Sailor · 2021–2025

Alex Costello

wicklow sc RS 200

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Events: 11
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 9%
Typically beats: 44%
Best class ranking: #63

Biggest lift: Charles Heather
Longest-running crew: Benjy Billington
Nemesis: Tom Moran
Best day: 1 Jan 2025
Signature result: 2nd of 10

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Benjy Billington · 895, Napol,on · RS 200 7events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 0 of 21 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together(−28 vs. without) · best 4th · Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
Charles Heather · 895, RS200 · RS 200 4events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 2 of 15 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(+28 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
1 Jan 2025	RS National Championships	895	RS 200	Crew	5th / 11
1 Jan 2025	RS Traveller Series Ireland	895	RS 200	Crew	9th / 23
1 Jan 2025	RS200 Nationals 2025	895	RS 200	Crew	4th / 17
1 Jan 2025	RS200 Nationals 2025	895	RS 200	Crew	4th / 17
1 Jan 2024	2024 RS Traveller Series	895	RS 200	Skipper	5th / 19
1 Jan 2023	RS Easterns & Greystones Club Dinghy Regatta 2023	RS200	RS 200	Skipper	2nd / 10
1 Jan 2023	Various RS Events	895	RS 200	Skipper	10th / 19
1 Jan 2022	RS Ireland Traveller Series 2021	Napol,on	RS 200	Skipper	28th / 33
1 Jan 2022	RS Ireland Traveller Series 2021	Napol,on	RS 200	Skipper	28th / 33
1 Jan 2021	RS Ireland Racing Series	Napol,on	RS 200	Skipper	28th / 33
1 Jan 2021	RS200/RS400 Easterns and RS Aero Southerns 2021	895	RS 200	Skipper	8th / 9

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	173 provisional	#20271 band 10589–35920	—
RS 200 Crew	134 provisional	#63 band 30–111	+2
RS 200 Helm	30 provisional	#124 band 73–164	+2
Full-size sailing Helm	47 provisional	#58436 band 34396–84778	—

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	7 events	0 wins	beats 39%
As crew	4 events	0 wins	beats 72%

How they race

Closer	−1 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	41%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	16%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	54%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Danny Quinn	28	27–1
Cian Swan	28	10–18
Tim O'Neill	19	18–1
Robert Stafford	19	18–1
Aine Walsh	16	13–3
Elliot Wright	15	13–2
Tom Moran	14	0–14
Lewis McConnell	14	9–5
Frank O'Rourke	14	0–14
Noah Doherty	14	13–1
Sarah Dwyer	14	11–3
Andy Verso	14	0–14

Most-beaten opponent: Danny Quinn (27–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	4	72%
2024	1	78%
2023	2	69%
2022	2	16%
2021	2	14%

Boats

895 · RS 200 · 7 events · 2021–2025
Napol,on · RS 200 · 3 events · 2021–2022
RS200 · RS 200 · 1 events · 2023

Where they race

Various · 5 events
Greystones Sailing Club · 4 events
Various Locations · 1 events
Carrickfergus Sailing Club · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 173, #20,271.Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 47, #58,436. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.