Sailor · 2023–2026

Niko Barbee

sbyc sbysf 420 Handicap

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Events: 10
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 61%
Best class ranking: #690

Biggest lift: Sam Wells
Nemesis: Kingston Keyoung
Rival: Will Ramsay
Best day: 14 Dec 2024
Signature result: 12th of 50

Partnerships · 5 sailors

Taylor Escola · Taylor Escola · 420, Handicap 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 44 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 17th · Aug 2025 – Jan 2026
Sam Wells · Sam Wells · 420 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 22 races won Beat 68% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 12th · Sep 2024 – Apr 2025
Dylan Seawards · Dylan Seawards · 420, Handicap 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 27 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together · best 21st · Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
Vance Khamsi · Vance Khamsi · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 63% of the fleet together · best 12th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Maggie Ugoretz · Dylan Seawards · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 20 races won Beat 53% of the fleet together · best 31st · Jul 2023 – Jul 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 10

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
24 Jan 2026	SCYYRA Perry Series #3	Taylor Escola	420	Crew	22nd / 56
13 Dec 2025	Perry #2 Coronado Yacht Club	Taylor Escola	420	Crew	24th / 46
13 Sep 2025	2025 C420 Pacific Coast Championship and Perry Series #1	Taylor Escola	420	Crew	17th / 55
15 Aug 2025	2025-2026 SCYYRA Series	Taylor Escola	Handicap	Crew	17th / 33
28 Jun 2025	2025 C420 California State Championship	Vance Khamsi	420	Crew	12th / 31
5 Apr 2025	SCYYRA Perry Series #4	Sam Wells	420	Crew	17th / 41
14 Dec 2024	Perry #2, 2024	Sam Wells	420	Crew	12th / 50
13 Sep 2024	2024 C420 Pacific Coast Championship and Perry Series #1	Sam Wells	420	Crew	16th / 46
8 Dec 2023	Coronado Yacht Club, Perry #2 2023	Dylan Seawards	420	Crew	21st / 41
31 Jul 2023	SCYYRA Series 2023/2024	Dylan Seawards	Handicap	Crew	31st / 65

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
420 Crew	131 provisional	#690 band 303–1485	+9.9
Full-size sailing Crew	147 provisional	#21101 band 10418–38149	—

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	10 events	0 wins	beats 60%

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	82%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	60%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Kingston Keyoung	57	14–43
Katlia Sherman	51	13–38
Cooper Keeves	50	11–39
Will Ramsay	50	28–22
Vesper Gronborg	44	27–17
Otto Wehner	44	30–14
Lincoln Betz	41	36–5
Nevin Elliott	39	21–18
Kylie Peterson	37	28–9
Fenton Wallace	37	23–14
Nick Lech	37	9–28
Kevin Cason	36	10–26

Most-beaten opponent: Lincoln Betz (36–5).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	62%
2025	5	59%
2024	2	72%
2023	2	52%

Boats

Taylor Escola · 420, Handicap · 4 events · 2025–2026
Sam Wells · 420 · 3 events · 2024–2025
Dylan Seawards · 420, Handicap · 2 events · 2023
Vance Khamsi · 420 · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Coronado, CA · 3 events
Long Beach, CA · 2 events
SCYYRA · 2 events
San Pedro, CA · 2 events
San Diego, CA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 147, #21,101. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.