2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2012–2013, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 16 November 2012 in Heerenveen, Netherlands, and ended with the final on 10 March 2013, also in Heerenveen. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested, and 82 races took place.
This season world cup points was awarded in the mass start event. Additionally, the team sprint was contested as a demonstration event at both Heerenveen competitions. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union.
Calendar
Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.Source: ISU
World records
World records going into the 2012–13 season.Men
| Distance | Time | Nat. | Holder | Date | Venue | Reference |
| 500 m | 34.03 |  | Jeremy Wotherspoon | 9 November 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1:06.42 |  | Shani Davis | 7 March 2009 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 m | 1:41.04 | | Shani Davis | 11 December 2009 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 5000 m | 6:03.32 |  | Sven Kramer | 17 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 10000 m | 12:41.69 | | Sven Kramer | 10 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| Team pursuit | 3:37.80 | | Sven Kramer Carl Verheijen Erben Wennemars | 11 March 2007 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City |
Women
| Distance | Time | Nat. | Holder | Date | Venue | Reference |
| 500 m | 36.94 |  | Yu Jing | 29 January 2012 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1000 m | 1:12.68 | | Christine Nesbitt | 28 January 2012 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:51.79 | | Cindy Klassen | 20 November 2005 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 m | 3:53.34 | | Cindy Klassen | 18 March 2006 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:42.66 |  | Martina Sáblíková | 18 February 2011 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | |
| Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 6 December 2009 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
At the World Cup stop in Calgary on 20 January 2013, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea set a new world record on the women's 500 metres with a time of 36.80 seconds.
Men's standings
500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Jan Smeekens | 1130 |
| 2 |  Joji Kato | 896 |
| 3 | Michel Mulder | 665 |
1000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kjeld Nuis | 587 |
| 2 | Shani Davis | 546 |
| 3 | Hein Otterspeer | 507 |
1500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 |  Zbigniew Bródka | 460 |
| 2 |  Bart Swings | 336 |
| 3 |  Håvard Bøkko | 329 |
5000 and 10000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Jorrit Bergsma | 520 |
| 2 | Bob de Jong | 485 |
| 3 | Sven Kramer | 450 |
Mass start
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Arjan Stroetinga | 330 |
| 2 | Bart Swings | 310 |
| 3 | Jordan Belchos | 216 |
Team pursuit
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | 450 | |
| 2 | 350 | |
| 3 | 285 |
Women's standings
500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 |  Lee Sang-hwa | 1055 |
| 2 |  Jenny Wolf | 851 |
| 3 | Wang Beixing | 756 |
1000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Heather Richardson | 525 |
| 2 | Brittany Bowe | 480 |
| 3 | Karolína Erbanová | 465 |
1500 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Marrit Leenstra | 411 |
| 2 | Christine Nesbitt | 375 |
| 3 | Ireen Wüst | 350 |
3000 and 5000 m
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Martina Sáblíková | 475 |
| 2 | Claudia Pechstein | 421 |
| 3 | Diane Valkenburg | 410 |
Mass start
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kim Bo-reum | 365 |
| 2 | Mariska Huisman | 330 |
| 3 | Ivanie Blondin | 300 |
Team pursuit
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | 400 | |
| 2 | 370 | |
| 3 | 295 |