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the late kick

the fastest last lap, by someone who did not win · 500 entries

The fastest final lap of a race belongs to the winner barely half the time. This is the other half: the best closing speed on the ice, spent too late, from too far back, or into traffic. A season list of the best last laps that won nothing.

#skaterraceslate kicksrate
1Lee So Yeon KOR552443.6%
2Tymeo Libeau FRA251040.0%
3Deanna Lockett HUN331236.4%
4Denis Zaslavsky ISR321031.3%
5Kota Kikuchi JPN892730.3%
6Jiarui Song CHN20630.0%
7Luca Spechenhauser ITA2186529.8%
8Yaroslav Karpoukhin RUS31929.0%
9Arianna Sighel ITA2055928.8%
10Morgan Izykowski USA25728.0%
11Milos Apeltauer CZE25728.0%
12Minto Sekai JPN33927.3%
13Bohao Zhang CHN591627.1%
14Cees Juffermans NED1002727.0%
15Wang Wei CHN631727.0%
16Yoonseok Lee KOR26726.9%
17Yvonne Kunze GER1604326.9%
18Seung-Min Kwon USA30826.7%
19Seo Ho-Jin KOR30826.7%
20Soo-Min Son KOR491326.5%
21Ba-Ra Jung KOR34926.5%
22Veronique Pierron FRA47112426.3%
23Qi Yin CHN31825.8%
24Shinichi Tagami JPN391025.6%
25Sumire Kikuchi JPN2145425.2%
26Tyson Heung GER1594025.2%
27Catia Borrello ITA24625.0%
28Maria Oborina RUS20525.0%
29Sungwoo Jang KOR852124.7%
30Shani Davis USA451124.4%
31Antoine Gelinas- Beaulieu CAN21523.8%
32Matus Uzak SVK761823.7%
33Jang Hyuk Park KOR30723.3%
34Jianrou Li CHN1463423.3%
35Matthieu de Boisset FRA431023.3%
36Hanne Desmet BEL4039323.1%
37Brendan Corey AUS2215123.1%
38Geon Hee Kim KOR651523.1%
39Hwang Hyun Sun KOR39923.1%
40Byun Chun-Sa KOR1132623.0%
41Charlotte Gilmartin GBR3578223.0%
42Xinran Wang CHN831922.9%
43Sayuri Shimizu JPN1403222.9%
44Dong Min Shin KOR571322.8%
45Yan Zhang CHN22522.7%
46Liu Xiao Ying CHN22522.7%
47Shogo Miyata JPN2295222.7%
48Hitomi Saito JPN2094722.5%
49Vincent Jeanne FRA1523422.4%
50Christiaan Bokkerink NED851922.4%
51Joon Chun Kim KOR541222.2%
52Adil Galiakhmetov KAZ1854122.2%
53Volodymyr Grygoriev UKR1272822.0%
54Caroline Hallisey USA591322.0%
55Freek van der Wart NED4429721.9%
56Iong A Kim KAZ731621.9%
57Sebastian Praus GER2565621.9%
58Tamara Frederick USA461021.7%
59Vitaly Mikheenkov RUS23521.7%
60Hiroko Sadakane JPN23521.7%
61Mattia Antonioli ITA1533321.6%
62Ryan Bedford USA561221.4%
63Attila Talabos HUN28621.4%
64Olga Belyakova RUS2345021.4%
65Mathieu Giroux CAN471021.3%
66Deanna Lockett AUS2455221.2%
67Hongshuang Li CHN38821.1%
68Niels Kerstholt NED4589621.0%
69Semen Elistratov RUS58712321.0%
70Daan Breeuwsma NED4359120.9%
71Dam-Min Kim KOR671420.9%
72Diana Laura Vegi HUN671420.9%
73Noh Ah Rum KOR771620.8%
74Hyo Jin Kim AUS1172420.5%
75Westley Yates GBR39820.5%
76Kyle Uyehara USA39820.5%
77Jeff Simon USA2004120.5%
78Nina Evteeva RUS2986120.5%
79Sjinkie Knegt NED68414020.5%
80Robbert-Kees Boer NED44920.5%
81Noh Do Hee KOR1372820.4%
82Minji Kim KOR541120.4%
83Hannes Kroeger GER591220.3%
84Yun-Jae Kim KOR641320.3%
85Hyo-Jung Kim USA941920.2%
86Arian Nachbar GER1242520.2%
87Dequan Chen CHN1292620.2%
88Peter Jaszapati HUN1392820.1%
89Daniil Eibog RUS1002020.0%
90Hironobu Muratake JPN751520.0%
91Kim Dongwook KOR40820.0%
92Alexis Yang FRA35720.0%
93Yeo Jun-Hyung KOR25520.0%
94Jin-Hwan Park KOR20420.0%
95Michaela Sejpalová-Hruzová CZE20420.0%
96Martin Johansson SWE20420.0%
97Maaike Vos NED711419.7%
98Yang Liu CHN611219.7%
99Seung-Hoon Lee KOR611219.7%
100Jean Charles Mattei FRA1482919.6%
101Jialiang Han CHN1482919.6%
102Corinne Stoddard USA2845519.4%
103Nurtilek Kazhgali KAZ1242419.4%
104Yulia Kichapova RUS621219.4%
105Alang Kim KOR2084019.2%
106Nicolas Andermann AUT1983819.2%
107Han Yu Tong CHN1933719.2%
108Chris Creveling USA1202319.2%
109Nicolas Bean ITA47919.1%
110Ami Hirai JPN2314419.0%
111Toko Nanri JPN42819.0%
112Laurie Marceau CAN42819.0%
113Kongchao Li CHN21419.0%
114Vera Rasskazova RUS21419.0%
115Cui Liang CHN21419.0%
116Roberto Pukitis LAT1903618.9%
117Paula Bzura POL951818.9%
118Christin Priebst GER2705118.9%
119Tianyu Han CHN3145918.8%
120Zoe Florence Deltrap NED641218.8%
121Thomas Bauer GER48918.8%
122Kyle Carr USA861618.6%
123Travis Jayner USA1943618.6%
124Kay Huisman NED541018.5%
125Sven Roes NED38718.4%
126Ekaterina Konstantinova RUS1963618.4%
127Jeongmin Lee KOR49918.4%
128Seo Whimin KOR601118.3%
129Maxime Chataignier FRA3065618.3%
130Tristan Navarro FRA1643018.3%
131Myrtille Gollin FRA821518.3%
132Jens Almey BEL1041918.3%
133Zhanshuo Lou HKG1322418.2%
134Ekaterina Belova RUS881618.2%
135Vladimir Balbekov RUS33618.2%
136Anna Katharina Gaertner GER22418.2%
137Sebastien Gagnon CAN22418.2%
138Denis Ayrapetyan UZB22418.2%
139Raito Kida JPN22418.2%
140Joo Min-Jin KOR22418.2%
141Michaela Hruzova CZE1933518.1%
142Alanna Kraus CAN1442618.1%
143Fabio Carta ITA2113818.0%
144Diede van Oorschot NED1001818.0%
145Guillaume Blais Dufour CAN39717.9%
146Jordan Malone USA1342417.9%
147Yoshiaki Oguro JPN1622917.9%
148Sebastien Lepape FRA5149217.9%
149Gioya Lancee NED28517.9%
150Jesper Schmitz NED28517.9%
151Bence Beres HUN1572817.8%
152Liesbeth Mau Asam NED1743117.8%
153Daniel Tiborcz HUN901617.8%
154Peter Joseph Groseclose PHI901617.8%
155Kiichi Shigehiro JPN621117.7%
156Yihan Guo CHN1362417.6%
157Min-Kyung Choi FRA51917.6%
158Simon Bastier FRA34617.6%
159Benjamin Koch AUT34617.6%
160Sean Shuai USA34617.6%
161Remi Beaulieu CAN741317.6%
162Maria Garcia USA571017.5%
163Charles Ryan Leveille USA571017.5%
164Yara van Kerkhof NED4688217.5%
165Carly Wilson USA40717.5%
166Kosei Hayashi JPN861517.4%
167Vladimir Grigorev RUS3566217.4%
168Clayton de Clemente USA1382417.4%
169Yong-Sung Kim KOR23417.4%
170Margherita Betti ITA23417.4%
171Yutong Han CHN23417.4%
172Gisle Tverland NOR23417.4%
173Dylan Hoogerwerf NED1502617.3%
174Andre Hartwig GER751317.3%
175Pietro Sighel ITA2314017.3%
176Geneve Belanger CAN52917.3%
177Xuan Li CHN52917.3%
178Daeheon Hwang KOR811417.3%
179Mika Ozawa JPN1913317.3%
180Haralds Silovs LAT2213817.2%
181Guillaume Bastille CAN1983417.2%
182Fumihiko Kakubari JPN701217.1%
183Jorien ter Mors NED3696317.1%
184Eva Grenouilloux FRA41717.1%
185Bulat Valiullin RUS41717.1%
186Sergey Prankevich RUS2173717.1%
187Cole Krueger USA881517.0%
188Jinyu Li CHN941617.0%
189Bram Steenaart NED47817.0%
190Dennis Visser NED1001717.0%
191Bao Ku Sui CHN2183717.0%
192Alyson Dudek USA1833116.9%
193Lee Seung-Jae KOR1242116.9%
194Marina Georgieva-Nikolova BUL3145316.9%
195Ekaterina Strelkova RUS1011716.8%
196Tatiana Borodulina AUS1071816.8%
197Cecilia Maffei ITA2864816.8%
198Robert Becker GER1442416.7%
199Jeremy Beck AUS781316.7%
200Jung-Won Choi KOR42716.7%
201Polina Omelchuk KAZ42716.7%
202Dave Versteeg NED42716.7%
203Kim Gun Woo KOR36616.7%
204Victor Chartrand CAN30516.7%
205Murat Tahtaci TUR24416.7%
206Marijn Wiersma NED24416.7%
207Haruna Nagamori JPN24416.7%
208Junyu Kuang CHN24416.7%
209Zbigniew Brodka POL24416.7%
210Rianne de Vries NED2894816.6%
211Aydar Bekzhanov KAZ1933216.6%
212Daisuke Uemura JPN1692816.6%
213Park Ji Won KOR1332216.5%
214Gloria Ioriatti ITA1883116.5%
215Petra Jaszapati HUN4257016.5%
216Emily Scott USA1342216.4%
217Kazuki Yoshinaga JPN3235316.4%
218Yuzo Takamido JPN2323816.4%
219Etienne Bastier FRA1041716.3%
220Tatiana Borodulina RUS3866316.3%
221Evgenii Kozulin RUS1843016.3%
222Peter Riches GBR921516.3%
223Ikue Teshigawara JPN43716.3%
224Thomas Nadalini ITA1913116.2%
225Melle van 't Wout NED991616.2%
226Cheng Xiao Lei CHN621016.1%
227Itzhak de Laat NED4046516.1%
228Emina Malagich RSU1622616.0%
229Jon Eley GBR4817716.0%
230Park Se Yeong KOR2003216.0%
231Daniil Eibog UZB50816.0%
232Stephane Perier FRA25416.0%
233Jeon da-Hye KOR25416.0%
234Mark Csizmadia HUN25416.0%
235Leon Flack GBR25416.0%
236Peter Darazs HUN1943116.0%
237J P Kepka USA1071715.9%
238Felix Pigeon POL1262015.9%
239Han Seung Soo KOR631015.9%
240Xinyue Wang HKG1201915.8%
241Pieter Gysel BEL2343715.8%
242Fre van Damme BEL38615.8%
243Lachlan Hay AUS1722715.7%
244Ha-Ri Cho KOR2554015.7%
245Cloe Ollivier FRA1602515.6%
246Jiahua Song CHN641015.6%
247Trevor Xu Xuan Tan SGP32515.6%
248Fu Xu CHN32515.6%
249Stephanie Bouvier FRA2313615.6%
250Marie Yoshida JPN771215.6%
251Aoi Watanabe JPN1742715.5%
252Ye Wang CHN58915.5%
253Nicola Rodigari ITA4807415.4%
254Dan Iwasa JPN1692615.4%
255Lim Kyoung Won KOR26415.4%
256Melanie de Lange NED26415.4%
257Yui Sakai JPN3785815.3%
258Mirei Nakashima JPN1241915.3%
259Paul Herrmann GER3335115.3%
260Denis Ayrapetyan RUS1772715.3%
261Tina Grassow GER1582415.2%
262Xianwei Liu CHN661015.2%
263LinLin Sun CHN33515.2%
264Anouk Zoutendijk NED33515.2%
265Oh Se-Jong KOR33515.2%
266Evgenia Radanova BUL4036115.1%
267Lana Gehring USA2383615.1%
268Ryan Pivirotto USA1191815.1%
269Torsten Kroeger GER2053115.1%
270Tom Iveson GBR2053115.1%
271Ji Hyun Choi KOR1061615.1%
272Hyo Been Lee KOR53815.1%
273Valerie Maltais CAN3264915.0%
274Yuki Kikuchi JPN1001515.0%
275Tomas Greschner SVK801215.0%
276Adwin Snellink NED60915.0%
277Jumpei Yoshizawa JPN40615.0%
278Thibaut Meline FRA20315.0%
279Rafal Piorecki POL20315.0%
280Xinyu Li CHN20315.0%
281Aaron van Quang Pietrobono ITA20315.0%
282Petra Rusnáková SVK871314.9%
283Katerina Novotna CZE5097614.9%
284Kathryn Thomson GBR1342014.9%
285Yuri Confortola ITA5708514.9%
286Caroline Truchon CAN941414.9%
287Renee Marie Steenge CAN47714.9%
288Quentin Fercoq FRA3164714.9%
289Steven Dubois CAN3164714.9%
290Bernadett Heidum HUN4046014.9%
291Biba Sakurai JPN2023014.9%
292Un Song Choe PRK27414.8%
293Dohee Noh KOR27414.8%
294Gun Woo Kim KOR61914.8%
295Elisa Confortola ITA2173214.7%
296Katalin Kristo ROU1562314.7%
297Felix Spiegl GER951414.7%
298Zhiqiang Zhang CHN681014.7%
299Minji Kang KOR34514.7%
300Charle Cournoyer CAN2453614.7%
301Pascal Dion CAN2453614.7%
302Szandra Lajtos HUN1432114.7%
303Anna Seidel GER3004414.7%
304Stijn Desmet BEL3895714.7%
305Jasper Brunsmann NED41614.6%
306Sae-Bom Shin KOR961414.6%
307Yerkebulan Shamukhanov KAZ1992914.6%
308Teun Boer NED1101614.5%
309Min-Jung Kim KOR1241814.5%
310Eun Byul Lee KOR1732514.5%
311Muhammed Bozdag TUR1041514.4%
312Roberts Kruzbergs LAT3064414.4%
313Vladislav Bykanov ISR5798314.3%
314Evgeniya Zakharova RUS2593714.3%
315Amanda Overland CAN1402014.3%
316Yuka Kamino JPN1121614.3%
317Wonjun Moon HUN911314.3%
318Eric Bedard CAN841214.3%
319Leon Kaufmann-Ludwig GER771114.3%
320Marcus Howard USA701014.3%
321Mateusz Krzeminski POL63914.3%
322Liu Xiao Liang CHN42614.3%
323Zeinep Kumarkan KAZ42614.3%
324Si Un Kim KOR35514.3%
325Wei Ma CHN35514.3%
326Suyoun Lee KOR28414.3%
327Tamirlan Zholdas KAZ28414.3%
328Kim Min-Jee KOR28414.3%
329Xingguang Ma CHN21314.3%
330Dmitry Myasnikov RUS21314.3%
331Tianyou Wang CHN21314.3%
332Valeriya Reznik RUS2042914.2%
333Erika Huszar HUN2543614.2%
334Pavel Sitnikov RUS1271814.2%
335Yize Zang CHN2263214.2%
336Tifany Huot Marchand FRA2693814.1%
337Yubin Lee KOR781114.1%
338Krystian Zdrojkowski POL64914.1%
339Aika Klein GER2002814.0%
340Nicola Franceschina ITA1502114.0%
341Ekaterina Baranok RUS1001414.0%
342Theo Collins GBR1001414.0%
343Junji Ito JPN50714.0%
344Artur Sultangaliyev KAZ1291814.0%
345Kuandyk Suleymenov KAZ43614.0%
346Taiga Sasaki JPN43614.0%
347Katia Zini ITA1872613.9%
348Li Haonan CHN1011413.9%
349Jessica Kooreman USA2974113.8%
350Pietro Marinelli ITA29413.8%
351Michalina Wawer POL29413.8%
352Katherine Reutter-Adamek USA2543513.8%
353Seo Yi Ra KOR1962713.8%
354Rika Kanai JPN51713.7%
355Bianca Walter GER3304513.6%
356Ye Jin Kim KOR44613.6%
357Adam Callister USA44613.6%
358Hong Yang Wang CHN44613.6%
359Jonathan Roeskenbleck GER22313.6%
360Gabor Galambos HUN1031413.6%
361Alina Azhgaliyeva KAZ1031413.6%
362Agne Sereikaite LTU2213013.6%
363Long Sun CHN1992713.6%
364Nicole Botter Gomez ITA59813.6%
365Federica Tombolato ITA59813.6%
366Jack Whelbourne GBR3034113.5%
367Chika Ishida JPN37513.5%
368Benjamin Mace FRA37513.5%
369Dariusz Kulesza POL1261713.5%
370Allison Baver USA1862513.4%
371Adrian Lüdtke GER971313.4%
372Maria Orlova RUS30413.3%
373Michele Antonioli ITA30413.3%
374Alexander Gertsikov RUS1882513.3%
375Lucas Wareham AUS981313.3%
376Jakub Jaworski POL2042713.2%
377Shione Kaminaga JPN1361813.2%
378Meng Lin CHN68913.2%
379Veronika Windisch AUT3334413.2%
380Mark McNEE AUS1061413.2%
381Brandon Kim USA1672213.2%
382Jonathan Guilmette CAN1141513.2%
383Milada Doslá CZE761013.2%
384Katsunori Koike JPN38513.2%
385Ibuki Hayashi JPN38513.2%
386Marten Taubert GER38513.2%
387Niall Treacy GBR2893813.1%
388Eun-Ju Jung KOR1071413.1%
389Ward Petre BEL1992613.1%
390Jamie Macdonald CAN921213.0%
391Tawan Thomas FRA23313.0%
392Keita Watanabe JPN3995213.0%
393Ayuko Ito JPN3304313.0%
394Martina Valcepina ITA4866313.0%
395Claudio Rinaldi ITA851112.9%
396Farrell Treacy GBR1471912.9%
397Qiuhong Liu CHN3564612.9%
398Lisa Eckstein GER1782312.9%
399Yue Lin CHN931212.9%
400Eduardo Alvarez USA31412.9%
401Gregory Durand FRA31412.9%
402Tommaso Dotti ITA4515812.9%
403Shaoang Liu HUN3504512.9%
404Csaba Burjan HUN2493212.9%
405Hongchao Zhang CHN39512.8%
406Jingru Yang CHN39512.8%
407Courtney Charlong CAN39512.8%
408Artem Kozlov RUS861112.8%
409Viktor Knoch HUN4395612.8%
410Marc-Andre Monette CAN55712.7%
411Kii Kurokawa JPN55712.7%
412Shin-Young Yang KOR1261612.7%
413Annita van Doorn NED2232812.6%
414Valerie Lambert CAN72912.5%
415Karol Bobowicz POL56712.5%
416Mark Prinsen NED48612.5%
417Qichao Zhang CHN32412.5%
418William Preudhomme CAN24312.5%
419Nonomi Inoue JPN24312.5%
420Yousung Kim KOR24312.5%
421Weilong Song CHN1932412.4%
422Andre Pulec AUT1451812.4%
423Chiara Betti ITA1291612.4%
424Audrey Phaneuf CAN971212.4%
425Barbara Somogyi HUN73912.3%
426David Mano Loth HUN73912.3%
427Ruslan Zakharov RUS3494312.3%
428Lara van Ruijven NED3414212.3%
429Alex McEWAN AUS65812.3%
430Shuta Matsuzu JPN57712.3%
431Kalyna Roberge CAN2042512.3%
432Aaron Tran USA1471812.2%
433Steve Robillard CAN981212.2%
434Ekaterina Stukanov ISR49612.2%
435Ranya Ezzi SWE1972412.2%
436Mathieu Turcotte CAN1561912.2%
437Christoph Schubert GER2142612.1%
438Shaoang Liu CHN1071312.1%
439Yuma Sakurai JPN1401712.1%
440Olga Tikhonova KAZ2312812.1%
441Julia Riedel GER1652012.1%
442Takayuki Muratake JPN66812.1%
443Jianing Zhang CHN33412.1%
444Viacheslav Kurginian RUS2322812.1%
445Keanu Blunden AUS1161412.1%
446Sanne van Kerkhof NED1411712.1%
447Matthew Fuller NZL831012.0%
448Li Ye CHN2583112.0%
449Aida Bella POL1001212.0%
450Yevgeniy Rebik KAZ25312.0%
451Jan-Ebele van der Ree NED25312.0%
452Guldana Zhalmukhan KAZ25312.0%
453Natasa Z Molnar HUN25312.0%
454Guanyi Liu CHN25312.0%
455Balazs Knoch HUN25312.0%
456Chien Hua Huang TPE42511.9%
457Andrea Keszler HUN2693211.9%
458Zdenek Sejpal CZE1942311.9%
459Petra Vankova CZE2112511.8%
460Gert-Jan Goeminne BEL76911.8%
461Zsofia Konya HUN2793311.8%
462Mathias Voste BEL931111.8%
463Claudia Gagnon CAN1361611.8%
464Alix-Myra Anderson AUS851011.8%
465Ethan de Rose NZL51611.8%
466Timothy Dewispelaere BEL51611.8%
467Songnan Yu CHN34411.8%
468Ylenia Tota ITA34411.8%
469Hongzhi Xu CHN1111311.7%
470Arianna Valcepina ITA2142511.7%
471Ziwei Ren CHN2402811.7%
472Ryosuke Sakazume JPN2062411.7%
473Malika Yermek KAZ861011.6%
474Sascha Lauber SUI861011.6%
475Jordan Pierre-Gilles CAN861011.6%
476Anna Falkowska POL43511.6%
477Amelie Goulet-Nadon CAN1121311.6%
478Yang Zhou CHN2593011.6%
479Vojtech Loudin CZE1471711.6%
480Jonathan Moody GBR1041211.5%
481Mary Grace USA26311.5%
482Yuchen Zhong CHN26311.5%
483Sangjeong Kong KOR26311.5%
484Yuheng Li CHN26311.5%
485Anouk Leblanc-Boucher CAN70811.4%
486Assel Taishmanova KAZ35411.4%
487Yu Miura JPN35411.4%
488Kimberly Derrick USA1491711.4%
489In Wook Park KOR44511.4%
490Oliver Horsepool GBR44511.4%
491Yulia Shishkina RUS44511.4%
492Jekabs Saulitis LAT1852111.4%
493Marianne St-Gelais CAN4505111.3%
494Ekaterina Efremenkova RUS1862111.3%
495Ian Upcott GBR62711.3%
496Rina Yamana JPN71811.3%
497Victor An RUS5956711.3%
498Marie-Eve Drolet CAN1782011.2%
499Ingmar van Riel NED891011.2%
500Apolo Anton Ohno USA3574011.2%

the fastest final lap of a race belongs to the winner barely half the time. This counts the other half — the best closing speed in the race, spent too late, from too far back, or into traffic. counted over races whose laps carry a position for every lap, which is not every competition — 2007 stored none at all and 2006 very few — so the races column is the honest denominator rather than a skater’s whole career. Individual races only. At least 20 such races to appear.

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