Sailor · 2018–2026

Max Nickel

berliner yacht club e v J/70

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Events: 9
Win rate: 56%
Podium rate: 89%
Typically beats: 94%
Best class ranking: #199
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Valentin Gebhardt
Best trio: Valentin Gebhardt & Philipp Bruhns
Biggest lift: Philipp Bruhns
Longest-running crew: Philipp Bruhns
Nemesis: Jan Seekamp
Rival: Mike Przybyl
Best day: 7 Apr 2018
Signature result: 1st of 30

Partnerships · 15 sailors

Most successful partnership: Valentin Gebhardt — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 60% win rate

Philipp Bruhns · Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70 6events 3 wins together · 6 podiums · 50% win rate · 24 of 55 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Apr 2026
Valentin Gebhardt · Hanne, Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70 5events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 60% win rate · 17 of 47 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2024
Valentin Gebhard · Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 10 of 25 races won Beat 96% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2019
Philip Raabe · Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 11 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2023 – Apr 2026
Moritz Bruhns · Mezzoforte · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 14 of 33 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Apr 2018 – Apr 2018
Nikolas Warminski · Jukebox · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 19 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019
Felix Nickel · Jukebox · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 3 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
Charlotte Graffunder · Mezzoforte · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2021 – Oct 2021
Caro Heine · Hanne · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2024 – Oct 2024
Constantin Ernst · Jukebox · J/70 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 3 of 19 races won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 5th · Apr 2019 – Apr 2019

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, full-size sailing · - - Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
25 Apr 2026	Frühlingswettfahrten 2026 inkl. BM FD	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	1st / 23
12 Oct 2024	Senatspreis 2024	Hanne	J/70	Crew	1st / 25
22 Apr 2023	Frühlingswettfahrten	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	1st / 30
9 Oct 2021	Senatspreis	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	1st / 11
12 Oct 2019	Senatspreis 2019	Jukebox	J/70	Skipper	1st / 16
6 Apr 2019	Frühlingserwachen II J/70 2019	Jukebox	J/70	Skipper	5th / 15
13 Oct 2018	Senatspreis 2018	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	3rd / 19
14 Apr 2018	Frühlingserwachen II 2018	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	2nd / 15
7 Apr 2018	Frühlingserwachen I 2018	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	2nd / 14

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	400 provisional	#3950 band 1912–7663	—
J/70 Crew	423 provisional	#199 band 132–326	+13.5

2 more classes, not yet ranked

Full-size sailing · Helm · 22 races, 2 events · rating 212
J/70 · Helm · 22 races, 2 events · rating 171

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	2 events	1 wins	beats 86%
As crew	7 events	4 wins	beats 96%

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−8 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	82%	100% = the same result every event

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Erik Witzmann	56	39–17
Jan-Philipp Hofmann	35	27–8
Mike Przybyl	33	19–14
Martin Fahr	33	27–6
Jan Seekamp	25	10–15
Johanna Meier	25	15–10
Eiko Powilleit	24	19–5
Arne Clauß	22	20–2
Christoph Cornelius	20	17–3
Felix Nickel	17	16–1
Jost Haberland	17	17–0
Paul Ost	17	15–2

Most-beaten opponent: Erik Witzmann (39–17).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	1	100%
2021	1	1	100%
2019	2	1	86%
2018	3	0	91%

Boats

Jukebox · J/70 · 4 events · 2018–2026
Mezzoforte · J/70 · 4 events · 2018–2023
Hanne · J/70 · 1 events · 2024

Where they race

Unknown · 9 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 400, #3,950.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 212. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.