Yitian Zhu

Crew Rating

Career: 28.56 percentile of ICSA crews
1.501.752.002.252.502.75B. Barry (14 races): -0.59B. BarryJ. Heitkoetter (28 races): +0.34J. HeitkoetterM. Groom (4 races): +0.19R. Ulmer (14 races): -0.11Other skippers: +0.08Fall 2023: rating 2.13Fall 2023Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyR. Ulmer (15 races): -0.43R. UlmerJ. Heitkoetter (30 races): -0.30J. HeitkoetterL. Brock (4 races): -0.25L. Escandon (6 races): +0.24Fall 2024: rating 2.29Fall 2024Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM. Katz-Christy (9 races): +0.17M. Katz-ChristySpring 2025: rating 2.16Spring 2025Massachusetts Institute of Technology
▲ 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
Spring 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.16 Rating 2.16; 90% range -0.2 to 4.5; team skipper average 3.07 66.04 16.67 8 of 9 9 Team page
Fall 2024 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.29 Rating 2.29; 90% range -0.2 to 4.8; team skipper average 2.95 69.84 34.38 11 of 16 55 Team page
Fall 2023 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2.13 Rating 2.13; 90% range -0.3 to 4.6; team skipper average 3.15 63.68 26.92 10 of 13 73 Team page

Singlehanded & Keelboat Ratings

DisciplineRating Rank RacesLast raced
Singlehanded0.08unranked (fewer than 10 races or not active)9Fall 2022

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
0.06 (fleet 0.09) unranked (fewer than 30 matches as skipper, or not active) +0.00
about what the fleet rating predicts
as crew 85–133 (39%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Spring 20256—30–40
Spring 20246—35–43
Spring 20234—16–13
Spring 20223—4–37

Team race surprisal: regatta by regatta

Over 18 graded regattas (216 matches) the record is 83–133 against 79.6 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (+3.4). 2 regattas clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 6 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 15 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2025-04-12Thompson Trophy Camelcrew3.183.023–93.3−0.160.071%
2025-04-05Fowle Trophycrew3.143.065–135.2−0.080.065%
2025-03-292025 Marchiando Trophy-Grey Regattacrew3.093.247–86.6+0.160.051%
2025-03-222025 Staake Trophycrew3.086.086–05.9≥+3.000.287%
2025-03-15Southern NE Team Racecrew3.033.176–65.7+0.140.054%
2025-03-01Liam O'Keefe Team Race Trophycrew2.934.053–41.6+1.121.119%
2024-04-25ICSA Open Team Racing National Championshipcrew2.973.075–104.7+0.100.055%
2024-04-06NEISA Open Team Race Championship/Fowlecrew2.983.556–94.3+0.580.723%
2024-03-2363rd Jan Friis Team Racecrew2.962.461–31.3−0.500.185%
2024-03-16Southern NE Team Racecrew2.962.648–99.0−0.330.280%
2024-03-09The Wood Trophycrew2.943.129–88.6+0.180.151%
2024-03-02Sharpe Trophy Team Racecrew2.794.956–42.3+2.166.1<1%
2023-03-25Team Racing Invitecrew2.272.486–95.5+0.200.148%
2023-03-18Ivan Geiger Team Racecrew2.31-0.690–30.9≤−3.001.5>99%
2023-03-11Franny Charles Women’s Team Race Regattacrew2.342.658–17.7+0.310.162%
2022-03-26Boston University Team Racecrew1.581.474–164.3−0.110.067%
2022-03-19Team Race Invitecrew1.04-1.960–131.5≤−3.002.2>99%
2022-03-12MIT Team Race Invitecrew1.67-1.330–81.2≤−3.002.2>99%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Spring 2025 Team page Season
Thompson Trophy Camel Crew TR 18 39% —
Southern NE Team Race Crew TR 12 50% —
Liam O'Keefe Team Race Trophy Crew TR 7 43% —
Fowle Trophy Crew TR 18 28% —
87th Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup Crew A 9 4.3 +0.17
2025 Staake Trophy Crew TR 15 100% —
2025 Marchiando Trophy-Grey Regatta Crew TR 21 43% —
Fall 2024 Team page Season
Toni Deutsch '58 Trophy 2024 Women's Crew A 4 11.8 -0.25
Terrier Invite Crew B 6 4.7 +0.24
Sherman Hoyt Trophy Crew A 12 12.9 -0.21
Open Atlantic Coast Tournament Crew B 12 8.4 -0.56
Open Atlantic Coast Championship Round 1B Crew B 4 15.5 -0.42
The Hatch Brown Trophy 2024 Crew B 10 7.9 +0.17
Danmark Trophy Crew B 4 10.2 +0.15
The 33rd Captain Hurst Bowl Crew A 3 4.7 +0.13
Spring 2024 Team page Season
The Wood Trophy Crew TR 17 53% —
Southern NE Team Race Crew TR 17 47% —
Sharpe Trophy Team Race Crew TR 14 57% —
Oberg Trophy Crew A 6 6.8 -0.03
NEISA Open Team Race Championship/Fowle Crew TR 23 48% —
ICSA Open Team Racing National Championship Crew TR 15 33% —
63rd Jan Friis Team Race Crew TR 9 44% —
Fall 2023 Team page Season
Toni Deutsch '58 Regatta Women's Crew B 5 7.2 +0.11
Stu Nelson Women's Crew B 6 11.5 -0.05
Savin Hill Invite Crew B 8 12.6 -0.54
Oberg Trophy Crew A 14 6.4 -0.11
Hood Trophy Crew B 8 8.8 -0.03
The Hatch Brown Trophy Crew C 7 8.4 +0.08
The Harvard Invitational Crew A 2 8.0 -0.21
The George Warren Smith Trophy Crew A 9 2.1 +0.44
Captain Hurst Bowl Crew B 4 4.0 +0.19
BU Invite Oct Crew A 10 2.9 +0.03
Spring 2023 Team page Season
Team Racing Invite Crew TR 17 41% —
Ivan Geiger Team Race Crew TR 17 59% —
Harvard Women's Team Race Women's Crew TR 7 57% —
Franny Charles Women’s Team Race Regatta Women's Crew TR 9 89% —
Emily Wick Women's Skipper B 14 14.4 -1.05
Fall 2022 Team page Season
Victorian Urn Trophy Women's Crew B 8 10.2 —
Toni Deutsch '58 Regatta Women's Crew A 14 10.1 —
Tech Dinghy Invitational Regatta Singlehanded Skipper A 9 12.7 -0.20
Stu Nelson Women's Crew C 12 6.4 —
Savin Hill Invite Crew B 5 10.0 —
Rudi Oberg Trophy Crew B 13 6.5 —
George Warren Smith Trophy Crew A 8 8.8 —
Spring 2022 Team page Season
Team Race Invite Crew TR 13 0% —
MIT Team Race Invite Crew TR 8 0% —
Central Series Four Crew A 6 3.5 —
Boston University Team Race Crew TR 20 20% —
Fall 2021 Team page Season
Boston University Invite Crew B 10 10.6 —

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