Benjamin Usher

Rating History

Crew Rating

Career: 38.51 percentile of ICSA crews (limited evidence)
0.500.751.001.25R. Brelage (8 races): -0.14R. BrelageFall 2026: rating 0.90Fall 2026North Carolina State University
▲ boats did better with this crew than with the skipper's usual crews▼ worseArrow length = size of the push, in rating points
Season Team Rating Range League
percentile
Team
percentile
On team Races Team page
Fall 2026 North Carolina State University 0.90 Rating 0.90; 90% range -2.6 to 4.4; team skipper average 1.44 40.35 26.92 10 of 13 8 Team page

Singlehanded & Keelboat Ratings

DisciplineRating Rank RacesLast raced
Singlehanded2.34unranked (fewer than 10 races or not active)7Fall 2023
Keelboat1.2022 of 9940Spring 2026

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
2.09 (fleet 2.90) 196 of 331 −0.01 ± 0.17
about what the fleet rating predicts
as skipper 22–42 (34%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Spring 202625–18—
Spring 2025315–24—
Spring 202412–0—
22.12.22.3Spring 2025Spring 2026The Mendelblatt Team Race (2025-03-01): rating 2.08, fleet rating alone 2.08, offset +0.00; record 6-6 in this boatBob Bavier Open Team Race (2025-03-08): rating 2.11, fleet rating alone 2.09, offset +0.02; record 4-14 in this boatSAISA Open Team Race Champs (2025-04-05): rating 2.17, fleet rating alone 2.15, offset +0.02; record 5-4 in this boatMendelblatt Open Team Race (2026-02-28): rating 2.19, fleet rating alone 2.16, offset +0.03; record 5-4 in this boatBob Bavier Open Team Race (2026-03-07): rating 2.19, fleet rating alone 2.17, offset +0.02; record 0-14 in this boatTeam race rating

Rating before each regatta driven (solid; dots green when the boat won 60% or more of its matches there, red under 40%) and what the fleet rating alone would give (dashed). The gap is the team race offset as it stood at the time. Hover a dot for the regatta; click to open it.

Team race surprisal: regatta by regatta

Over 5 graded regattas (62 matches) the record is 20–42 against 21.7 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (−1.7). 0 regattas clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 1 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 4 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2026-03-07Bob Bavier Open Team Raceskipper2.60-0.400–142.2≤−3.003.3>99%
2026-02-28Mendelblatt Open Team Raceskipper2.562.285–45.4−0.280.178%
2025-04-05SAISA Open Team Race Champsskipper2.542.315–45.3−0.230.077%
2025-03-08Bob Bavier Open Team Raceskipper2.412.624–143.5+0.220.148%
2025-03-01The Mendelblatt Team Raceskipper2.262.666–65.3+0.400.245%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Fall 2026 Team page Season
SAISA Open Top 6 Invite Crew B 8 8.8 -0.14
Nevins Trophy Skipper B 11 9.5 2.59
Charleston Fall Interconference Skipper B 8 4.4 3.48
Spring 2026 Team page Season
SAISA Coed Champs: Richard Tillman Trophy Skipper B 12 6.2 2.71
Open Western National Semis Skipper B 5 10.4 3.35
Mendelblatt Open Team Race Skipper TR 9 56% —
Bob Bavier Open Team Race Skipper TR 14 0% —
'26 Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (PHRF B) Keelboat Skipper A 5 2.8 0.82
2026 Azalea Bowl Regatta Skipper A 10 5.3 2.28
Fall 2025 Team page Season
West Coast Championships Skipper A 9 7.2 3.15
Shields Trophy Keelboat Skipper A 4 5.5 0.04
SAISA Top 9 Invitational Skipper A 10 11.0 1.33
SAISA Fall Open Fleet Race Championship Skipper A 11 6.7 3.15
McMillan Cup Keelboat Skipper A 6 5.2 0.36
Kennedy Cup Keelboat Skipper A 6 7.3 -0.21
Charleston Fall Interconference Skipper A 13 5.3 3.13
Spring 2025 Team page Season
Truxtun Umsted Skipper B 12 8.7 3.03
SAISA Top 18 Invite Skipper A 8 6.2 3.60
SAISA Spring Open Championship - Tillman Trophy Skipper A 12 7.2 3.02
SAISA Open Team Race Champs Skipper TR 9 56% —
Open Western Semi Finals Skipper B 8 12.2 2.99
The Mendelblatt Team Race Skipper TR 12 50% —
Bob Bavier Open Team Race Skipper TR 18 22% —
2025 Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (PHRF B) Keelboat Skipper A 7 2.3 1.04
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Shields Trophy Keelboat Skipper A 7 7.4 -0.35
Seahawk Showdown Skipper A 6 1.7 3.97
SAISA Top 9 Invite Skipper A 13 11.4 -0.20
SAISA Match Race Championships Keelboat Crew A 1 6.0 —
SAISA Fall Open Champs, Robert L. Armstrong Trophy Skipper A 15 7.5 2.74
Charleston Fall Interconference Skipper A 11 5.5 3.19
Spring 2024 Team page Season
Western Open National Semi-Finals Skipper B 6 13.5 2.51
UNCW Trophy Regatta Skipper A 8 4.1 2.57
Mendelblatt Team Race Skipper TR 18 72% —
Hanbury Trophy Skipper B 10 3.0 3.49
Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup Skipper B 1 9.0 —
2024 Azalea Bowl Regatta Skipper B 10 1.2 5.55
Fall 2023 Team page Season
SAISA Open Singlehanded Championships Singlehanded Skipper A 7 7.1 2.68
SAISA North Fall Tournament Skipper B 6 1.3 3.95
SAISA Melges 24 Collegiate Offshore/Inshore @ GT Keelboat Skipper A 5 3.0 0.72
SAISA Match Race Championships Keelboat Crew A 1 4.0 —
Open Atlantic Coast Championships Round 1A Skipper B 14 16.3 1.02
Lake Virginia Invitational Skipper A 12 4.6 2.65
Charleston Fall Interconference Skipper B 14 7.9 0.94

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