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The
Adelskalender score is calculated over a skater's entire career and not for a single tournament. Theoretically, this would make it possible for a skater to lead the Adelskalender without ever having set a 4 distance championships samalog record, or even having won - or participated in - such a
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Even the ranking points of concurrent skaters can be strongly affected by the opportunity skaters have to train and compete on fast rinks. For example, before the 1960s, skaters were dependent on long periods of frost, less common at more southerly latitudes. The effect of access to high altitude
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in 1996. Also, over time, more high altitude skating rinks have been built; the lower air pressure at higher altitude greatly benefits the skater's speed -the rule of thumb is 0.1 points at each distance for every 100 m of increased altitude- and world records generally are set at high altitude.
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Speed skating records have improved dramatically over the years due to a combination of larger participation, introduction of professionalism, improvements in training and selection, and, especially, technical developments, distorting the comparative accomplishments of skaters over time. For
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competitions, the skater's time (measured in seconds) for each distance is divided in 500 metre averages, truncated (not rounded) to 3 decimal places, and the results are then added up – the lower the sum, the better. The samalog system was introduced in 1928 in
36:, replacing ranking points in the traditional 4 distance championships, and can also be used to reconstruct scores based on personal records that were set before the samalog system was invented.
238:, both in North America. Indeed, after the 2014–15 season, 65 of the last 67 new world distance records and the 264 best times ever on the men's 1000 m were recorded at one of these two venues.
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at that distance. For comparison: the world record small combination (similar to the women's
Adelskalender samalog, only for times in one weekend) is 154.580, by
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1477:
1427:
1405:
40:
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Among major technical developments were the introduction of artificial (refrigerated) 400 m ovals, the first opening in
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Similar rankings in many other combinations are maintained by enthusiasts and available on the
Internet.
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259:(similar to the men's Adelskalender samalog, only for times in one weekend) is 144.740, by
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As an example, the points for the current leader in the men's
Adelskalendern ranking
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rinks was especially notable from 1973 to 1986, when most world records were set at
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This table is correct as of 10 March 2024. Times in bold are the current
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Endurance in speed skating: The development of world records
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Speed skating (long track) ranking based on personal bests
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1244:"Evolution of Adelskalendern 1 July 1999 - 1 July 2004"
1229:"Evolution of Adelskalendern 1 July 1969 - 1 July 1979"
1211:"Evolution of Adelskalendern 1 July 1949 - 1 July 1959"
1196:"Evolution of Adelskalendern 1 July 1919 - 1 July 1929"
1181:"Evolution of Adelskalendern 1 July 1899 - 1 July 1909"
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55:
49:
46:
45:
44:
42:
37:
35:
30:
26:
22:
21:Adelskalender
1660:
1603:Chad Hedrick
1593:Gianni Romme
1513:Kees Verkerk
1498:Per Ivar Moe
1415:
1371:
1359:
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1335:
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1277:
1261:
1257:
1252:
1237:
1204:
1189:
1174:
1166:
896:
811:
729:1500 m
702:
661:Koen Verweij
621:Denis Yuskov
541:Håvard Bøkko
461:Chad Hedrick
341:Jordan Stolz
281:1500 m
261:Jordan Stolz
250:
220:
204:
180:
178:tournament.
176:
61:
53:
43:distances:
38:
20:
18:
1693:Karin Kania
1613:Shani Davis
1608:Sven Kramer
1548:Eric Heiden
1127:Netherlands
1047:Netherlands
1007:Netherlands
967:Netherlands
845:Netherlands
789:Miho Takagi
726:500 m
675:Netherlands
435:Netherlands
421:Sven Kramer
381:Shani Davis
315:Netherlands
278:500 m
81:Divided by
58:Calculation
1683:Karin Enke
1573:Eric Flaim
1508:Ard Schenk
1151:References
1033:Ireen Wüst
228:Kazakhstan
215:clap skate
207:Gothenburg
196:Ard Schenk
1438:Jaap Eden
1272:, p. 141.
953:Joy Beune
184:Jaap Eden
72:Distance
1745:Category
1286:Archived
1144:156.748
1104:156.717
1064:156.436
1024:156.284
984:156.158
944:156.141
904:155.831
862:155.553
822:154.979
780:154.560
723:Country
692:145.915
689:13:08.97
652:145.896
649:13.12.49
612:145.713
609:12:33.75
572:145.661
569:12:53.89
532:145.541
529:12:56.91
492:145.289
489:12:55.11
452:144.959
449:12:38.89
412:144.806
409:13:05.94
372:144.027
369:13:04.76
332:143.984
329:12:35.20
287:10000 m
275:Country
166:143.984
143:12:35.20
78:Seconds
1663:, women
1141:6:50.77
1138:3:56.27
1135:1:53.17
1101:6:51.76
1098:3:54.43
1095:1:52.23
1061:6:54.28
1058:3:58.01
1055:1:50.70
1021:6:56.26
1018:3:55.19
1015:1:51.72
981:6:47.72
978:3:55.72
975:1:52.23
941:6:48.98
938:3:56.88
935:1:51.76
901:6:41.18
897:3:52.02
893:1:53.44
859:6:41.25
856:3:52.89
853:1:52.12
819:7:00.08
816:3:55.45
812:1:49.83
777:6:48.97
774:3:53.34
771:1:51.79
739:Samalog
735:5000 m
732:3000 m
686:6:09.51
683:1:41.63
646:6.11.79
643:1.41.02
606:6:01.86
603:1:44.91
566:6:09.94
563:1:42.67
526:6:07.16
523:1:42.39
486:6:09.68
483:1:42.14
446:6:03.32
443:1:43.54
406:6:10.49
403:1:41.04
366:6:14.76
363:1:40.87
326:6:02.98
323:1:42.56
291:Samalog
284:5000 m
232:Calgary
173:Caveats
152:37.760
135:36.298
126:6:02.98
118:34.186
109:1:42.56
101:35.740
84:Points
29:samalog
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927:Canada
924:
882:
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763:Canada
760:
672:
635:Russia
632:
595:Canada
592:
555:Norway
552:
515:Norway
512:
472:
432:
392:
352:
312:
146:755.20
140:10000m
129:362.98
112:102.56
34:Norway
1418:, men
1260:, in
1132:38.57
1092:39.06
1087:Italy
1052:38.44
1012:38.22
972:38.69
932:38.51
890:39.23
850:39.24
808:37.12
803:Japan
768:37.51
720:Name
699:Women
680:35.64
640:35.42
600:36.87
560:35.75
520:35.85
480:35.52
440:36.17
400:34.78
360:33.69
320:35.74
272:Name
224:Medeo
157:Total
123:5000m
106:1500m
95:35.74
92:35.74
75:Time
1315:2012
1266:ISBN
717:Pos
269:Pos
234:and
89:500m
19:The
247:Men
226:in
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1158:^
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867:4
827:3
785:2
745:1
617:9
577:8
537:7
497:6
457:5
417:4
377:3
337:2
297:1
115:3
98:1
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