Richard Sykes

Rating History

Singlehanded & Keelboat Ratings

DisciplineRating Rank RacesLast raced
Keelboat1.72unranked (fewer than 10 races or not active)7Fall 2024

Team Race Rating

Rating Rank vs fleet rating Record
2.52 (fleet 4.16) 11 of 231 −0.05 ± 0.16
about what the fleet rating predicts
as skipper 53–43 (55%)
SeasonRegattas Skipper W–LCrew W–L
Spring 202628–11—
Spring 202527–12—
Spring 2024321–6—
Spring 2023217–14—
2.32.42.52.62.7Spring 2023Spring 2024Spring 2025Spring 2026National Invitational Tournament (Founders Trophy) (2023-05-20): rating 2.45, fleet rating alone 2.47, offset -0.02; record 12-5 in this boatFCSL Silver Cup (2024-04-30): rating 2.44, fleet rating alone 2.42, offset +0.02; record 5-0 in this boatFCSL Gold Cup (2024-05-01): rating 2.45, fleet rating alone 2.43, offset +0.02; record 1-0 in this boatFCSL Gold Cup (2024-05-01): rating 2.45, fleet rating alone 2.43, offset +0.02; record 1-3 in this boatNESSA Team Racing Tournament (Terk Trophy) (2024-05-18): rating 2.36, fleet rating alone 2.37, offset -0.01; record 14-3 in this boatFCSL 2025 Gold Cup (2025-04-30): rating 2.55, fleet rating alone 2.56, offset -0.01; record 0-2 in this boatFCSL 2025 Gold Cup (2025-04-30): rating 2.55, fleet rating alone 2.56, offset -0.01; record 2-1 in this boatNESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents Trophy) (2025-05-03): rating 2.52, fleet rating alone 2.55, offset -0.03; record 5-9 in this boatFCSL 2026 Gold Cup (2026-04-29): rating 2.57, fleet rating alone 2.60, offset -0.02; record 4-1 in this boat2026 NESSA Team Racing Champs (Presidents Trophy) (2026-05-02): rating 2.57, fleet rating alone 2.59, offset -0.02; record 4-10 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 9 graded regattas (96 matches) the record is 53–43 against 59.9 wins the pre-event forecasts expected (−6.9). 1 regatta clearly above the rating (P ≤ 20%), 5 clearly below (P ≥ 80%); 16 bits of surprise in all.

DateRegattaRole Value Perf. RecordExp.
wins
Δ Surprise
(bits)
P(this good
or better)
2026-05-022026 NESSA Team Racing Champs (Presidents Trophy)skipper2.820.214–108.9−2.617.1>99%
2026-04-29FCSL 2026 Gold Cupskipper2.703.784–13.4+1.080.348%
2025-05-03NESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents Trophy)skipper2.892.445–95.8−0.450.280%
2025-04-30FCSL 2025 Gold Cupskipper2.961.202–33.4−1.771.497%
2024-05-18NESSA Team Racing Tournament (Terk Trophy)skipper2.652.4714–314.3−0.190.073%
2024-05-01FCSL Gold Cupskipper2.80-0.242–34.3−3.044.2>99%
2024-04-30FCSL Silver Cupskipper2.775.775–04.7≥+3.000.471%
2023-05-20National Invitational Tournament (Founders Trophy)skipper2.663.8712–58.9+1.212.18%
2023-05-06NESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents Trophy)skipper2.331.795–96.2−0.540.484%

Regatta results

Regatta Role Div Races Avg Rating
Spring 2026 Team page Season
2026 NESSA O'Day Qualifier - Bristol, RI Skipper A 3 1.7 4.48
FCSL 2026 Gold Cup Skipper TR 5 80% —
CT States 2026 Skipper A 6 1.7 4.86
2026 NESSA Team Racing Champs (Presidents Trophy) Skipper TR 14 29% —
2026 NESSA Fleet Racing Championship(O'Day Trophy) Skipper A 12 3.2 4.48
Spring 2025 Team page Season
NESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents Trophy) Skipper TR 14 36% —
NESSA O'Day Qualifier - Groton, CT Skipper A 7 2.9 3.89
NESSA Fleet Racing Championship (O'Day Trophy) Skipper A 15 5.1 2.93
FCSL 2025 Gold Cup Skipper TR 5 40% —
CT States Skipper A 2 2.5 3.76
Fall 2024 Team page Season
NESSA NKBI Qualifier Keelboat Skipper A 7 3.7 1.77
Spring 2024 Team page Season
NESSA O'Day Qualifier - Bristol, RI Skipper A 7 2.6 2.55
NESSA Team Racing Tournament (Terk Trophy) Skipper TR 17 82% —
FCSL Silver Cup Skipper TR 5 100% —
FCSL Gold Cup Skipper TR 5 40% —
2024 CT State Championships Skipper A 8 3.6 2.60
Spring 2023 Team page Season
O'Day Qualifier - Bristol, RI Skipper B 4 3.0 2.15
NESSA Fleet Racing Championship (O'Day Trophy) Skipper B 8 2.8 2.89
NESSA Team Racing Championship (Presidents Trophy) Skipper TR 14 36% —
National Invitational Tournament (Founders Trophy) Skipper TR 17 71% —
ISSA Mallory National Championship Skipper B 14 9.6 0.53
Fall 2022 Team page Season
St. George's Fall Invitational Skipper B 2 2.0 3.40

From the notes

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