Brian Polak

Career: 13.22 percentile of ICSA crews (limited evidence)

▲ 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 2025	University of Delaware	-2.05		0.97	7.14	7 of 7	15	Team page
Fall 2024	University of Delaware	-1.68		1.22	10.00	5 of 5	8	Team page

Regatta	Role	Div	Races	Avg	Rating
Fall 2026 Team page Season
Washington College Fall Open	Skipper	B	7	12.3	-1.61
McCurdy Memorial	Skipper	A	4	10.2	-1.80
John Quinn	Skipper	B	4	7.2	-0.60
Chester River Open	Skipper	B	10	7.0	—
Spring 2026 Team page Season
Jeremy A. Pinkerton Memorial Regatta	Skipper	A	7	8.9	-1.55
Drexel Open	Skipper	A	2	5.0	-0.88
Fall 2025 Team page Season
Washington College Fall Open	Skipper	B	7	4.3	-0.96
Princeton Fall Open	Crew	B	7	4.1	+0.34
Luce Trophy	Skipper	B	15	13.9	-1.64
The John Quinn	Crew	B	8	8.0	-0.42
Spring 2025 Team page Season
The Grant	Crew	B	4	12.2	+0.14
Delaware Spring Open	Skipper	B	10	10.6	-3.83
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Princeton Fall Open	Crew	A	4	6.2	-0.48
Central Series 1	Crew	B	4	8.8	-0.40
Spring 2024 Team page Season
Tom Noble Open Team Race	Crew	TR	9	0%	—
Delaware Spring Open	Skipper	A	4	7.8	-1.79
Fall 2023 Team page Season
McCurdy Memorial	Crew	A	2	12.0	-0.16

Short write-ups of what the ratings and results show, with the numbers and how they were computed.

How do skipper ratings work?A log-strength fitted to every race at once, smoothed week to week.
What a rating point is worthA one-point edge is a 73% chance to beat another boat in a race; two points is 88%.
How does a crew rating work?A crew rating is small and uncertain; a worked example on one roster.