Sailor · 2018–2023

Benjamin Wild

chicago yacht club ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)420 PHRF handicap

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Events: 9
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 22%
Typically beats: 36%
Best class ranking: #4420
Longest win streak: 5

Nemesis: Eden Nykamp
Rival: Elizabeth Gildea
Best day: 12 Sep 2020
Signature result: 1st of 5

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Rob Jacob · Unknown Lady NAI · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Chris Kennedy · Unknown Lady NAI · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
David Ward · Unknown Lady NAI · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023
Michael Cook · Unknown Lady NAI · PHRF handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 1 race won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2023 – Sep 2023

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
23 Sep 2023	2023 3 Crib Fiasco	Unknown Lady NAI	PHRF handicap	Other	1st / 5
15 Jun 2022	Thursday Night Series	Benny Wild	420	Skipper	8th / 15
17 Jun 2021	2021 Inshore Chicago Beer Can Series	This is not a boat	420	Other	8th / 16
11 Sep 2020	2020 Chicago Regatta	Conny	Handicap	Other	1st / 3
31 Jul 2020	2020 Junior Race Weekend Presented by Wintrust	Benjamin Wild	ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)	Skipper	7th / 7
17 Jul 2019	US Sailing’s Chubb U.S. Junior Sailing Championships - Area K	Benjamin Wild	ILCA 7 (Laser)	Skipper	23rd / 30
29 Jun 2019	2019 Great Lakes Laser Championship	136828	ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)	Skipper	22nd / 29
6 Oct 2018	2018 Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - Macatawa	136828	ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)	Skipper	10th / 21
16 Jul 2018	2018 Area K Qualifier for the U.S. Junior Sailing Championships	136828	ILCA 6 (Laser Radial)	Skipper	20th / 25

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	35 provisional	#45894 band 28073–65167	—
ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Helm	-116 provisional	#4420 band 3282–4970	—

3 more classes, not yet ranked

ILCA 7 (Laser) · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating -64
420 · Helm · 5 races, 2 events · rating 38
Full-size sailing · Crew · 1 race, 1 event · rating 45

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	8 events	1 wins	beats 41%
As crew	1 events	1 wins	beats 100%

How they race

Closer	+14 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−14 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	35%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	23%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets	67%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Henry Merrilees	30	7–23
Elizabeth Gildea	30	15–15
Eden Nykamp	29	1–28
John Hultquist	28	11–17
Jack Williams	27	12–15
Samuel Boehle	21	2–19
Owen Patterson	21	0–21
Lawson Levine	20	2–18
Luke Ackerman	19	9–10
Leo Kumar	19	6–13
Henry Scholz	19	2–17
Abigail Shanley-Roberts	19	9–10

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2023	1	1	100%
2022	1	0	50%
2021	1	0	53%
2020	2	1	50%
2019	2	0	25%
2018	2	0	38%

Boats

136828 · ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) · 3 events · 2018–2019
Benjamin Wild · ILCA 6 (Laser Radial), ILCA 7 (Laser) · 2 events · 2019–2020
Unknown Lady NAI · PHRF handicap · 1 events · 2023
Benny Wild · 420 · 1 events · 2022
This is not a boat · 420 · 1 events · 2021
Conny · Handicap · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

Chicago, IL, USA · 2 events
Chicago, IL · 2 events
Holland, MI · 1 events
Milwaukee, WI · 1 events
Chicago , IL · 1 events
Chicago, Illinois, USA · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 35, #45,894.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 45. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.