Kenneth Buck

Rating History

Singlehanded & Keelboat Ratings

DisciplineRating Rank RacesLast raced
Keelboat0.71unranked (fewer than 10 races or not active)1Fall 2024

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
1.23 (fleet 1.73) unranked (fewer than 30 matches as skipper, or not active) −0.03 ± 0.17
about what the fleet rating predicts
as skipper 27–94 (22%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Spring 202549–34—
Spring 2024511–48—
Spring 202327–12—
0.911.11.21.31.4Spring 2023Spring 2024Spring 2025SAISA Open Team Race Championship (2023-04-07): rating 0.99, fleet rating alone 0.97, offset +0.02; record 1-6 in this boatMendelblatt Team Race (2024-02-17): rating 1.04, fleet rating alone 1.01, offset +0.03; record 2-16 in this boatGarner Tullis (2024-03-02): rating 1.05, fleet rating alone 1.04, offset +0.01; record 1-13 in this boatThe Turner Team Race (2024-03-09): rating 1.04, fleet rating alone 1.04, offset -0.01; record 5-3 in this boatBulldogs/Tigers Palmetto State Showdown Team Race (2024-03-30): rating 1.06, fleet rating alone 1.05, offset +0.01; record 2-10 in this boatSAISA Spring Open Team Race Championships (2024-04-05): rating 1.05, fleet rating alone 1.05, offset +0.00; record 1-6 in this boatThe Mendelblatt Team Race (2025-03-01): rating 1.24, fleet rating alone 1.25, offset -0.01; record 0-1 in this boatThe Mendelblatt Team Race (2025-03-01): rating 1.24, fleet rating alone 1.25, offset -0.01; record 0-8 in this boatThe Turner Team Race (2025-03-08): rating 1.24, fleet rating alone 1.26, offset -0.02; record 8-6 in this boatPirate Team Racing (2025-03-29): rating 1.28, fleet rating alone 1.29, offset -0.01; record 1-11 in this boatSAISA Open Team Race Champs (2025-04-05): rating 1.28, fleet rating alone 1.30, offset -0.02; record 0-8 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 11 graded regattas (121 matches) the record is 27–94 against 29.6 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (−2.6). 2 regattas clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 6 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 9 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2025-04-05SAISA Open Team Race Champsskipper1.76-1.240–80.7≤−3.001.1>99%
2025-03-29Pirate Team Racingskipper1.620.911–111.8−0.710.487%
2025-03-08The Turner Team Raceskipper1.682.068–67.2+0.380.240%
2025-03-01The Mendelblatt Team Raceskipper1.48-1.520–90.6≤−3.000.9>99%
2024-04-05SAISA Spring Open Team Race Championshipsskipper1.491.271–61.1−0.220.080%
2024-03-30Bulldogs/Tigers Palmetto State Showdown Team Raceskipper1.450.512–104.1−0.941.395%
2024-03-09The Turner Team Raceskipper1.462.545–33.5+1.081.218%
2024-03-02Garner Tullisskipper1.390.601–131.8−0.780.489%
2024-02-17Mendelblatt Team Raceskipper1.250.262–163.8−0.991.295%
2023-04-07SAISA Open Team Race Championshipskipper1.302.811–60.3+1.511.023%
2023-03-11The Turner Team Raceskipper1.022.316–64.7+1.291.318%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Fall 2025 Team page Season
SAISA Top 9 Invitational Skipper A 9 13.0 —
The Ashley River Trophy Skipper A 2 5.5 0.56
Spring 2025 Team page Season
The Turner Team Race Skipper TR 16 62% —
SAISA Top 18 Invite Skipper A 8 14.0 1.25
SAISA Spring Open Championship - Tillman Trophy Skipper A 11 6.8 2.99
SAISA Open Team Race Champs Skipper TR 9 0% —
Pirate Team Racing Skipper TR 12 8% —
Oberg Trophy Skipper B 6 12.8 1.14
The Mendelblatt Team Race Skipper TR 9 0% —
2025 Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta (J/22) Keelboat Crew A — — —
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Seahawk Showdown Skipper A 6 4.0 2.25
SAISA North Top 6 Invite Skipper B 12 9.3 -2.59
SAISA North Fall Tournament Skipper A 5 4.2 1.83
SAISA Match Race Championships Keelboat Skipper A 1 7.0 —
SAISA Fall Open Champs, Robert L. Armstrong Trophy Skipper A 15 8.6 2.48
Kathryn Hammond Skipper B 13 5.5 1.32
Charleston Fall Interconference Skipper A 11 9.3 1.39
The Ashley River Trophy Skipper B 5 3.6 2.67
2024 Triangle Tango Intercollegiate Regatta Skipper A 5 4.8 0.59
Spring 2024 Team page Season
The Turner Team Race Skipper TR 8 62% —
SAISA Top 18 Invitational Skipper A 10 10.7 0.82
SAISA Spring Open Team Race Championships Skipper TR 7 14% —
SAISA Spring Open Championship (Tillman Trophy) Skipper A 14 12.1 1.35
Mendelblatt Team Race Skipper TR 18 11% —
Garner Tullis Skipper TR 14 7% —
Bulldogs/Tigers Palmetto State Showdown Team Race Skipper TR 12 17% —
2024 SailPack Oriental Intercollegiate Skipper A 8 5.0 2.40
2024 Azalea Bowl Regatta Skipper B 9 4.7 1.70
Fall 2023 Team page Season
Tiger Town Trophy Skipper A 1 6.0 -1.05
SAISA North Top 6 Invite Skipper A 9 6.3 -1.64
SAISA North Fall Tournament Skipper A 6 3.3 2.52
SAISA Fall Open Champs (Robert L Armstrong Trophy) Skipper A 9 11.6 0.98
New York Maritime Fall Open Skipper A 12 7.8 1.69
Lake Virginia Invitational Skipper A 12 8.6 1.23
David Van Cleef Memorial Trophy Skipper A, B 8 3.6 1.94
The Ashley River Trophy Skipper B 7 3.9 1.54
2023 Triangle Tango Intercollegiate Regatta Skipper A 6 3.8 3.37
Spring 2023 Team page Season
UNCW Trophy Skipper B 8 2.0 2.92
The Turner Team Race Skipper TR 12 50% —
SAISA Open Team Race Championship Skipper TR 7 14% —
SAISA Spring Open (Top 18) Invitational Skipper B 10 8.4 1.80
SAISA North Spring Tournament Skipper B 3 5.3 0.92
2023 SailPack Oriental Intercollegiate Skipper B 6 6.2 1.62
SAISA Open Fleet Race Champs (Tillman Trophy) Skipper B 7 8.9 1.76
Connecticut Valley Dinghy Championship Trophy Skipper B 12 12.2 0.93
Fall 2022 Team page Season
SAISA Top 9 Invite Skipper B 5 17.0 —
Lake Virginia Invitational Skipper B 12 8.5 1.37
David Van Cleef Memorial Trophy Skipper B 7 3.4 0.43
The Ashley River Trophy Skipper B 5 5.6 0.55

From the notes

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

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