m Free	8:18.21	8:28.17	8:33.16	8:38.14	8:53.08	9:03.05	9:13.01	9:27.96	9:37.92	10:12.80	10:42.69	9:27.96	9:47.89	10:17.78	10:57.64
1500 m Free	15:41.66	16:00.49	16:09.91	16:19.33	16:47.58	17:06.41	17:25.24	17:53.49	18:12.33	19:18.24	20:14.74	17:53.49	18:31.16	19:27.66	20:42.99
50 m Back	26.46	26.99	27.25	27.52	28.31	28.84	29.37	30.16	30.69	32.55	34.13	30.16	31.22	32.81	34.93
100 m Back	57.00	58.14	58.71	59.28	1:00.99	1:02.13	1:03.27	1:04.98	1:06.12	1:10.11	1:13.53	1:04.98	1:07.26	1:10.68	1:15.24
200 m Back	2:04.67	2:07.16	2:08.41	2:09.66	2:13.40	2:15.89	2:18.38	2:22.12	2:24.62	2:33.34	2:40.82	2:22.12	2:27.11	2:34.59	2:44.56
50 m Breast	29.83	30.43	30.72	31.02	31.92	32.51	33.11	34.01	34.60	36.69	38.48	34.01	35.20	36.99	39.38
100 m Breast	1:04.54	1:05.83	1:06.48	1:07.12	1:09.06	1:10.35	1:11.64	1:13.58	1:14.87	1:19.38	1:23.26	1:13.58	1:16.16	1:20.03	1:25.19
200 m Breast	2:21.85	2:24.69	2:26.11	2:27.52	2:31.78	2:34.62	2:37.45	2:41.71	2:44.55	2:54.48	3:02.99	2:41.71	2:47.38	2:55.89	3:07.24
50 m Fly	25.25	25.76	26.01	26.26	27.02	27.52	28.03	28.78	29.29	31.06	32.57	28.78	29.80	31.31	33.33
100 m Fly	55.82	56.94	57.49	58.05	59.73	1:00.84	1:01.96	1:03.63	1:04.75	1:08.66	1:12.01	1:03.63	1:05.87	1:09.22	1:13.68
200 m Fly	2:05.98	2:08.50	2:09.76	2:11.02	2:14.80	2:17.32	2:19.84	2:23.62	2:26.14	2:34.96	2:42.51	2:23.62	2:28.66	2:36.22	2:46.29
100 m IM	58.80	59.98	1:00.56	1:01.15	1:02.92	1:04.09	1:05.27	1:07.03	1:08.21	1:12.32	1:15.85	1:07.03	1:09.38	1:12.91	1:17.62
200 m IM	2:06.27	2:08.80	2:10.06	2:11.32	2:15.11	2:17.63	2:20.16	2:23.95	2:26.47	2:35.31	2:42.89	2:23.95	2:29.00	2:36.57	2:46.68
400 m IM	4:30.16	4:35.56	4:38.26	4:40.97	4:49.07	4:54.47	4:59.88	5:07.98	5:13.39	5:32.30	5:48.51	5:07.98	5:18.79	5:35.00	5:56.61
Relays (club entries)
4×50 m Free relay	1:36.08	1:38.00	1:38.96	1:39.92	1:42.81	1:44.73	1:46.65	1:49.53	1:51.45	1:58.18	2:03.94	1:49.53	1:53.37	1:59.14	2:06.83
4×100 m Free relay	3:26.28	3:30.41	3:32.47	3:34.53	3:40.72	3:44.85	3:48.97	3:55.16	3:59.28	4:13.72	4:26.10	3:55.16	4:03.41	4:15.79	4:32.29
4×200 m Free relay	7:39.90	7:49.10	7:53.70	7:58.30	8:12.09	8:21.29	8:30.49	8:44.29	8:53.48	9:25.68	9:53.27	8:44.29	9:02.68	9:30.28	10:07.07
4×50 m Medley relay	1:44.91	1:47.01	1:48.06	1:49.11	1:52.25	1:54.35	1:56.45	1:59.60	2:01.70	2:09.04	2:15.33	1:59.60	2:03.79	2:10.09	2:18.48
4×100 m Medley relay	3:43.98	3:48.46	3:50.70	3:52.94	3:59.66	4:04.14	4:08.62	4:15.34	4:19.82	4:35.50	4:48.93	4:15.34	4:24.30	4:37.74	4:55.65

See exactly which TACs your swimmer already holds — the full set, zonal and national, March and July, with the gap to each one in seconds.

Open the standards tool

Or jump straight to a category:

Regulamento das Competições Nacionais – Natação Pura, Ciclo 2025-2028 — Anexo a) — Tempos de Admissão aos Campeonatos (pp. 33-34) Federação Portuguesa de Natação (FPN) · Published January 9, 2026 · Read on July 26, 2026

What to keep in mind

JUN1 -> birth year 2009 is inferred (flagged on the age group).
Season start/end dates are the conventional Portuguese season, not stated in the regulation.
Source URL is the federation site; the regulation PDF itself was ingested locally.

A TAC is a percentage above a reference time, published by a federation, for a category your child happens to sit in this year. It is not a statement about your child.

Two truthful sentences after the same swim: she's 1.2 seconds off the TAC, or she's taken 3 seconds off this season with 1.2 to go. The second is the one that gets used at training on Monday.

Reading

How to read a number like this

O que é o TAC na natação?

TAC means Tempos de Acesso ao Campeonato — the qualifying times a swimmer must achieve to enter a Portuguese championship. FPN publishes them per escalão, per event, per pool length and per gender, in two tiers: zonal tournaments and national championships.

Why do Juvenis have two TAC times for the same event?

Because there are two championships. The March national championship uses one table and the July one uses a harder table, on the expectation that swimmers improve over the season. A swimmer can qualify for March and not July, or the reverse.

Can a short course time qualify my swimmer for a long course championship?

No. FPN does not allow conversions between pool types for championship access. The qualifying time has to be swum in the same pool type as the championship itself.

When do the times have to be swum?

Inside the validity window published for that specific competition — each meet has its own start and end date, and times from outside it don't count towards entry.

TAC — Tempos de Acesso ao Campeonato, explained

Your swimmer's escalão is fixed by birth year

Two tiers: zonal and national

Where the numbers come from

Juvenis have two different tables in one season

No conversion between pool types

Every meet has a validity window

The 200-to-100 exception

Two more rules worth knowing

Which cut opens which championship

Every TAC for 2025-2026

See where your swimmer actually sits

Where these numbers come from

What to keep in mind

Reading a TAC the right way round

How to read a number like this

Gap vs. Gain: the one shift in how you talk to your swimmer

Best time, not placement: what actually matters

A bad meet is information, not identity

Common questions