Benjamin Self

1978

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 11 - - 14 2 27
Losses 3 - - - - 3
Win Ratio 78.6% - - 100.0% 100.0% 90.0%
Pool Victories 8 - - 9 2 19
Pool Losses 1 - - - - 1
Pool Win Ratio 88.9% - - 100.0% 100.0% 95.0%
DE Victories 3 - - 5 - 8
DE Losses 2 - - - - 2
DE Win Ratio 60.0% - - 100.0% - 80.0%

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

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† 6 - - 12 2 20
Easy wins as % of wins 54.5% - - 85.7% 100.0% 74.1%
Close wins‡ 2 - - - - 2
Close wins as % of all wins 18.2% - - 0.0% 0.0% 7.4%
Close losses‡ - - - - - -
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% - - - - 0.0%
Big losses† 3 - - - - 3
Big losses as % of all losses 100.0% - - - - 100.0%

† 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.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 2 - - 2 1 5
Tournaments 1 - - 1 1 3

Competition History

7th Annual Don Bone Classic

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), April 18, 2026
Place 2 of 6, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating E23, Parkway Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 MCCONKEY Eric 1 E25 1 Heartland Fencing Academy 1511 3481 809.4 > 99%
Pool V 5:4 FULLER II Thomas 6 U 3 Evansville Fencing Academy / Eagles Fencing Club, University of Southern Indiana 1343 2672 14.1 97%
Pool V 5:1 DOHRMANN Joel 4 U 6 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 823 2686 4.0 99%
Pool V 5:0 EDWARDS Anthony 5 U 5 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1339 2690 12.3 97%
Pool V 5:1 MENNE Chris D. 3 U 3 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1572 2703 20.9 95%
T4 V 10:2 FULLER II Thomas 6 U 3 Evansville Fencing Academy / Eagles Fencing Club, University of Southern Indiana 1171 3210 11.6 99%
T2 D 3:10 MCCONKEY Eric 1 E25 1 Heartland Fencing Academy 1669 3222 874.0 97%

7th Annual Don Bone Classic

Veteran Mixed Épée (D1, VET), April 18, 2026
Place 2 of 15, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating D22, Parkway Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 METTE JB 4 E26 7 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1495 2900 49.8 95%
Pool V 5:0 EDWARDS Anthony 15 U 14 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1128 2950 16.3 98%
Pool V 5:3 OAKES Joshua 10 U 5 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1617 2966 45.9 95%
Pool V 5:2 SHAW Stewart 9 U 11 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1343 3012 26.2 96%
T8 V 10:8 COLTRAIN Don 7 U 8 Parkway Fencing Club 2595 3303 114.4 77%
T4 V 10:6 VALVERO Richard (Rick) S. 6 E23 3 Parkway Fencing Club 3025 3417 135.8 65%
T2 D 5:10 HINTON Douglas C. 5 E25 1 Parkway Fencing Club 2470 3553 481.3 91%

4th Annual Don Bone Classic

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), April 1, 2023
Place 1 of 6, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, Parkway Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 ELDRIDGE David 6 U 5 830 2500 79.9 94%
Pool V 5:1 MENNE Chris D. 5 U 3 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2203 2580 345.4 65%
Pool V 5:0 METTE JB 4 U 6 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1913 2925 117.2 83%
Pool V 5:2 DOUGLAS Marsh K. 1 E22 2 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 3070 3043 324.7 49%
Pool V 5:1 SALLEY Bryan 2 E20 3 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2724 3367 114.2 79%
T4 V 10:2 MENNE Chris D. 5 U 3 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1854 2500 290.9 72%
T2 V 10:3 DOUGLAS Marsh K. 1 E22 2 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2866 2791 419.2 47%

4th Annual Don Bone Classic

Veteran Mixed Épée (E1, VET), April 1, 2023
Place 1 of 11, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating D22, Parkway Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:0 METTE JB 7 U 8 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1403 2500 179.9 85%
Pool V 5:0 STEPHENS Rick W. 3 D22 5 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1878 2680 198.3 80%
Pool V 5:2 THOMPSON Jeanne M. 6 E22 6 Parkway Fencing Club
Pool V 5:1 GIOCOLO David 10 U 11 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1043 2878 21.8 98%
T8 V 10:2 METTE JB 7 U 8 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 1940 2500 318.4 69%
T4 V 10:3 MILLER Brent 9 U 3 Bloomington Fencing Club 2303 2818 241.3 69%
T2 V 10:3 DOUGLAS Marsh K. 1 C21 2 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2723 3060 243.2 65%

2021 Show-Me State Games

Mixed Saber (U), July 18, 2021
Place 2 of 3, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Parkway Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 25:13 WATERMAN Alexander 3 U 3 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2079 2500 331.8 63%
Pool V 11:5 MENNE Chris D. 1 U 1 Buccaneer Blades Fencing 2921 2832 375.4 47%