Robert Lipp

1947

The Fencing Center

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 9 - 6 1 35 51
Losses 30 - 7 5 34 76
Win Ratio 23.1% - 46.2% 16.7% 50.7% 40.2%
Pool Victories 8 - 6 1 27 42
Pool Losses 24 - 5 4 25 58
Pool Win Ratio 25.0% - 54.5% 20.0% 51.9% 42.0%
DE Victories 1 - - - 8 9
DE Losses 6 - 2 1 9 18
DE Win Ratio 14.3% - 0.0% 0.0% 47.1% 33.3%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 1 - 1 - 5 7
Easy wins as % of wins 11.1% - 16.7% 0.0% 14.3% 13.7%
Close wins‡ 2 - 1 - 11 14
Close wins as % of all wins 22.2% - 16.7% 0.0% 31.4% 27.5%
Close losses‡ 7 - 1 2 10 20
Close losses as % of all losses 23.3% - 14.3% 40.0% 29.4% 26.3%
Big losses† 6 - 1 1 5 13
Big losses as % of all losses 20.0% - 14.3% 20.0% 14.7% 17.1%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 2 - - - 1 3
Victories as % of all victories 22.2% - 0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 5.9%
Losses - - - 1 - 1
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% - 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.3%
Total 2 - - 1 1 4
Total as % of all bouts 5.1% - 0.0% 16.7% 1.4% 3.1%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 6 - 2 1 9 18
Tournaments 5 - 2 1 7 15

Competition History

Battle of the Vets Part Deux

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), April 13, 2024
Place 13, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KOERBER Christopher T. 16 D24 14 The Fencing Center 2119 2018 11.3 43%
Pool W 5:3 DOWNEY Gerard C. 7 B22 10 East Bay Fencers Gym 2310 2007 18.5 31%
Pool L 4:5 JEFFERIES Jonathan J. 10 B21 15 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1968 2026 13.7 54%
Pool L 4:5 BOTHELIO Jere P. 3 A22 11 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) / Fortune Fencing 2674 2012 4.0 14%
Pool W 5:0 GOOSSENS Bruno 4 A21 7 2524 2008 22.1 20%
T16 L 7:10 MARIANI Lou 6 B23 2 The Fencing Center 2678 2265 26.7 26%

The Battle of the Bay Div1A ROC

Div I-A Men's Épée (A4, D1A), February 3, 2024
Place 56, Seed 56, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 NICHOLSON Dimitri E. 10 A23 18 2644 2039 4.9 16%
Pool W 5:3 ZAYDMAN David M. 35 B23 49 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2596 2034 25.0 18%
Pool L 1:5 LIU Benjamin 58 D23 65 1563 2059 21.7 78%
Pool L 4:5 CHANG Andrew 39 B23 19 Bayside Fencing Club 1923 2037 15.2 57%
Pool L 3:5 WESTPHAL David R. 13 A23 8 NMFC/Duke City Fencing / Denver Fencing Center 2791 2022 3.2 10%
T64 L 8:15 CHOI Zachary 26 B23 17 Maximum Fencing Club 2451 2309 43.3 41%

Battle of the Vets

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), February 2, 2024
Place 13, Seed 14, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 BECK Brian C. 8 B21 9 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2195 2048 11.4 40%
Pool L 3:5 ALLEN Graham 3 A22 3 East Bay Fencers Gym / Nova Fencing Club 2790 2037 3.6 11%
Pool L 2:5 MAYCHROWITZ Matt 4 B24 2 East Bay Fencers Gym 2458 2033 7.1 24%
Pool W 5:4 JEFFERIES Jonathan J. 9 B21 15 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1967 2026 12.7 54%
T16 L 6:10 JUGAN Bruce M. 5 B24 5 Presidio Fencing Club / Swords Fencing Studio 3090 2324 15.1 13%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), January 7, 2024
Place 93, Seed 65, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 CARTER Austin L. 19 B23 6 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2445 2123 9.2 30%
Pool L 2:5 KAUFMAN Joel H. 47 B21 43 East Bay Fencers Gym 2493 2114 8.3 27%
Pool L 2:5 GATES Darcy C. 10 A23 14 2729 2105 5.1 15%
Pool L 2:5 ROUSE Joe T. 38 B23 66 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2038 2100 15.8 54%
Pool L 4:5 FLY Paul 77 D22 45 Salle Auriol Seattle 2218 2085 11.9 41%
Pool L 2:5 GAO "George" Xiaojiang 94 U 90 Cavalier Fencing Club / Medeo Fencing Club 1575 2073 24.7 79%
T128 L 7:10 CLAWSON Brian C. 53 C23 39 No Fear Fencing / South Coast Fencing Center 2707 2357 33.4 30%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A2, V70), January 5, 2024
Place 23, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 HEWITT Frank F. 10 17 B22 13 Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword LLC 2275 2162 13.7 43%
Pool L 4:5 SIMARD Ernie E. 31 E21 24 Marin Fencing Academy LLC 1484 2148 30.7 86%
Pool W 5:2 GRAVIS Martin V. 30 31 E21 31 Wasatch Fencing 1268 2118 3.2 92%
Pool L 2:5 TAYLOR Daryl J. 1 2 A23 1 Fortune Fencing 2956 2121 3.3 9%
Pool L 0:5 BRONZO Thomas E. 20 42 C22 11 1963 2117 18.3 60%
Pool W 4:2 BLAKLEY Dwain 11 37 B22 15 Alliance Fencing Academy 2497 2099 23.8 26%
T32 L 5:10 SCHROEDER William 27 26 E23 12 DC Fencers Club 1529 2491 133.6 92%

Bay Cup at EBFG: VWE1, VXE1

Veteran Mixed Épée (B1, VET), December 3, 2023
Place 15, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 JEFFERIES Jonathan J. 7 B21 19 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2033 2180 14.4 60%
Pool L 4:5 BECK Brian C. 6 B21 11 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2102 2195 19.6 56%
Pool L 3:5 HUNTER Justin 17 D22 10 East Bay Fencers Gym 2590 2175 8.9 26%
Pool W 3:2 ALLEN Graham 1 A22 1 East Bay Fencers Gym / Nova Fencing Club 2834 2166 33.9 14%
Pool L 3:5 ABELE Chris 15 D23 14 East Bay Fencers Gym 2390 2200 12.6 38%
Pool L 1:5 LEONARDINI Barry M. 18 E21 6 East Bay Fencers Gym 1792 2188 25.7 74%
T32 W 10:7 HOGE Patrick 19 U 18 East Bay Fencers Gym 1639 2490 17.6 85%
T16 L 6:10 ALLEN Graham 1 A22 1 East Bay Fencers Gym / Nova Fencing Club 3300 2507 16.6 11%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A1, V70), January 10, 2022
Place 9, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 KING Richard (Dick) M. 13 C18 11 Northwest Fencing Center 2061 2143 16.7 55%
Pool W 5:4 ALPERSTEIN Donald W. 4 7 D21 14 Denver Fencing Center 2246 2160 20.3 44%
Pool W 5:1 GRAVIS Martin V. 20 36 E21 18 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1559 2180 6.4 84%
Pool W 5:2 SIMARD Ernie E. 21 E21 20 Marin Fencing Academy LLC 1549 2186 6.2 84%
Pool L 2:5 SPAHN Jeff 5 8 A19 5 The Phoenix Center 2454 2193 12.3 33%
T16 L 7:10 SCHNEIDER Charles (Charlie) J. 10 B21 3 Underground Fencing Organization 3361 2506 16.4 11%

NACATTACK Vet Epee Combineds

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), January 8, 2022
Place 23, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating C21, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 PERKA Michael 4 A19 7 The Fencing Center 2727 2174 8.4 18%
Pool L 4:5 LEONARDINI Barry M. 28 E21 27 East Bay Fencers Gym / Golden Gate Fencing Center 1760 2165 32.3 75%
Pool L 2:5 HARRELL D. Fox 14 C21 12 Marx Fencing Academy 2264 2133 16.1 42%
Pool L 2:5 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 7 B21 2 New York Athletic Club 2820 2117 5.8 13%
Pool W 5:3 SCHERMAN Paul G. 34 U 29 1965 2111 13.7 58%
Pool W 5:2 ABBONDANZIO David R. 26 E21 24 International Fencers Alliance Of Dallas 2212 2125 18.4 45%
T32 L 3:10 FRANK Fred 13 B18 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2792 2558 51.9 36%

TFC Annual Bastille Day Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), July 18, 2021
Place 22, Seed 13, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SMAY II Joseph E. 8 B20 3 The Fencing Center 2448 2216 15.6 35%
Pool L 4:5 MARIANI Lou 3 A19 10 The Fencing Center 2847 2200 7.2 15%
Pool L 2:5 GRAY Alex 21 D18 15 Golden Gate Fencing Center 2717 2193 9.2 20%
Pool W 5:3 LEE Samantha X. 27 U 26 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Halberstadt Fencers' Club
Pool L 2:3 JAIN Sarthak 16 C20 8 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2624 2184 10.6 24%
T32 L 7:15 BENNETT Hannah L. 19 D19 6 Halberstadt Fencers' Club

TFC's February 2020 Fence-A-Thon

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), February 9, 2020
Place 20, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SMAY II Joseph E. 14 C19 3 The Fencing Center 2329 2217 19.5 43%
Pool W 5:2 SIMARD Sherrol A. 26 U 36 The Fencing Center
Pool L 2:5 BREWER Andrew K. 2 A19 1 Cardinal Fencing Club 3219 2197 3.0 5%
Pool W 5:3 DYER Carson 19 D19 21 East Bay Fencers Gym 2166 2195 21.6 52%
Pool L 4:5 WALBERT Charlotte B. 31 U 18 Marin Fencing Academy LLC
T32 L 10:15 JAIN Sarthak 23 E19 8 The Fencing Center 3057 2596 37.4 26%

Battle of the Vets

Veteran Mixed Épée (A2, VET), January 31, 2020
Place 11, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 HEDGES Philip S. 10 B19 2 The Fencing Center 2500 2198 12.3 38%
Pool W 5:2 PERKA Michael 2 A19 6 The Fencing Center 2797 2186 49.8 16%
Pool L 4:5 BOTHELIO Jere P. 7 A18 17 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2228 2236 24.1 50%
Pool W 5:1 LIPTON Michael D. 17 C19 23 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2059 2212 20.0 60%
Pool L 3:5 PENNY Steve 27 U 14 East Bay Fencers Gym 1909 2232 27.0 67%
Pool W 5:2 LEONARDINI Barry M. 26 D16 28 East Bay Fencers Gym / Golden Gate Fencing Center 1781 2205 12.2 75%
T32 W 10:9 LIPTON Michael D. 17 C19 23 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2040 2659 34.6 82%
T16 L 8:10 WEINGARTEN Solomon (Sol) 8 A17 5 East Bay Fencers Gym 2516 2694 98.0 60%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), December 7, 2019
Place 85, Seed 68, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 GUMAGAY Paul 69 C19 75 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2506 2217 44.5 32%
Pool L 2:5 CRANOR Erich L. 34 A17 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2972 2262 9.1 13%
Pool L 4:5 WHITE Chance N. 102 E17 104 Pocatello Fencing Club 1242 2253 61.0 92%
Pool W 5:3 PHO Eric 1 A19 41 Fencers Club Inc. 2714 2192 50.6 20%
Pool L 1:5 KUHN Jeffrey 103 E16 84 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2019 2242 35.9 64%
Pool L 1:5 SUVEG Bela 35 A17 11 2915 2206 7.9 13%
T128 L 7:10 PERKA Michael 16 A19 31 The Fencing Center 3304 2697 37.9 18%

December NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A2, V70), December 6, 2019
Place 8, Seed 13, Rank 31, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 KATOPES Peter 22 16 E18 20 Fencers Club Inc. 1516 2430 92.1 92%
Pool L 3:5 NICHOLS Costa 28 U 18 Desert Fencing Academy 1667 2337 46.1 78%
Pool L 3:5 DUFFY Gerald 12 17 B17 17 Marx Fencing Academy / Seacoast Fencing Club 1868 2291 56.5 75%
Pool L 2:5 BLAKLEY Dwain 5 5 B19 3 Alliance Fencing Academy 2688 2235 17.1 24%
Pool W 5:2 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 21 15 E19 28 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 1799 2218 17.6 74%
Pool L 4:5 PARY Theodore 4 4 B19 9 DC Fencers Club 2620 2235 18.3 27%
T32 W 8:7 DUFFY Gerald 12 17 B17 17 Marx Fencing Academy / Seacoast Fencing Club 2122 2475 74.3 68%
T16 W 10:8 PARY Theodore 4 4 B19 9 DC Fencers Club 3076 2549 177.2 23%
T8 L 8:10 GOOSSENS Bruno 1 1 B19 1 3518 2726 29.1 14%

TFC's November 2019 Fence-A-Thon

Senior Mixed Épée (C1, SNR), November 24, 2019
Place 14, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MADRID Maureen 16 U 3 The Fencing Center
Pool W 5:4 ANGADALA Leela Krishna 21 U 16 The Fencing Center 1833 2575 14.1 87%
Pool W 5:4 SIMONI James (Jim) V. 9 D19 19 The Fencing Center 1779 2589 11.7 90%
Pool L 2:5 NORTON Brendan E. 4 C19 5 Cal Poly University Fencing Club / Delta Fencing Center 2569 2600 44.7 52%
Pool L 4:5 HAINES Reagan 15 U 8 Le Club Touche 1764 2556 92.6 89%
Pool L 4:5 YU Howard 10 E19 11 University of California Santa Cruz 2549 2463 33.6 45%
T32 W 15:10 SIMONI James (Jim) V. 9 D19 19 The Fencing Center 2289 2526 117.0 62%
T16 L 8:15 JOSEPH Abey 7 C18 6 The Fencing Center 2482 2643 168.7 59%

TFC May 2019 Epee/Saber-A-Thon

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), May 12, 2019
Place 6, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 NADERZAD Sean 5 B19 1 The Fencing Center
Pool W 5:2 TARBUSKOVICH III John 20 D18 12 The Fencing Center 2494 2471 68.2 49%
Pool W 5:4 JEFFERIES Jonathan J. 4 A16 19 The Fencing Center / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2370 2539 49.1 60%
Pool L 2:5 ATHAVALE Pranav 27 U 22 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) 2173 2588 86.7 74%
Pool W 5:3 DUONG Enoch 13 C19 8 Las Positas Fencing Center / West Berkeley Fencing Club 2504 2502 53.6 50%
Pool W 5:2 DOLNIK Vladislav 23 E17 27 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) / The Fencing Center 1956 2555 19.4 82%
T32 W 15:8 ANGADALA Leela Krishna 28 U 28 The Fencing Center 2167 2020 226.8 44%
T16 W 15:14 BECK Brian 8 B18 16 Northwest Fencing Center 2659 2247 279.7 30%
T8 L 9:15 NADERZAD Sean 5 B19 1 The Fencing Center

April Championship and NAC

Veteran Men's Épée (A4, VET), April 14, 2019
Place 40, Seed 53, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 POULIQUEN Benoit (Ben) 32 A15 22 Gryphon Fencing 3029 2364 38.4 17%
Pool W 5:3 KLEIN Johannes 4 A19 67 Rain City Fencing Center 2124 2325 74.6 62%
Pool L 3:5 KING Charles M. 60 C19 34 Southwest Fencing Club 2486 2400 77.4 45%
Pool W 5:2 WEBER Dick 81 E19 80 Denver Fencing Center 2006 2323 51.9 68%
Pool W 5:2 WEINGARTEN Solomon (Sol) 25 A17 68 East Bay Fencers Gym 2399 2374 77.0 48%
Pool W 5:4 RIFKIND Neil 91 U 82 Fencers Club Inc. 1676 2451 19.7 87%
T64 L 5:10 NGUYEN Cuong T. 50 B16 27 Battle Born Fencing Club 2594 2193 173.3 33%

April Championship and NAC

Vet-70 Men's Épée (A2, V70), April 13, 2019
Place 10, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 DUFFY Gerald 4 4 B17 7 Marx Fencing Academy / Seacoast Fencing Club 1688 1941 437.6 61%
Pool W 5:2 KATOPES Peter 21 15 E18 26 Fencers Club Inc. 1422 1503 243.0 54%
Pool L 4:5 MIERNIK marcel 28 40 U 24 Battle Born Fencing Club 1691 1746 216.7 53%
Pool W 5:2 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 20 14 E18 15 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2496 1530 347.7 11%
Pool W 5:3 BLAKLEY Dwain 5 5 B18 5 Alliance Fencing Academy 2801 1877 285.6 11%
Pool W 5:2 PARY Theodore 13 9 C17 3 DC Fencers Club 2747 2163 200.8 21%
T32 W 10:9 KATOPES Peter 21 15 E18 26 Fencers Club Inc. 1680 2266 234.7 71%
T16 L 3:10 PARY Theodore 13 9 C17 3 DC Fencers Club 2554 2501 307.5 48%

TFC March 2019 Epee/Saber-A-Thon

Senior Mixed Épée (A2, SNR), March 24, 2019
Place 14, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating B16, The Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 CHEN Jephanie Y. 27 U 29 The Fencing Center
Pool L 2:5 HEPLER Sarah 24 E19 18 San Luis Highlanders Fencing Club
Pool L 2:5 WHEELER Mark C. 4 A18 12 Academy Of Fencing Masters (afm) / East Bay Fencers Gym 2423 2500 559.2 53%
Pool W 5:4 ZUHARS Renee A. 8 B19 9 Cardinal Fencing Club
Pool W 5:1 RICH Caroline B. 14 B18 19 High Desert Fencing Alliance
T32 W 15:6 RICH Caroline B. 14 B18 19 High Desert Fencing Alliance
T16 L 11:15 PERKA Michael 2 A19 5 The Fencing Center 3374 2500 234.0 20%