Sailor · 2021–2025

Benjamin Lochtefeld

ipswich junior sailing 420 Handicap Optimist

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 60%
Best class ranking: #2863

Nemesis: Brooks O'Malley
Rival: Will Coughlin
Best day: 18 Jul 2021
Signature result: 5th of 23

Partnerships · 6 sailors

Reed Soininen · Benjamin Lochtefeld · 420, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 5th · Jul 2023 – Aug 2023
Paolo Calderaro · Benjamin Lochtefeld · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jul 2022 – Jul 2022
Aiden Creasi · Benjamin Lochtefeld · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Ryan Choma · Benjamin Lochtefeld · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 57% of the fleet together · best 11th · Aug 2022 – Aug 2022
Colin O'Brien · Benjamin Lochtefeld · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 7th · Aug 2024 – Aug 2024
Collin Hagerty · Benjamin Lochtefeld · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 12 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 24th · Jul 2025 – Jul 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Aug 2025	123rd Squam Day Regatta	Benjamin Lochtefeld	420	Skipper	10th / 15
21 Jul 2025	Marblehead Junior Race Week 2025	Benjamin Lochtefeld	Handicap	Skipper	24th / 37
1 Aug 2024	122nd Squam Day Regatta	Benjamin Lochtefeld	420	Skipper	7th / 18
3 Aug 2023	121st Squam Day Regatta	Benjamin Lochtefeld	420	Skipper	7th / 25
23 Jul 2023	Marblehead Junior Race Week 2023	Benjamin Lochtefeld	Handicap	Skipper	5th / 23
4 Aug 2022	120th Squam Day Regatta	Benjamin Lochtefeld	420	Skipper	11th / 24
24 Jul 2022	Marblehead Junior Race Week 2022	Benjamin Lochtefeld	Handicap	Skipper	9th / 20
18 Jul 2021	Marblehead Junior Race Week 2021	Benjamin Lochtefeld	Optimist	Skipper	10th / 34

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	114 provisional	#31179 band 16538–52560	—
420 Helm	47 provisional	#2863 band 1480–4379	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Optimist · Helm · 12 races, 1 event · rating 98

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 60%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−5 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	68%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	61%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Will Coughlin	25	13–12
Brooks O'Malley	16	1–15
Michael Carner	16	15–1
Sage Wadlow	16	12–4
Liam Foti	15	13–2
Landon Parco	13	9–4
Ryan Carner	13	8–5
Orla Kruuse	12	12–0
Freyja Kruuse	12	5–7
Owen Ridge	12	12–0
Alden Durrell	12	7–5
Ava Vidal	12	12–0

Most-beaten opponent: Michael Carner (15–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	2	36%
2024	1	65%
2023	2	78%
2022	2	57%
2021	1	73%

Boats

Benjamin Lochtefeld · 420, Handicap, Optimist · 8 events · 2021–2025

Where they race

Gloucester, MA · 4 events
MA · 3 events
MARBLEHEAD, MA · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 114, #31,179. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.