How SailRank Ratings Are Calculated
You may be wondering how these ratings are calculated and for good reason, sailing is a complex sport and it is difficult to quantify the skill of a sailor with a single number (so complex that technically we have 16 numbers that quantify a sailor's skill: 2 for each of the 8 categories). SailRank uses a modified version of the Elo Rating System to calculate ratings. The Elo Rating System was originally developed for Chess and has since been adapted for many other sports. The variant of the Elo Rating System used by SailRank is called the Plackett Luce Rating System. The exact model implementation that SailRank uses is from OpenSkill. These ratings are adjusted at the end of each week using a custom version of PageRank to compensate for conference differences. Soon the codebase from SailRank will be open sourced and available on GitHub for those more interested in the details.
Rating List Criteria
While all of the following criteria are subject to change as the SailRank Rating System evolves, the following explains the list of the criteria that SailRank uses to determine which sailors are included in the rating list. Sailors must have a minimum of 60 (30 for TR) comparisons against out of conference sailors, this was implemented to combat the inflation of ratings for certain conferences where sailors did not compete against diverse groups of opponents. Additionally, following the second week of full competition in the Fall season, sailors must sail at least one race in a category during the current competition year to be eligible for the ratings lists in that category. SailRank will continue to monitor the rating list and adjust the criteria as necessary. SailRank has also chosen to exclude any ratings that are negative as we do not want to encourage any form of harrasment based on these lists. There is also a list of events not counted towards these ratings that can be found here.
Top 100 Womens Fleet Racing Skippers Rating List
| Rank | Ranking Pts | Sailor | Class | School | Conference | Rating | Change | Num. Races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6197 | Vanessa Lahrkamp | 2026 |
Stanford University
|
PCCSC | 7519 | - | 117 |
| 2 | 5876 | Emma Cowles | 2025 |
Yale University
|
NEISA | 6478 | - | 257 |
| 3 | 5775 | Piper Holthus | 2025 |
Georgetown University
|
MAISA | 6759 | - | 270 |
| 4 | 5626 | Bridget Green | 2025 |
Cornell University
|
MAISA | 6444 | - | 208 |
| 5 | 5606 | Carmen Cowles | 2025 |
Yale University
|
NEISA | 6294 | - | 163 |
| 6 | 5572 | Hannah Freeman | 2024 |
Stanford University
|
PCCSC | 6120 | - | 131 |
| 7 | 5455 | Eva Blauvelt | 2025 |
U. S. Naval Academy
|
MAISA | 6206 | - | 258 |
| 8 | 5450 | Mia Nicolosi | 2025 |
Yale University
|
NEISA | 6397 | - | 190 |
| 9 | 5432 | Emma Tallman | 2025 |
College of Charleston
|
SAISA | 6467 | - | 180 |
| 10 | 5406 | Cordelia Burn | 2025 |
Harvard University
|
NEISA | 6316 | - | 211 |
| 11 | 5358 | Michaela O'Brien | 2024 |
Boston College
|
NEISA | 6009 | - | 160 |
| 12 | 5339 | Maddie Hawkins | 2024 |
Dartmouth College
|
NEISA | 6018 | - | 134 |
| 13 | 5291 | Michelle Lahrkamp | 2023 |
Stanford University
|
PCCSC | 5291 | - | 166 |
| 14 | 4902 | Sophie Fisher | 2026 |
Stanford University
|
PCCSC | 6008 | - | 80 |
| 15 | 4897 | Emily Bornarth | 2024 |
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
|
NEISA | 5834 | - | 347 |
| 16 | 4825 | Brooke Schmelz | 2025 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
NEISA | 5740 | - | 204 |
| 17 | 4772 | Caroline Sibilly | 2026 |
Boston College
|
NEISA | 5678 | - | 146 |
| 18 | 4752 | Lucy Spearman | 2025 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 5580 | - | 79 |
| 19 | 4698 | Brielle Willoughby | 2024 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 5802 | - | 182 |
| 20 | 4691 | Ellie Harned | 2026 |
Stanford University
|
PCCSC | 5542 | - | 69 |
| 21 | 4626 | Sarah Burn | 2024 |
Harvard University
|
NEISA | 5640 | - | 396 |
| 22 | 4585 | Torrey Chisari | 2024 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
MAISA | 5381 | - | 205 |
| 23 | 4493 | Grace Squires | 2024 |
College of Charleston
|
SAISA | 5275 | - | 183 |
| 24 | 4457 | Katharine Doble | 2026 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 5528 | - | 85 |
| 25 | 4445 | Kay Brunsvold | 2025 |
University of South Florida
|
SAISA | 5241 | - | 97 |
| 26 | 4411 | Molly Coghlin | 2025 |
University of California at Santa Barbara
|
PCCSC | 5310 | - | 184 |
| 27 | 4348 | Isabella du Plessis | 2024 |
North Carolina State University
|
SAISA | 5239 | - | 224 |
| 28 | 4336 | Lucy Brock | 2025 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
NEISA | 5392 | - | 214 |
| 29 | 4323 | Emily Allen | 2025 |
Jacksonville University
|
SAISA | 5302 | - | 167 |
| 30 | 4314 | Vivian Bonsager | 2025 |
University of Hawaii
|
PCCSC | 5406 | - | 122 |
| 31 | 4235 | Sofia Segalla | 2025 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
MAISA | 4722 | - | 185 |
| 32 | 4136 | Gray Hemans | 2025 |
Dartmouth College
|
NEISA | 5000 | - | 225 |
| 33 | 4110 | Madison Bashaw | 2024 |
St. Mary's College of Maryland
|
MAISA | 5031 | - | 249 |
| 34 | 4105 | Lauren Russler | 2026 |
Bowdoin College
|
NEISA | 4976 | - | 111 |
| 35 | 4095 | Marianna Shand | 2024 |
University of California at Los Angeles
|
PCCSC | 4884 | - | 88 |
| 36 | 4035 | Kelly Bates | 2026 |
Georgetown University
|
MAISA | 5010 | - | 79 |
| 37 | 4000 | J.J. Smith | 2024 |
Cornell University
|
MAISA | 4814 | - | 105 |
| 38 | 3992 | Taylor Eastman | 2024 |
Dartmouth College
|
NEISA | 4911 | - | 107 |
| 39 | 3964 | Emily Alfortish | 2025 |
College of Charleston
|
SAISA | 4581 | - | 41 |
| 40 | 3951 | bella casaretto | 2026 |
Dartmouth College
|
NEISA | 4826 | - | 79 |
| 41 | 3930 | Sarah Young | 2025 |
Dartmouth College
|
NEISA | 4879 | - | 119 |
| 42 | 3872 | Caroline Benson | 2023 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 4734 | - | 197 |
| 43 | 3856 | Sophia Devling | 2026 |
Cornell University
|
MAISA | 4724 | - | 91 |
| 44 | 3807 | Eva Ermlich | 2026 |
Northeastern University
|
NEISA | 5069 | - | 221 |
| 45 | 3779 | Megan Grimes | 2024 |
Yale University
|
NEISA | 4572 | - | 119 |
| 46 | 3756 | Olivia Sowa | 2024 |
North Carolina State University
|
SAISA | 4718 | - | 231 |
| 47 | 3754 | Lucy Meagher | 2027 |
Roger Williams University
|
NEISA | 4723 | - | 62 |
| 48 | 3746 | Samantha Gardner | 2027 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 4069 | - | 38 |
| 49 | 3737 | Charlotte Costikyan | 2024 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 4570 | - | 135 |
| 50 | 3708 | Madeleine Rice | 2024 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
MAISA | 4591 | - | 135 |
| 51 | 3704 | Katherine McNamara | 2026 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 4720 | - | 80 |
| 52 | 3665 | Katie Nelson | 2024 |
Florida State University
|
SAISA | 4553 | - | 103 |
| 53 | 3660 | Katherine Olsen | 2025 |
University of California at Berkeley
|
PCCSC | 4744 | - | 96 |
| 54 | 3604 | Lauren Ehnot | 2024 |
Cornell University
|
MAISA | 4267 | - | 30 |
| 55 | 3601 | Mia Hanes | 2024 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 4631 | - | 81 |
| 56 | 3573 | Arrieta Angueira Salbidegoitia | 2026 |
George Washington University
|
MAISA | 4752 | - | 131 |
| 57 | 3554 | Tavia Smith | 2027 |
Roger Williams University
|
NEISA | 4648 | - | 36 |
| 58 | 3538 | Zoey Ziskind | 2027 |
Harvard University
|
NEISA | 4230 | - | 22 |
| 59 | 3517 | Tiare Sierra | 2025 |
Boston University
|
NEISA | 4630 | - | 259 |
| 60 | 3511 | Marissa Tegeder | 2025 |
University of Wisconsin
|
MCSA | 4637 | - | 130 |
| 61 | 3503 | Winborne Majette | 2027 |
Cornell University
|
MAISA | 3827 | - | 20 |
| 62 | 3483 | Kyra Phelan | 2026 |
Bowdoin College
|
NEISA | 4363 | - | 88 |
| 63 | 3482 | Mercy Tangredi | 2025 |
University of Hawaii
|
PCCSC | 4453 | - | 152 |
| 64 | 3480 | Libby Redmond | 2024 |
Boston College
|
NEISA | 4357 | - | 131 |
| 65 | 3467 | Emily Smith | 2025 |
University of Washington
|
NWICSA | 4399 | - | 95 |
| 66 | 3450 | Emma Shakespeare | 2024 |
University of South Florida
|
SAISA | 4508 | - | 223 |
| 67 | 3428 | Marina Hutzler | 2023 |
Northwestern University
|
MCSA | 3734 | - | 63 |
| 68 | 3423 | Lucia Loosbrock | 2025 |
Northeastern University
|
NEISA | 4482 | - | 336 |
| 69 | 3395 | Haley Andreasen | 2025 |
Tufts University
|
NEISA | 4215 | - | 125 |
| 70 | 3395 | Laura Hamilton | 2027 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 4291 | - | 21 |
| 71 | 3370 | Gianna Dewey | 2027 |
Old Dominion University
|
MAISA | 4190 | - | 66 |
| 72 | 3368 | Eden Nykamp | 2025 |
University of South Florida
|
SAISA | 3832 | - | 29 |
| 73 | 3359 | Elizabeth Gildea | 2024 |
Old Dominion University
|
MAISA | 4360 | - | 303 |
| 74 | 3352 | Agija Elerte | 2026 |
Jacksonville University
|
SAISA | 4344 | - | 79 |
| 75 | 3336 | Elizabeth Cutler | 2024 |
Fordham University
|
MAISA | 4422 | - | 295 |
| 76 | 3330 | Mary d’Arcy | 2025 |
Western Washington University
|
NWICSA | 3978 | - | 21 |
| 77 | 3299 | Sammy Farkas | 2027 |
University of Washington
|
NWICSA | 3777 | - | 15 |
| 78 | 3257 | Heather Kerns | 2024 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
|
MAISA | 4331 | - | 202 |
| 79 | 3251 | Julia Conneely | 2026 |
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
|
NEISA | 4121 | - | 99 |
| 80 | 3213 | Bella Shakespeare | 2027 |
College of Charleston
|
SAISA | 3645 | - | 15 |
| 81 | 3204 | Kytalin Hendrickson | 2026 |
University of Rhode Island
|
NEISA | 4228 | - | 178 |
| 82 | 3193 | Avery Canavan | 2025 |
George Washington University
|
MAISA | 4221 | - | 183 |
| 83 | 3193 | Juliet St. Germain | 2025 |
University of California at Santa Barbara
|
PCCSC | 4135 | - | 44 |
| 84 | 3186 | Elizabeth Starck | 2025 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
|
MAISA | 4130 | - | 132 |
| 85 | 3184 | Emily Mueller | 2025 |
Brown University
|
NEISA | 4017 | - | 98 |
| 86 | 3175 | Ella Hubbard | 2026 |
Tufts University
|
NEISA | 3884 | - | 64 |
| 87 | 3168 | Fiona Froelich | 2028 |
Jacksonville University
|
SAISA | 3923 | - | 18 |
| 88 | 3153 | Oakley Cunningham | 2027 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 3595 | - | 20 |
| 89 | 3146 | Ava Farley | 2026 |
U. S. Naval Academy
|
MAISA | 3937 | - | 64 |
| 90 | 3142 | Kira Blumhagen | 2024 |
Western Washington University
|
NWICSA | 3970 | - | 70 |
| 91 | 3125 | Martha Schuessler | 2027 |
University of Hawaii
|
PCCSC | 3742 | - | 20 |
| 92 | 3111 | Florence Duff | 2025 |
Cal Poly University S.L.O.
|
PCCSC | 4451 | - | 103 |
| 93 | 3081 | Erin Pamplin | 2024 |
University of Washington
|
NWICSA | 4032 | - | 101 |
| 94 | 3040 | Margaux Cowles | 2027 |
University of Pennsylvania
|
MAISA | 3675 | - | 27 |
| 95 | 3037 | Jacqueline Ruggieri | 2027 |
University of Wisconsin
|
MCSA | 3684 | - | 19 |
| 96 | 3013 | Ava Anderson | 2027 |
Tulane University
|
SEISA | 3904 | - | 26 |
| 97 | 2986 | Kaitlyn Liebel | 2026 |
Jacksonville University
|
SAISA | 3813 | - | 38 |
| 98 | 2982 | Caylin Schnoor | 2025 |
Roger Williams University
|
NEISA | 3791 | - | 159 |
| 99 | 2903 | Megan Geith | 2024 |
Old Dominion University
|
MAISA | 3940 | - | 147 |
| 100 | 2887 | Alyssa Cunningham Barkus | 2026 |
University of California at Berkeley
|
PCCSC | 3832 | - | 66 |