Speed Skating 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

[Dennis 849]

[Olympian1010 8,321]

 is now a member of the ISU (for speed skating) according ITG.

[heywoodu 16,468]

The Dutch federation has decided to go back to having two 500m 'heats' in national competitions, the only fair way to have a 500m competition.

[NearPup 4,188]

58 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The Dutch federation has decided to go back to having two 500m 'heats' in national competitions, the only fair way to have a 500m competition.

Combined time or best time?

[heywoodu 16,468]

8 hours ago, NearPup said:

Combined time or best time?

I believe they go back to combined time.

[Olympian1010 8,321]

10 hours ago, heywoodu said:

The Dutch federation has decided to go back to having two 500m 'heats' in national competitions, the only fair way to have a 500m competition.

Is there a clear advantage to having either the inner or outer lane? 

[phelps 8,766]

55 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Is there a clear advantage to having either the inner or outer lane? 

yes, those who go in the outer lane in the finish curve have a clear advantage, as they have a wider radius available to manage the forces in play...

[Dennis 849]

I'm a big fan of statistics and I've decided to compile an unofficial world ranking based on the best four times skated per distance over the past 12 months (or 24 months for women's 5k and men's 10k), adjusted for the track they're skating on. I know most people won't care, but it's just a fun project for myself. If there's one place where others potentially might be interested, it would be here. This is what the top 10 per distance looks like right now before the start of the new season:

 

Women:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	3.000m	5.000m
01.	Nao Kodaira	Miho Takagi	Miho Takagi	Martina Sáblíková	Martina Sáblíková
02.	Angelina Golikova	Jutta Leerdam	Ireen Wüst	Ivanie Blondin	Esmee Visser
03.	Vanessa Herzog	Brittany Bowe	Evgeniia Lalenkova	Isabelle Weidemann	Natalia Voronina
04.	Olga Fatkulina	Daria Kachanova	Ivanie Blondin	Natalia Voronina	Isabelle Weidemann
05.	Daria Kachanova	Olga Fatkulina	Yekaterina Shikhova	Carlijn Achtereekte	Carlijn Achtereekte
06.	Miho Takagi	Nao Kodaira	Elizaveta Kazelina	Antoinette de Jong	Ivanie Blondin
07.	Arisa Go	Yekaterina Shikhova	Melissa Wijfje	Esmee Visser	Marina Zueva
08.	Brittany Bowe	Jorien ter Mors	Antoinette de Jong	Evgeniia Lalenkova	Antoinette de Jong
09.	Maki Tsuji	Letitia de Jong	Brittany Bowe	Melissa Wijfje	Carien Kleibeuker
10.	Kaylin Irvine	Ireen Wüst	Nana Takagi	Irene Schouten	Irene Schouten

 

[Dennis 849]

Men:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	5.000m	10.000m
01.	Tatsuya Shinhama	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Kjeld Nuis	Patrick Roest	Jorrit Bergsma
02.	Yuma Murakami	Thomas Krol	Thomas Krol	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Patrick Roest
03.	Pavel Kulizhnikov	Kjeld Nuis	Patrick Roest	Sven Kramer	Graeme Fish
04.	Viktor Mushtakov	Laurent Dubreuil	Denis Yuskov	Danila Semerikov	Danila Semerikov
05.	Kim Jun-Ho	Kai Verbij	Ning Zhongyan	Jorrit Bergsma	Alexander Rumyantsev
06.	Ruslan Murashov	Tatsuya Shinhama	Kim Min-Seok	Graeme Fish	Ted-Jan Bloemen
07.	Laurent Dubreuil	Ning Zhongyan	Joey Mantia	Denis Yuskov	Douwe de Vries
08.	Dai Dai Ntab	Masaya Yamada	Seitaro Ichinohe	Alexander Rumyantsev	Patrick Beckert
09.	Yamato Matsui	Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Marcel Bosker	Davide Ghiotto
10.	Artem Arefyev	Koki Kubo	Takuro Oda	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Ryosuke Tsuchiya

[Dennis 849]

Same thing for the juniors (born after 30th June 2001) for all distances and the allround ranking for which prizes are awarded at the Junior World Championships:

 

Juniors - Girls:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	3.000m	Allround
01.	Sin Seung-Heun	Myrthe de Boer	Merel Conijn	Merel Conijn	Merel Conijn
02.	Isabel Grevelt	Anna Ostlender	Victoria Stirnemann	Rin Kosaka	Victoria Stirnemann
03.	Anna Ostlender	Merel Conijn	Myrthe de Boer	Zhang Yuanyuan	Myrthe de Boer
04.	Kim Min-Hui	Meghan Wystrichowski	Rin Kosaka	Ayuri Fukuoka	Chloé Hoogendoorn
05.	Yukino Yoshida	Yuka Takahashi	Park Chae-Weon	Victoria Stirnemann	Evelien Vijn

 

Juniors - Boys:

 

#	500m	1.000m	1.500m	5.000m	Allround
01.	Jarle Gerrits	Taiyo Nonomura	Peder Kongshaug	Taiyou Morino	Peder Kongshaug
02.	Timur Karamov	Peder Kongshaug	Motonaga Arito	Pavel Taran	Pavel Taran
03.	Lee Byung-Hoon	Jarle Gerrits	Kouta Mitsui	Peder Kongshaug	Jonathan Tobon
04.	Sebas Diniz	Kai in 't Veld	Taiyo Nonomura	Lars Woelders	Sander Eitrem
05.	Yuudai Yamamoto	Nil Llop	Pavel Taran	Park Sang-Eon	Jarle Gerrits