David Ruskin

1981

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - 8 3 10 21
Losses - - 15 10 5 30
Win Ratio - - 34.8% 23.1% 66.7% 41.2%
Pool Victories - - 4 2 7 13
Pool Losses - - 12 8 3 23
Pool Win Ratio - - 25.0% 20.0% 70.0% 36.1%
DE Victories - - 4 1 3 8
DE Losses - - 3 2 2 7
DE Win Ratio - - 57.1% 33.3% 60.0% 53.3%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† - - 1 - 2 3
Easy wins as % of wins - - 12.5% 0.0% 20.0% 14.3%
Close wins‡ - - 4 3 5 12
Close wins as % of all wins - - 50.0% 100.0% 50.0% 57.1%
Close losses‡ - - 5 3 1 9
Close losses as % of all losses - - 33.3% 30.0% 20.0% 30.0%
Big losses† - - 2 4 3 9
Big losses as % of all losses - - 13.3% 40.0% 60.0% 30.0%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - - - 1 1
Victories as % of all victories - - 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 4.8%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - - - 1 1
Total as % of all bouts - - 0.0% 0.0% 6.7% 2.0%

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - - 3 2 2 7
Tournaments - - 2 2 2 6

Competition History

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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 ZUCKER Noah L. 1 1 A23 7 Cobra Fencing Club LLC 2984 2157 7.5 9%
Pool W 5:1 DAVIS Kelly 35 22 U 34 Resolute Sport Fencing 1429 2150 9.5 88%
Pool L 0:5 HANSEN Eric J. 12 A22 2 LA International Fencing 3308 2159 3.7 4%
Pool L 4:5 KIM Jeff 26 13 D23 24 Elite Fencing Academy (GA) / Elite Fencing Academy (VA) 2064 2156 36.2 56%
Pool L 2:5 HARRELL D. Fox 23 19 C21 18 Marx Fencing Academy 2272 2120 25.0 40%
T64 L 9:10 LIN Kimball 31 37 D21 32 Maximum Fencing Club 1842 2823 150.5 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MARKOWITZ William M. 57 C22 63 Nova Fencing Club 2149 2275 48.2 58%
Pool L 4:5 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 4 A22 11 New York Athletic Club 2781 2227 16.5 19%
Pool W 5:4 PENGELLY Neil 94 U 68 2062 2210 29.3 59%
Pool L 4:5 KALAPASEV Nenad (Ned) (Ned) S. 27 B22 43 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2785 2239 15.7 19%
Pool L 2:5 WHEELER Mark C. 34 B22 29 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2447 2224 26.7 36%
Pool L 3:5 CAFASSO martin 85 E23 45 Olympia Fencing Center 2096 2197 39.6 56%
T128 W 10:9 BAXTER Daniel J. 42 B21 66 Northwest Fencing Center 2931 2554 142.1 29%
T64 W 10:6 NEWSOME James L. 62 C22 39 Tidewater Fencing Club 2602 2696 74.9 56%
T32 W 10:6 SCALES Chad 21 B22 17 Huntsville Fencing Club 3186 2771 106.4 28%
T16 L 4:10 MAKMATOV Vadim 1 A22 2 Salle Auriol Seattle 3078 2877 54.6 38%

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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 ARROWSMITH II Alan M. 11 B21 9 Nashville Academy of Fencing 2739 2277 25.2 24%
Pool L 4:5 PHO Eric 6 6 A22 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2771 2252 21.9 20%
Pool L 2:5 ROSTAL Scott E. 3 3 A22 5 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2845 2230 17.5 16%
Pool W 5:4 LOCASALE Nicholas A. 19 25 D21 3 LA International Fencing 2195 2212 44.8 51%
Pool W 5:3 REED David 23 U 8 Rain City Fencing Center 1697 2257 17.8 81%
T32 W 10:8 MENDOZA Zandro 22 E22 22 LA International Fencing 2213 2555 73.6 68%
T16 L 6:10 CHENG Thomas 5 5 A22 2 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club / Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2902 2629 75.1 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 TAMULONIS Fen C. 13 B19 12 DC Fencers Club / Wallingford-Swarthmore Panthers 2504 2392 55.9 43%
Pool L 2:5 AYMETT Robert (Skip) S. 14 C21 13 DC Fencers Club / Memphis University School Fencing Team 2303 2336 62.1 52%
Pool W 5:4 DAVIS Jessica L. 4 A21 18 New York Athletic Club
Pool L 4:5 HANSEN Lars 5 A20 2 Nova Fencing Club 2727 2274 28.4 24%
Pool W 5:4 ZELINSKI A B. 21 U 23 Salle New Bern 1882 2246 31.3 71%
T32 W 15:14 DAVIS Jessica L. 4 A21 18 New York Athletic Club
T16 L 9:15 HANSEN Lars 5 A20 2 Nova Fencing Club 2750 2675 119.8 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 PHO Eric 3 3 A22 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2751 2813 109.0 54%
Pool L 1:5 STOCK Jordan 4 4 D22 14 Salle Auriol Seattle 2202 2704 150.9 78%
Pool L 1:5 MORENO BRIONES Patricio A. 16 U 5 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 3441 2553 20.2 14%
Pool L 2:5 ROSTAL Scott E. 9 B19 3 Twin Cities Fencing Club 2931 2533 43.2 27%
Pool L 1:5 GERSEN Jacob 12 16 D19 8 Olympia Fencing Center 2214 2490 97.8 67%
T32 L 8:10 HESS Marc F. 14 24 E18 16 Alliance Fencing Academy 2322 2939 263.8 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 KENT IV David 15 37 E20 8 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 2127 2995 44.6 89%
Pool L 3:5 MACZIK Adam W. 3 A19 1 Marx Fencing Academy 3164 3039 132.5 43%
Pool W 5:4 STOCK Jordan 16 E20 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2035 2907 32.7 90%
Pool W 5:4 RICH celester 21 U 15 Fencers Club Inc. 2061 2939 33.2 86%
Pool L 4:5 GAINES Aaron 4 30 B21 6 San Diego Fencing Center / No Fear Fencing 2673 2973 159.6 67%
T16 W 10:5 STOCK Jordan 16 E20 13 Salle Auriol Seattle 2331 2608 231.7 63%
T8 W 10:9 CHENG Thomas 5 22 B20 5 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Orlando Fencing Club 2971 2840 276.8 44%
T4 L 5:10 PHO Eric 1 3 A21 2 Fencers Club Inc. 3205 3117 177.7 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 Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 METZLER Jack 17 U 15 DC Fencers Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool W 5:2 NEMAZIE David A. 7 B17 8 Salisbury Fencing Club / Nova Fencing Club 2490 2921 292.9 68%
Pool L 1:5 RICHARDSON Scott 11 C19 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2508 3213 564.3 79%
Pool W 5:3 GLASS Timothy C.
1 A20 3 Illinois Fencers Club 2840 2649 284.0 40%
Pool W 5:3 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 6 B19 10 Candlewood Fencing Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2167 2933 61.4 86%
T16 W 6:6 RICHARDSON Scott 11 C19 14 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2177 2500 392.8 62%
T8 L 5:10 GLASS Timothy C.
1 A20 3 Illinois Fencers Club 3263 2893 284.8 34%