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Sailor · 2020–2025

Sam Kandziora

wbc HandicapX BoatOptimist

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Events
20

90 races · 7 race wins

Win rate
5%

5% win rate · 1 of 20

Podium rate
15%

3 top-three finishes

Typically beats
63%

of boats faced (range 61%–66%, 928 boats)

Best class ranking
#3218

Helm in Optimist · rating 188

Biggest lift
Lucas Kandziora

+22 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Quinn O'Dell

Jul 2020 – Jul 2021 · 6 events

Nemesis
John Lieber

2–32 head to head in 34 races

Best day
1 Jan 2025

1-5-10-2-1-1-1 · Results are provisional as of 13:55 on August 27, 2025

Signature result
1st of 65

Results are provisional as of 13:55 on August 27, 2025 · Optimist · 1 Jan 2025

Partnerships · 5 sailors

  • Lucas Kandziora · 5428 · Handicap 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 16 races won Beat 77% of the fleet together(+22 vs. without) · best 11th · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Quinn O'Dell · Q-Tip (Fear the Ear), Unsinkable II · X Boat 6events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 34 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(−15 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2020 – Jul 2021
  • Steve O'Dell · Unsinkable II · X Boat 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 33% of the fleet together · best 3rd · May 2021 – May 2021
  • Quinn O’Dell · Unsinkable II · X Boat 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 37% of the fleet together · best 35th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
  • Nora Kandziora · Q-Tip (Fear the Ear) · X Boat 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 31st · Jul 2020 – Jul 2020

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

Rating history

-636419120212022202320242025Helm rating, full-size sailingCrew rating, full-size sailing

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

Event history · 20

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 10:09 on July 28, 20254687OptimistSkipper3rd / 58
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 11 on JAN 185428HandicapCrew12th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 1130am on JAN 195428HandicapCrew12th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 1230pm on JAN 185428HandicapCrew12th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 1300 on 19 Jan 20255428HandicapCrew13th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 13:55 on August 27, 20254687OptimistSkipper1st / 65
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 1400 on JAN 175428HandicapCrew12th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 14:04 on October 26, 2025303HandicapSkipper12th / 25
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 1500 on JAN 175428HandicapCrew11th / 50
1 Jan 2025Results are provisional as of 6.30pm on JAN 16 20255428HandicapCrew14th / 50
1 Jan 2024Results are provisional as of 14:47 on June 22, 20244733OptimistSkipper12th / 25
1 Jan 2024Results are provisional as of 16:54 on March 31, 20244662HandicapSkipper20th / 48
27 Jul 20212021 ILYA X Boat ChampionshipUnsinkable IIX BoatCrew18th / 64
23 Jul 20212021 WYA X Boat RegattaUnsinkable IIX BoatCrew35th / 55
11 Jul 20212021 GLSS DinghyfestUnsinkable IIX BoatCrew37th / 69
21 Jun 2021TRAP 2021Unsinkable IIX BoatCrew18th / 36
16 Jun 2021Regatta Quint X-fleet 2021Unsinkable IIX BoatCrew5th / 15
20 May 2021Regatta Tune-Up Regatta 2021Unsinkable IIX BoatCrew3rd / 4
2 Aug 20202020 ILYA IOD ChampionshipFish StickHandicapSkipper81st / 86
26 Jul 20202020 ILYA X Boat ChampionshipQ-Tip (Fear the Ear)X BoatCrew31st / 48

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 44, #37,751.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 191, #21,424. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.