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In addition to individual routes Skating competitions combinations of several, mostly of four individual routes are run. These are referred to as four fights. Currently, the 2010 level in the order of execution:

• The "mini - four- fight " over 500, 1500, 1000, and 3000 meters
• The "little four- fight " over 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meters,
• The "Big Four battle " over 500, 5000, 1500 and 10,000 meters,
• The " Sprint Four fight " about the ever overflowed twice distances of 500 and 1000 meters.

In general, the four battles are also known as all-round more play for its character as Eventing.

Mode of

For the ranking of the participants misses the times of the individual runs are each on the average for a 500 - meter section in seconds converted and with the corresponding values ​​of the other three runs of the four struggle to score added ( rounded to the third decimal place ). The runner with the lowest number of points is the winner and, where appropriate, declared the record holder. The cards of the following placed runners emerge from the next higher score values. The final standings thus results exclusively from the converted 500 -meter distances average times, not from the placement in the individual runs.

Example The score of the conditions laid down in Calgary Shani Davis on 18 and 19 March 2006 World record in the Big Four battle amounted to 145.742 points, which resulted from the following distance times:

History

The track lengths were originally defined differently by gender and age group. From 1949 to 1955, among women the route combinations 500, passed 3000, 1000 and 5000 meters. 1955, the ISU decided not to allow the distance of 5000 meters for women's competition. The former "Big Four battle " was transformed into the route combination 500, 1500, 1000 and 3000 meters, today's "little four- fight " of women. In 1982, after the reintroduction of the 5000 - meter course in women, a new route combination for their " Big Four battle " was introduced with the sections 500, 3000, 1500 and 5000 meters.

Shortened four fights

Starting from the " standard " four fights, there are truncated variants. Reason may be that a route, for example, canceled due to bad weather was. But Condensed Mehrkampf are also regularly conducted competitions.

Trivial

It may happen that after the last lines have the same score two athletes up to the third decimal place. In this case, the athlete is to forward the classification was faster on the longest path.