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Sailor · 2013–2024

Zachary Backas

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Events
13

207 races · 21 race wins

Win rate
8%

8% win rate · 1 of 13

Podium rate
15%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
47%

of boats faced (range 41%–53%, 176 boats)

Best class ranking
#4462

Crew in College fleet racing · rating 99

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Alex Dzinbal

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Casey Brown & James Morrissey

1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Alex Dzinbal

+26 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Casey Brown

Mar 2013 – Sep 2015 · 10 events

Nemesis
Charles Lomax

16–44 head to head in 60 races

Rival
Griffin Orr

30–44 in 74 races

Best day
10 May 2014

3-1-1-1-7-1-5-2-5-1-4-1-2-1-1-3 · Engineer's Cup

Signature result
1st of 8

Engineer's Cup · College fleet racing · 10 May 2014

Partnerships · 18 sailors

Most successful partnership: Alex Dzinbal — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together
  • Casey Brown · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 10% win rate · 21 of 174 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2013 – Sep 2015
  • Cody Stansky · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 8events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 13% win rate · 18 of 141 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2013 – Sep 2015
  • Erin Hub · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 10 of 79 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together(−11 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2013 – Oct 2014
  • James Codega · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 9 of 71 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together(−23 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2013 – Apr 2014
  • Kurt Gavel · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 1 of 64 races won Beat 55% of the fleet together(+15 vs. without) · best 3rd · Apr 2014 – Apr 2015
  • Nathan Fast · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 8 of 45 races won Beat 23% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 5th · Mar 2013 – Apr 2014
  • Alex Dzinbal · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 13 of 55 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+26 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2014 – Sep 2015
  • James Morrissey · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 14 of 44 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Mar 2014 – Mar 2015
  • Sean Walker · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing, College team racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 29 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together · best 8th · Nov 2014 – Mar 2015
  • Taylor Reiss · Webb Institute (Clippers) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 1 of 36 races won Beat 47% of the fleet together · best 6th · Oct 2014 – Nov 2014

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

Rating history

-8610105201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 13

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
17 Apr 20242024 Thursday Windward/Leeward Foil RacingSlonkKiteboard MenSkipper16th / 18
16 Aug 20192019 KiteFoil US National Championship1Kite FoilSkipper14th / 25
19 Sep 2015Central Fall QualifierWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingB Crew5th / 16
18 Apr 2015North Spring QualifierWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingA Crew3rd / 18
28 Mar 2015MAISA/SAISA Team RaceWebb Institute (Clippers)College team racingCrew8th / 8
1 Nov 2014War MemorialWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingB Crew (7-8)13th / 18
18 Oct 2014Luce RegattaWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingA Crew (7-10)6th / 15
20 Sep 2014NY Maritime Fall OpenWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingA Crew (1-6)10th / 20
10 May 2014Engineer's CupWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingA Crew (1-6)1st / 8
19 Apr 2014Greater New York Dinghy RegattaWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingB Crew (1-4)11th / 16
12 Apr 2014North Spring QualifierWebb Institute (Clippers)College fleet racingA Crew (5-13)8th / 14
15 Mar 2014Washington College Team RaceWebb Institute (Clippers)College team racingCrew5th / 6
23 Mar 2013Team Race ChallengeWebb Institute (Clippers)College team racingCrew6th / 7

Crew rating across all classes: 105, #26,825.Helm rating across all classes: -86. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.