Season 2022/2023: Definitive World Rankings!
Who will top the Update_Skate world ranking after season 22/23? Continue reading Season 2022/2023: Definitive World Rankings!
[Updated September 29th] Pre-Season Speed Skating Competitions
Links to results and videos of pre-season speed skating races. Continue reading [Updated September 29th] Pre-Season Speed Skating Competitions
Season 2021/2022: Definitive World Rankings!
The rankings are back. Revive season 21/22 by looking at a lot of numbers. Continue reading Season 2021/2022: Definitive World Rankings!
Updated World Rankings, Just in Time for the Olympics!
With the Olympic flame in Beijing burning brightly, it’s time to dazzle you with numbers again. Continue reading Updated World Rankings, Just in Time for the Olympics!
Updated World Rankings, including the first two World Cups
The World Cups have clearly impacted the new rankings. Continue reading Updated World Rankings, including the first two World Cups
A Narration of Nils’ Norwegian Adventure
Totally destroying everyone else in the 10km was just a small part of this mad lad’s day. Continue reading A Narration of Nils’ Norwegian Adventure
Irene Schouten’s Ferociously Fast Final Laps
Some skaters are known for a fast start of a race, while others are known for a fast finish. Everyone feared Enrico Fabris’s final lap in the 1500 meters, Patrick Roest has finished the 10000 meters faster than many finish … Continue reading Irene Schouten’s Ferociously Fast Final Laps
Introducing the Update_Skate World Ranking (Episode II of II)
Yesterday, I introduced the Update Skate World Ranking. Many people were curious about its functionality and wanted more details about individual distances. In this article, exactly these things will be presented, using an interview format where I totally just didn’t … Continue reading Introducing the Update_Skate World Ranking (Episode II of II)
Introducing the Update_Skate World Ranking (Episode I of II)
Update_Skate releases a World Ranking to answer the question: who was the best skater last season? Continue reading Introducing the Update_Skate World Ranking (Episode I of II)
Patrick Roest and Miho Takagi Both Deserve Individual Olympic Gold
Patrick Roest and Miho Takagi are two of the best skaters of the past few years. Both of them are able to fill a whole bag … Continue reading Patrick Roest and Miho Takagi Both Deserve Individual Olympic Gold
About the Shocking 33.83 by Gao Tingyu
Do you know that tale of the skater who almost skated a world record in September? Well, it’s real. Continue reading About the Shocking 33.83 by Gao Tingyu
The Best Allround Tournament Ever Skated
It is the 18th of March 2006, and Canadian speed skater Cindy Klassen, one of the competitors of the 64th edition of the female World Allround Speedskating Championships, is about to compete for the 6th time. After winning a staggering … Continue reading The Best Allround Tournament Ever Skated
Why Europe Needs an Indoor Highland Oval
I like world records. These ridiculously fast times express the quickest anyone has ever gone on a distance. However, they are as rare as they are quick, and they’re especially rare outside of two specific cities in North America. I … Continue reading Why Europe Needs an Indoor Highland Oval
10 Things To Look Forward To This Season
It’s summer and therefore I’m writing a blog about speed skating. Makes sense. The Olympic season is coming up, and the first international race, the Olympic Test Event, will be organized a little less than a month from now! There’s … Continue reading 10 Things To Look Forward To This Season
The flowering Fish and Tale of Twelve Thor-avoiding skaters
The 10 km is a distance of stories. In each pair, two skaters with a totally different background pull every retrievable bit of energy about of their bodies for around 13 minutes, on their way to the best achievable. And … Continue reading The flowering Fish and Tale of Twelve Thor-avoiding skaters
How on earth did Pavel Kulizhnikov skate 1:07.09 in Thialf?
The skating world was stunned when Pavel Kulizhnikov crossed the line at the 1000m event of the 2020 European Speed Skating Championships. The time was not only 1.8 seconds faster than the fastest time at that moment, but it was … Continue reading How on earth did Pavel Kulizhnikov skate 1:07.09 in Thialf?
One Fact About Every Dutch Skater who is Qualified for the World Cup: Part 2
Jorrit Bergsma has won all his titles in a Dutch suit, but he came close to representing Kazakhstan. Along with a few other marathon skaters, he tried to go to the 2010 Olympics in a Kazakh suit. The project came … Continue reading One Fact About Every Dutch Skater who is Qualified for the World Cup: Part 2
One Fact About Every Dutch Skater who is Qualified for the World Cup: Part 1
The Dutch skaters always come in great quantities to the World Cup speed skating. But who all are those people in orange suits?In this part we’ll see the women, in the next part the men. Stay tuned! Carlijn Achtereekte, has … Continue reading One Fact About Every Dutch Skater who is Qualified for the World Cup: Part 1
Season Opening: the Best Performances per Country in Inzell
Skaters from nineteen countries participated in the International Season Opening in Inzell. In this blog, I will try to find out what was the best performance … Continue reading Season Opening: the Best Performances per Country in Inzell
Is Ning Zhongyan the skater China needs towards 2022?
Ning Zhongyan has skated two impressive national records at the Fall Classic in Calgary last weekend: 1:07.73 and 1:43.35, at only 19 years of age. He … Continue reading Is Ning Zhongyan the skater China needs towards 2022?
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