Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, Håvard Bøkko of Norway, came second, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands came third.
Bob de Jong successfully defended his title from the previous season, while his countrymen Sven Kramer and Jorrit Bergsma came second and third, respectively.
The medallists were the same as the previous season, however in a different order: Jorrit Bergsma won the cup, while his countrymen Bob de Jong – the defending champion – and Sven Kramer came second and third, respectively.
Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won, followed by fellow Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma in second place, and Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea in third place.
Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the race, extending his winning streak from the start of the season, while Alexis Contin of France came second, and Patrick Beckert of Germany came third.
In each of those three years, he became World Allround Champion, making him one of only five male skaters to have won this title in three consecutive years – the other four being Oscar Mathisen (1912–1914), Ard Schenk (1970–1972), Eric Heiden (1977–1979), and Sven Kramer (2007–2010).
Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with Chad Hedrick, Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick).
Sven Kramer | Cosmo Kramer | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Wayne Kramer | Ben Kramer | Wayne Kramer (guitarist) | Sven Nykvist | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Sven Hedin | Ron Kramer | Larry Kramer | Jeffrey Kramer | Jack Kramer | Hilton Kramer | Eddie Kramer | Chris Kramer | Thomas Kramer | Sven Hannawald | Kramer vs. Kramer | Wolfgang Kramer | Sven Väth | Sven Otto Littorin | Sven Ottke | Sven-Erik Bäck | Sven Epiney | Sven-David Sandström | Rachel Kramer Bussel | Peter D. Kramer | Sven Wollter | Sven Windahl |
At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was at 3:42.03 by the team of the Netherlands consisting of Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, and Koen Verweij.