Adelskalender (skating)
The Adelskalender is a ranking table for speed skating.
Description
The Adelskalender (meaning directory of nobility) was introduced in Norway. It is a ranking of skaters based on their all-time personal records for certain distances. As in samalog 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, replacing ranking points in the traditional 4 distance championships. Note that for the Adelskalender, this system can of course also be used to reconstruct scores based on personal records that were set before the samalog system was invented.
Note, however, that (unlike at 4 distance championships) the Adelskalender score is calculated over a skater's entire career, not that skater's results during one tournament. Theoretically, this would make it possible for a skater to hold the current world records in all 4 distances (and thus, of course, be number one on the Adelskalender), without ever having set a 4 distance championships samalog record, or even having won - or participated in - such a tournament.
For example, the points for Johann Olav Koss, Norway, are calculated as follows:
| 500 m: | 37.98 | = | 37.98 seconds. Divided by | 1 gives 37.980 points |
| 1500 m: | 1:51.29 | = | 111.29 seconds. Divided by | 3 gives 37.096 points |
| 5000 m: | 6:34.96 | = | 394.96 seconds. Divided by | 10 gives 39.496 points |
| 10000 m: | 13:30.55 | = | 810.55 seconds. Divided by | 20 gives 40.527 points |
| Total: | 155.099 points |
The classical Adelskalender consists of the Allround Championships distances: 500 m - 1500 m - 5000 m - 10000 m for men; 500 m - 1500 m - 3000 m - 5000 m for women. Similar rankings in many other combinations are maintained by enthusiasts and available on the Internet.
Current Adelskalender
Men
This table is correct as of 2007-01-13.
| Pos | Name | Country | 500 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | Samalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad Hedrick |  United States |
35.58 | 1:42.78 | 6:09.68 | 12:55.11 | 145.563 |
| 2 | Shani Davis | United States |
35.17 | 1:42.68 | 6:10.49 | 13:05.94 | 145.742 |
| 3 | Sven Kramer |  Netherlands |
36.55 | 1:44.86 | 6:08.78 | 12:51.60 | 146,961 |
| 4 | Enrico Fabris |  Italy |
35.99 | 1:44.02 | 6:10.23 | 13:10.60 | 147.216 |
| 5 | Jochem Uytdehaage | Netherlands |
36.27 | 1:44.57 | 6:14.66 | 12:58.92 | 147.538 |
| 6 | Eskil Ervik |  Norway |
37.03 | 1:45.73 | 6:10.65 | 12:59.69 | 148.322 |
| 7 | Carl Verheijen | Netherlands |
37.14 | 1.47.06 | 6:08.98 | 12:57.92 | 148.620 |
| 8 | Derek Parra | United States |
35.88 | 1:43.95 | 6:17.98 | 13:33.44 | 149.000 |
| 9 | Ivan Skobrev |  Russia |
36.00 | 1:45.36 | 6:21.40 | 13:17.54 | 149.137 |
| 10 | Denny Morrison |  Canada |
35.23 | 1.42.97 | 6.24.13 | 13.45.14 | 149.223 |
Women
This table is correct as of 2006-11-19.
| Pos | Name | Country | 500 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | Samalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cindy Klassen | Canada |
37.51 | 1:51.79 | 3:53.34 | 6:48.97 | 154.560 |
| 2 | Anni Friesinger |  Germany |
38.09 | 1:53.19 | 3:58.52 | 6:58.39 | 157.412 |
| 3 | Claudia Pechstein | Germany |
38.99 | 1:54.83 | 3:57.35 | 6:46.91 | 157.515 |
| 4 | Kristina Groves | Canada |
38.75 | 1:54.48 | 3:59.46 | 6:54.55 | 158.275 |
| 5 | Ireen Wüst | Netherlands |
38.96 | 1:54.03 | 4:01.11 | 6:59.87 | 159,142 |
| 6 | Maki Tabata |  Japan |
39.18 | 1:54.56 | 4:01.01 | 7:00.09 | 159.543 |
| 7 | Jennifer Rodriguez | United States |
37.87 | 1:54.61 | 4:04.99 | 7:07.93 | 159.697 |
| 8 | Renate Groenewold | Netherlands |
39.48 | 1:55.29 | 3:58.94 | 7:01.21 | 159.854 |
| 9 | Daniela Anschutz-Thoms | Germany |
39.70 | 1:55.55 | 4:00.44 | 6:56.15 | 159.904 |
| 10 | Varvara Barysheva | Russia |
38.86 | 1:55.22 | 4:05.73 | 6:56.97 | 159.918 |