Section 6: Scoring
6.1 Individual Distances
Rule 265, paragraph 1 determines the result of a single-distance race by comparing all competing skaters' times; skaters tied on time (per the manual or automatic timekeeping procedure) are each considered a winner of the distance. Where a photo-finish system with thousandth-of-a-second resolution is in use, those finer times settle the order of finish and any ties in the official protocol. For competitions where a distance is contested as two counting races (e.g., 500 m skated twice), the total time across both races determines the final classification.
6.2 Team Pursuit Scoring
Where Team Pursuit is skated with elimination phases, teams that progress to the next phase are ranked ahead of eliminated teams in the results even if their subsequent race result is invalid (DNS/DNF/DQ); the winner is the team that wins the final-phase race (Rule 265, paragraph 5.a). As set out in Section 5.3, the team's official time in any given heat is the finishing time of its third skater, and a team finishing with fewer than 3 skaters does not complete the race (Rule 256, paragraph 1.1).
6.3 Mass Start Scoring
Where the race includes intermediate sprints, Rule 265, paragraph 6.1 ranks competitors by total sprint points gained, with any tie broken by order of finish at the final sprint; skaters who do not finish are ranked by laps completed. At the OWG, World and European Championships, and ISU World Cups, Rule 265, paragraph 6.3.b sets the point schedule at 3–2–1 for the top three finishers of each intermediate sprint and 60–40–20–10–6–3 for the top six finishers of the final sprint. Skaters lapped and removed from the race are ranked behind all skaters who complete the full distance (Rule 257, paragraph 4.4; Rule 265, paragraph 6.1).
6.4 World Records
Rule 222, paragraph 2 sets the conditions for World Record recognition: the track must be a Standard 400 m Speed Skating Track (paragraph 2.c); automatic timekeeping with photo-finish equipment as the primary system must be in use (paragraph 2.e); the Referee must belong to the ISU or International Referees list for that season (paragraph 2.d); and the ISU World Record application, with supporting documents, must reach the ISU Director General by May 1 of the season concerned (paragraph 2.f). For an individual-distance record, the skater must have been selected for doping control on race day and returned a negative test (paragraph 2.h); for a Team Pursuit or Team Sprint record, at least 2 skaters per team must be tested negative, and for a Mixed Relay record, at least 1 skater per team (paragraph 2.i).