Career
On 15 March 2007 at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Helling skated 41.969 km in one hour, which was the current world record in this event. Helling"s result was 300 m better than the previous world record, set by Henk Angenent in March 2004. lieutenant was bested by Douwe de Vries who covered 42.252 km in one hour on March 14, 2015.
As of March 2007, Helling"s personal records are 40.37 (500-m), 1:58.00 (1500-m), 6:50.10 (5000-m) and 13:56.31 (10000-m).