Sailor · 2013–2026

John Tomczak

buffalo canoe club Lightning 420

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Events: 9
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 0%
Typically beats: 14%
Best class ranking: #554

Nemesis: Tanner Probst
Signature result: 9th of 14

Partnerships · 3 sailors

Grace Tomczak · Lightning, Team Tomczak · Lightning 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 0 of 19 races won Beat 15% of the fleet together(−3 vs. without) · best 14th · Jun 2015 – Jul 2026
Stas Balanevsky · Team Tomczak · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 8% of the fleet together · best 36th · Jun 2015 – Jun 2015
Katie Braungart · Lightning · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 8 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together · best 14th · Aug 2015 – Aug 2015

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

Rating history

Event history · 9

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
11 Jul 2026	2026 Lightning Canadian Open	Lightning	Lightning	Boat Captain	41st / 43
7 Jul 2024	2024 Lightning Class Canadian Open and Lake Erie Districts	Team Tomczak	Lightning	Other	30th / 37
13 Aug 2021	2021 Lightning North American Championship (ILCA)	tba	Lightning	Other	25th / 26
13 Aug 2016	Lightning North American Championship	John Tomczak[Y1][G2][Y3][B4][GC]	Lightning	Skipper	18th / 21
13 Aug 2016	Lightning North American Championship	John Tomczak[Y1][G2][Y3][B4][GC]	Lightning	Skipper	68th / 76
7 Aug 2015	2015 Lightning Womens, Junior and Masters North American Championship	Lightning	Lightning	Other	14th / 20
27 Jun 2015	2015 Lightning Class Canadian Open Championship	Team Tomczak	Lightning	Skipper	36th / 39
8 Aug 2014	2014 Lightning Women's, Junior and Masters North American Championships	Lightning	Lightning	Other	9th / 14
7 Jul 2013	Area E Eliminations for the 2013 U.S. Sailing Chubb Junior Championships	6414	420	Skipper	31st / 39

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Helm	-282 provisional	#83939 band 79208–85098	—
Lightning Helm	-313 provisional	#554 band 535–559	−14.7

1 more class, not yet ranked

420 · Helm · 3 races, 1 event · rating -13

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	9 events	0 wins	beats 17%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

Positions: Boat Captain (1)

How they race

Closer	−5 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−4 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	78%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	11%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Tanner Probst	28	2–26
Abbie Probst	23	1–22
Benjamin Folds	23	3–20
Douglas Wake	21	3–18
Robert Robinson	20	3–17
Adam MacDonald	16	0–16
David Starck	16	0–16
Maggie MacDonald	16	7–9
Thomas Allen	16	1–15
Hugh Hutchison	15	4–11
Philip Lange	15	6–9
Jody Starck	14	0–14

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2026	1	5%
2024	1	19%
2021	1	4%
2016	2	13%
2015	2	20%
2014	1	39%
2013	1	21%

Boats

Lightning · Lightning · 3 events · 2014–2026
Team Tomczak · Lightning · 2 events · 2015–2024
John Tomczak[Y1][G2][Y3][B4][GC] · Lightning · 2 events · 2016
tba · Lightning · 1 events · 2021
6414 · 420 · 1 events · 2013

Where they race

Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada · 2 events
Unknown · 1 events
Sheboygan, WI, USA · 1 events
East Tawas, MI, USA · 1 events
Rochester, NY · 1 events
Grosse Ile, MI · 1 events

Is this you?

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Helm rating, Full-size sailing: -282, #83,939. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.