Sailor · 2018–2026

Sampo Valjus

oulun purjehdusseura Handicap Snipe Laser Radial

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Events: 15
Win rate: 7%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 61%
Best class ranking: #217

Most successful partnership: Ville-Veikko Laukkanen
Best trio: Ville-Veikko Laukkanen & Henrik Resman
Biggest lift: Pekka Johansson
Longest-running crew: Ronja Valjus
Nemesis: Ville Aalto-setälÄ
Rival: Kai Saarhelo
Best day: 1 Jul 2023
Signature result: 1st of 39

Partnerships · 32 sailors

Most successful partnership: Ville-Veikko Laukkanen — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Jani Lehti · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 3 of 22 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Aug 2023
Henrik Resman · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 3 of 22 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Aug 2023
Sami Laxman · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap, ORC handicap 6events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 17% win rate · 3 of 22 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+34 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Aug 2023
Kaarlo Karvonen · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap 5events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 20% win rate · 2 of 14 races won Beat 76% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Aug 2023
Ronja Valjus · Galiana WithSecure, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Pe-lo-ton · Handicap, Snipe, Vikla 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 23 races won Beat 59% of the fleet together(+4 vs. without) · best 4th · Jul 2021 – Sep 2024
Tuomas Ikonen · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap, ORC handicap 5events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 20% win rate · 3 of 21 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+27 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Aug 2023
Pekka Johansson · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap, ORC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 11 races won Beat 92% of the fleet together(+47 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Jul 2023
Anders Sjöblom · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow · Handicap, ORC handicap 4events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 4 events · 3 of 12 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together(+29 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2021 – Jul 2023
Ville-Veikko Laukkanen · Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow, Mercedes-Benz EQ POW · Handicap 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+47 vs. without) · best 1st · Oct 2020 – Oct 2022
Kristofer Potrykus · Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow · Handicap, ORC handicap 3events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 11 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2022 – Jul 2023

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 15

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Aug 2026	Garmin ILCA 7 & 6 Nordic and Finnish Class Championships, part of EurILCA Masters Series 2026	K. Kaselli	Laser Radial	Skipper	24th / 30
6 Sep 2024	Logent Rauma Sea Race	Galiana WithSecure	Handicap	Crew	14th / 16
28 Jun 2024	Helsinki regatta for dinghies 2024	Pe-lo-ton	Snipe	Skipper	10th / 14
7 Aug 2023	ORC World Championship 2023	Mercedes-Benz	Handicap	Crew	7th / 15
21 Jul 2023	134. Travemünder Woche 2023	Mercedes-Benz	ORC handicap	Crew	2nd / 7
30 Jun 2023	Vikla SM	Pe-lo-ton	Snipe	Skipper	6th / 19
1 Oct 2022	Karvalakki	Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow	Handicap	Crew	1st / 39
5 Aug 2022	M100-juhlaregatta	Pe-lo-ton	Vikla	Skipper	11th / 17
24 May 2022	KoPun Tiistaikilpailut	Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow	Handicap	Crew	26th / 43
2 Oct 2021	Karvalakki	Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow	Handicap	Crew	6th / 46
30 Jul 2021	Avoin Vikla SM	Pe-lo-ton	Snipe	Skipper	4th / 20
3 Oct 2020	Karvalakki	Mercedes-Benz EQ POW	Handicap	Crew	4th / 48
19 Sep 2020	Tuusulanjärven Syyspurjehdus 2020	Pe-lo-ton	Snipe	Skipper	6th / 8
6 Sep 2019	EMK Syysregatta 2019	Pe-lo-ton	Vikla SM	Skipper	4th / 20
20 Aug 2018	2018 European Championship	Sampo Valjus	Snipe	Skipper	35th / 41

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	97 provisional	#33281 band 19869–50829	—
Snipe Helm	70 provisional	#217 band 140–323	—
All classes Crew	186 provisional	#16397 band 8204–30106	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

Vikla SM · Helm · 8 races, 1 event · rating 89
Laser Radial · Helm · 6 races, 1 event · rating -39
Vikla · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 26

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	8 events	0 wins	beats 47%
As crew	7 events	1 wins	beats 68%

How they race

Closer	+5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−18 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	60%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Reino Suonsilta	49	30–19
Antti Mikkonen	48	13–35
Pasi Kalliala	42	26–16
Ville Aalto-setälÄ	41	7–34
Kai Saarhelo	40	17–23
Mikko Mäkinen	34	29–5
Claus Carpelan	33	13–20
Riku Vääriskoski	29	7–22
Chita Wahlroos	28	8–20
Jussi SävelÄ	26	20–6
Emilia Väänänen	25	18–7
Sirkku Ala-harja	24	23–1

Most-beaten opponent: Mikko Mäkinen (29–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	21%
2024	2	0	22%
2023	3	0	71%
2022	3	1	59%
2021	2	0	87%
2020	2	0	61%
2019	1	0	84%
2018	1	0	15%

Boats

Pe-lo-ton · Snipe, Vikla, Vikla SM · 6 events · 2019–2024
Mercedes-Benz EQ Pow · Handicap · 4 events · 2020–2022
Mercedes-Benz · Handicap, ORC handicap · 2 events · 2023
K. Kaselli · Laser Radial · 1 events · 2026
Galiana WithSecure · Handicap · 1 events · 2024
Sampo Valjus · Snipe · 1 events · 2018

Where they race

Unknown · 14 events
28880 Pori · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating across all classes: 97, #33,281.Crew rating across all classes: 186, #16,397. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.