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Sailor · 2011–2024

Samuel Heller

university of california at irvine College fleet racingJ/105College team racing

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Events
52

731 races · 30 race wins

Win rate
0%

0% win rate · 0 of 52

Podium rate
0%

0 top-three finishes

Typically beats
52%

of boats faced (range 50%–55%, 1,014 boats)

Best class ranking
#2049

Helm in College fleet racing · rating 265

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Biggest lift
Martha Davis

+23 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
William Woodruff

Sep 2019 – Sep 2024 · 7 events

Nemesis
Ian Stokes

34–238 head to head in 272 races

Rival
Greg Dair

141–163 in 304 races

Best day
31 Mar 2012

11-11-3-7-9-7-11-5-12-19-5-15-5-3-1-9-8-9 · St. Francis Interconference

Signature result
4th of 31

St. Francis Interconference · College fleet racing · 31 Mar 2012

Partnerships · 49 sailors

  • Nicholas Weis · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 2), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College team racing 33events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 25 of 509 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(±0 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2012 – May 2015
  • Kate Andersen · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing, College team racing 21events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 20 of 354 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2011 – Apr 2014
  • Kathryn Benight · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College team racing 19events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 6 of 305 races won Beat 43% of the fleet together(−9 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2012 – Jan 2015
  • Brian Hoover · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College team racing 15events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 21 of 255 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2011 – Apr 2013
  • Daniel Diaz · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College team racing 12events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 212 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2012 – May 2015
  • Deanne Buckman · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 4 of 142 races won Beat 51% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2014 – Feb 2015
  • William Larsen · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 2), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College team racing 10events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 16 of 189 races won Beat 54% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2011 – Apr 2013
  • William Woodruff · Roulette, Russian Roulette · J/105 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 48 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 8th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2024
  • James Heller · University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 2), University of California at Irvine (Anteaters) · College fleet racing, College keelboat, College match racing 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 69 races won Beat 44% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2013 – Mar 2014
  • Elizabeth Zhang · Roulette, Russian Roulette · J/105 6events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 41 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together(−10 vs. without) · best 9th · Sep 2019 – Sep 2024

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

Rating history

01162322012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, all classesCrew rating, all classes

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

Event history · 52

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
12 Sep 20242024 Rolex Big Boat SeriesRouletteJ/105Other17th / 30
14 Sep 20232023 Rolex Big Boat SeriesRouletteJ/105Other8th / 31
29 Sep 20222022 J/105 North American ChampionshipRouletteJ/105Spinnaker trimmer19th / 28
15 Sep 20222022 Rolex Big Boat SeriesRouletteJ/105Spinnaker trimmer19th / 29
16 Sep 20212021 Rolex Big Boat SeriesRussian RouletteJ/105Spinnaker trimmer9th / 22
11 Jun 2021SFYC Knarr and J/105 RegattaRussian RouletteJ/105Crew13th / 20
12 Sep 20192019 Rolex Big Boat SeriesRussian RouletteJ/105Other17th / 23
3 May 20152015 PCCSC Team Race ChampionshipUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College team racingSkipper8th / 9
1 May 20152015 PCCSC Coed ChampionshipsUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingB Skipper9th / 15
4 Apr 2015St. Francis InterconferenceUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingB Skipper6th / 27
28 Mar 2015South DesignateUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingA Skipper (1-6)17th / 25
28 Feb 20152015 McIntyre Team RaceUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College team racingSkipper8th / 9
24 Jan 2015Jeff Simon Memorial RegattaUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingA Skipper12th / 22
3 Jan 2015Rose Bowl RegattaUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingB Skipper14th / 30
18 Oct 2014Stoney BurkeUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingB Skipper12th / 28
26 Apr 2014PCCSC Coed ChampionshipUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingA Skipper9th / 12
12 Apr 2014PCCSC South 5 DesignateUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingB Skipper12th / 28
29 Mar 2014St. Francis InterconferenceUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingA Skipper10th / 29
7 Mar 2014Harbor CupUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College keelboatA Skipper10th / 10
1 Mar 2014McIntyre Team RaceUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College team racingSkipper10th / 10
23 Feb 2014South 4University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingB Skipper9th / 20
22 Feb 2014South 3University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingA Skipper8th / 21
26 Jan 2014Jeff Simon, South 2University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingB Skipper5th / 24
25 Jan 2014Jeff Simon, South 1University of California at Irvine (Anteaters 1)College fleet racingA Skipper4th / 24
4 Jan 2014Rose Bowl RegattaUniversity of California at Irvine (Anteaters)College fleet racingA Skipper23rd / 26

Helm rating across all classes: 232, #15,427.Crew rating across all classes: 64, #32,936. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.