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David Ruskin

1981
DC Fencers Club
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - 8 13 21
Losses 6 - - 15 15 36
Win ratio 0.0% - - 34.8% 46.4% 36.8%
Pool victories - - - 4 9 13
Pool losses 5 - - 12 11 28
Pool win ratio 0.0% - - 25.0% 45.0% 31.7%
DE victories - - - 4 4 8
DE losses 1 - - 3 4 8
DE win ratio 0.0% - - 57.1% 50.0% 50.0%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - 1 2 3
Easy wins % - - - 12.5% 15.4% 14.3%
Close wins‡ - - - 4 8 12
Close wins % - - - 50.0% 61.5% 57.1%
Close losses‡ 2 - - 5 4 11
Close losses % 33.3% - - 33.3% 26.7% 30.6%
Big losses† - - - 2 7 9
Big losses % 0.0% - - 13.3% 46.7% 25.0%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 1 1
Victories % - - - 0.0% 7.7% 4.8%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses % 0.0% - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total % 0.0% - - 0.0% 3.6% 1.8%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 1 - - 3 4 8
Tournaments 1 - - 2 4 7

Competition history

8 competitions, 57 bouts

DCFC Champagne Challenge

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR August 24, 2025

Place 23 of 25 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating B23 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 GALEOTTI Loriano 20 - E25 11 DC Fencers Club 2513 2094 15.0 28%
Pool
D 3:5 LE BORGNE Matthieu 4 - A25 2 DC Fencers Club 2718 2079 10.1 15%
Pool
D 3:5 CARTER Austin L. 5 - A25 18 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / DC Fencers Club 2336 2069 19.7 33%
Pool
D 2:5 DELONG Mike 23 - U 20 Nova Fencing Club 1613 2049 32.4 71%
Pool
D 4:5 TIKHONOV Daniel 12 - B25 6 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / ASER International Fencing Academy 2391 2017 15.6 27%
T32
D 9:15 GANTSOUDES Isaac 15 - C25 7 Elite Fencing Academy / EFA 2142 2671 105.4 80%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-40 Men's Épée A2, V40 July 3, 2023

Place 33 of 36 Seed 14 Rank 31 Rating B23 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 ZUCKER Noah L. 1 1 A23 7 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2984 2157 7.5 9%
Pool
V 5:1 DAVIS Kelly 35 22 U 34 Resolute Sport Fencing 1427 2150 9.5 88%
Pool
D 0:5 HANSEN Eric J. 12 - A22 2 LA International Fencing 3308 2159 3.7 4%
Pool
D 4:5 KIM Jeff 26 13 D23 24 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2065 2155 36.1 56%
Pool
D 2:5 HARRELL D. Fox 23 19 C21 18 Marx Fencing Academy 2272 2119 25.0 40%
T64
D 9:10 LIN Kimball 31 37 D21 32 Maximum Fencing Club 1839 2821 150.6 93%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET January 7, 2023

Place 16 of 101 Seed 63 Not ranked Rating C21 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MARKOWITZ William M. 57 - C22 63 Nova Fencing Club 2149 2275 48.2 58%
Pool
D 4:5 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 4 - A22 11 New York Athletic Club 2781 2227 16.5 19%
Pool
V 5:4 PENGELLY Neil 94 - U 68 2060 2210 29.2 59%
Pool
D 4:5 KALAPASEV Nenad (Ned) (Ned) S. 27 - B22 43 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2785 2239 15.7 19%
Pool
D 2:5 WHEELER Mark C. 34 - B22 29 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2440 2224 26.9 36%
Pool
D 3:5 CAFASSO martin 85 - E23 45 Olympia Fencing Center 2096 2197 39.6 56%
T128
V 10:9 BAXTER Daniel J. 42 - B21 66 Northwest Fencing Center 2926 2554 141.4 29%
T64
V 10:6 NEWSOME James L. 62 - C22 39 Tidewater Fencing Club 2602 2696 74.9 56%
T32
V 10:6 SCALES Chad 21 - B22 17 Huntsville Fencing Club 3186 2771 106.5 28%
T16
D 4:10 MAKMATOV Vadim 1 - A22 2 Salle Auriol Seattle 3060 2877 56.0 39%

January NAC

Vet-40 Men's Épée A2, V40 January 6, 2023

Place 13 of 25 Seed 14 Rank 27 Rating C21 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 ARROWSMITH II Alan M. 11 - B21 9 Nashville Academy of Fencing 2739 2277 25.2 24%
Pool
D 4:5 PHO Eric 6 6 A22 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2772 2252 21.9 20%
Pool
D 2:5 ROSTAL Scott E. 3 3 A22 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2845 2230 17.5 16%
Pool
V 5:4 LOCASALE Nicholas A. 19 25 D21 3 LA International Fencing 2195 2212 44.8 51%
Pool
V 5:3 REED David 23 - U 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1697 2257 17.8 81%
T32
V 10:8 MENDOZA Zandro 22 - E22 22 LA International Fencing 2212 2556 73.5 69%
T16
D 6:10 CHENG Thomas 5 5 A22 2 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2902 2630 75.3 34%

DCFC Champagne Challenge #7

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR May 15, 2022

Place 15 of 26 Seed 26 Not ranked Rating C21 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 TAMULONIS Fen C. 13 - B19 12 DC Fencers Club / Wallingford-Swarthmore Panthers 2504 2392 55.9 43%
Pool
D 2:5 AYMETT Robert (Skip) S. 14 - C21 13 DC Fencers Club / Memphis University School Fencing Team 2303 2336 62.1 52%
Pool
V 5:4 DAVIS Jessica L. 4 - A21 18 New York Athletic Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 HANSEN Lars 5 - A20 2 Nova Fencing Club 2727 2274 28.4 24%
Pool
V 5:4 ZELINSKI A B. 21 - U 23 Salle New Bern 1882 2245 31.3 71%
T32
V 15:14 DAVIS Jessica L. 4 - A21 18 New York Athletic Club - - - -
T16
D 9:15 HANSEN Lars 5 - A20 2 Nova Fencing Club 2750 2676 120.1 46%

March NAC

Vet-40 Men's Épée A1, V40 March 6, 2022

Place 17 of 17 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating C21 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 PHO Eric 3 3 A22 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2751 2813 108.9 54%
Pool
D 1:5 STOCK Jordan 4 4 D22 14 Salle Auriol Seattle 2201 2704 151.0 78%
Pool
D 1:5 MORENO BRIONES Patricio A. 16 - U 5 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 3441 2553 20.2 14%
Pool
D 2:5 ROSTAL Scott E. 9 - B19 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2930 2533 43.2 27%
Pool
D 1:5 GERSEN Jacob 12 16 D19 8 Olympia Fencing Center 2214 2490 97.8 67%
T32
D 8:10 HESS Marc F. 14 24 E18 16 Alliance Fencing Academy 2322 2941 264.4 79%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Vet-40 Men's Épée A1, V40 July 7, 2021

Place 3 of 21 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating C18 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 KENT IV David 15 37 E20 8 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 2127 2995 44.6 89%
Pool
D 3:5 MACZIK Adam W. 3 - A19 1 Marx Fencing Academy 3164 3039 132.5 43%
Pool
V 5:4 STOCK Jordan 16 - E20 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2033 2907 32.6 90%
Pool
V 5:4 RICH celester 21 - U 15 Fencers Club Inc. 2061 2939 33.2 86%
Pool
D 4:5 GAINES Aaron 4 30 B21 6 San Diego Fencing Center / No Fear Fencing 2673 2973 159.6 67%
T16
V 10:5 STOCK Jordan 16 - E20 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2331 2608 231.8 63%
T8
V 10:9 CHENG Thomas 5 22 B20 5 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Orlando Fencing Club 2971 2840 276.8 44%
T4
D 5:10 PHO Eric 1 3 A21 2 Fencers Club Inc. 3215 3116 175.8 45%

Tom Wright Veteran Fencing Tournament

Veteran Mixed Épée A1, VET June 13, 2021

Place 5 of 18 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating C18 DC Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 METZLER Jack 17 - U 15 DC Fencers Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:2 NEMAZIE David A. 7 - B17 8 Salisbury Fencing Club / Nova Fencing Club 2490 2921 293.0 68%
Pool
D 1:5 RICHARDSON Scott 11 - C19 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2508 3214 564.3 79%
Pool
V 5:3 GLASS Timothy C.
1 - A20 3 Illinois Fencers Club 2839 2649 283.9 40%
Pool
V 5:3 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 6 - B19 10 Candlewood Fencing Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2167 2933 61.5 86%
T16
V 6:6 RICHARDSON Scott 11 - C19 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2177 2500 392.8 62%
T8
D 5:10 GLASS Timothy C.
1 - A20 3 Illinois Fencers Club 3263 2893 284.9 34%