Sailor · 2019–2023

Michael Kaufman

florida state university College fleet racing Lightning Snipe

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Events: 16
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 19%
Typically beats: 29%
Best class ranking: #5090
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: Katie Nelson
Longest-running crew: Ali Kurban
Nemesis: Matthew Snyder
Rival: Teagan Walsh
Best day: 26 Feb 2022
Signature result: 3rd of 14

Partnerships · 27 sailors

Ali Kurban · Florida State University (Seminoles), Lightning McQueen · College fleet racing, College keelboat, Lightning 5events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 0% win rate · 3 of 77 races won Beat 28% of the fleet together(−7 vs. without) · best 4th · Mar 2019 – Mar 2021
Mateo Rodriguez · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing, College keelboat 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 48 races won Beat 35% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 4th · Sep 2019 – Feb 2020
Marissa Williamson · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing, College keelboat 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 40 races won Beat 32% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 4th · Mar 2019 – Feb 2020
Trevor Stone · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing, College keelboat 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 40 races won Beat 26% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 4th · Mar 2019 – Feb 2020
Griffin Pollis · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 56 races won Beat 30% of the fleet together(−4 vs. without) · best 5th · Sep 2019 – Oct 2021
Avery Harris · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 50 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together(−2 vs. without) · best 3rd · Mar 2022 – Mar 2022
Katie Nelson · Florida State University (Seminoles), Lightning McQueen · College fleet racing, Lightning 3events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 35 races won Beat 62% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 2nd · Mar 2021 – Feb 2022
Kathleen Lojko · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 30 races won Beat 36% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Mar 2022 – Mar 2022
Kristen Cooper · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 6 of 26 races won Beat 85% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
Breanna Brobst · Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 6 of 32 races won Beat 48% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Oct 2021 – Feb 2022

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

Rating history

— Helm rating, all classes · - - Crew rating, all classes

Event history · 16

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jan 2023	Miami Snipe Invitational	Brian Hayes Jr	Snipe	Crew	27th / 28
19 Mar 2022	SAISA South Points #5	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	9th / 10
13 Mar 2022	SAISA South Points #4	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	3rd / 6
5 Mar 2022	SAISA South Points #3	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	A Skipper	8th / 10
26 Feb 2022	SAISA South Points #2	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	2nd / 8
2 Oct 2021	SAISA South Points #4	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	9th / 10
25 Sep 2021	SAISA South Points #3	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (5)	3rd / 14
21 Mar 2021	2021 Winter Lightning Championship	Lightning McQueen	Lightning	Crew	21st / 25
20 Nov 2020	Kings Day Regatta 2020	Pam Burke	Lightning	Crew	11th / 11
26 Sep 2020	2020 CGSC Annual One Design Regatta & BBYRA OD #2 + Flying Scot Fall Series #2	184385	Lasers	Skipper	6th / 10
29 Feb 2020	SAISA South Points #2	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper	5th / 8
15 Feb 2020	Southern Collegiate Offshore - A	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College keelboat	A Crew	4th / 5
7 Sep 2019	SAISA Open	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (5-6,11-12)	10th / 15
23 Mar 2019	SAISA South Points #5	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	A Crew	7th / 10
16 Mar 2019	SAISA South Points #4	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Skipper (1-4)	5th / 6
2 Mar 2019	SAISA Spring South Points #2	Florida State University (Seminoles)	College fleet racing	B Crew	6th / 8

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	19 provisional	#47886 band 34206–61462	—
College fleet racing Helm	-11 provisional	#5090 band 4212–5950	−3.3
All classes Crew	-48 provisional	#50374 band 37632–58755	—

5 more classes, not yet ranked

College fleet racing · Crew · 18 races, 2 events · rating 39
Lightning · Crew · 15 races, 2 events · rating -143
College keelboat · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -9
Lasers · Helm · 4 races, 1 event · rating -28
Snipe · Crew · 3 races, 1 event · rating -29

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	10 events	0 wins	beats 42%
As crew	6 events	0 wins	beats 18%

Positions: A Skipper (3) · B Skipper (3) · A Crew (2) · B Skipper (5) (1) · B Skipper (5-6,11-12) (1) · B Skipper (1-4) (1)

How they race

Closer	+8 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−2 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	50%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	32%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Brendan Smucker	76	27–49
Matthew Snyder	50	13–37
Teagan Walsh	48	27–21
Cameron Robinson	48	15–33
Richard McCann	44	12–32
Clinton Overton	44	43–1
Hilton Kamps	44	16–28
Brandon Kirby	44	13–31
Nick Baker	40	25–15
Timothy Brustoski	36	10–26
Christian Koules	36	8–28
Brett Putnam	36	7–29

Most-beaten opponent: Clinton Overton (43–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2023	1	4%
2022	4	45%
2021	3	38%
2020	4	28%
2019	4	29%

Boats

Florida State University (Seminoles) · College fleet racing, College keelboat · 12 events · 2019–2022
Brian Hayes Jr · Snipe · 1 events · 2023
Lightning McQueen · Lightning · 1 events · 2021
Pam Burke · Lightning · 1 events · 2020
184385 · Lasers · 1 events · 2020

Where they race

U. Miami · 3 events
Eckerd · 2 events
South Florida · 2 events
Charleston · 1 events
SCIRA USA · 1 events
Rollins · 1 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Helm rating across all classes: 19, #47,886.Crew rating across all classes: -48, #50,374. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.