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Sam Jones

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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 15 - 20 - 15 50
Losses 10 - 11 - 17 38
Win ratio 60.0% - 64.5% - 46.9% 56.8%
Pool victories 10 - 16 - 9 35
Pool losses 7 - 7 - 13 27
Pool win ratio 58.8% - 69.6% - 40.9% 56.5%
DE victories 5 - 4 - 6 15
DE losses 3 - 4 - 4 11
DE win ratio 62.5% - 50.0% - 60.0% 57.7%

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† 6 - 9 - 8 23
Easy wins % 40.0% - 45.0% - 53.3% 46.0%
Close wins‡ 5 - 4 - 3 12
Close wins % 33.3% - 20.0% - 20.0% 24.0%
Close losses‡ 2 - 2 - 4 8
Close losses % 20.0% - 18.2% - 23.5% 21.1%
Big losses† 3 - 5 - 6 14
Big losses % 30.0% - 45.5% - 35.3% 36.8%

† 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 - 4 - 2 7
Victories % 6.7% - 20.0% - 13.3% 14.0%
Losses 1 - 1 - 4 6
Losses % 10.0% - 9.1% - 23.5% 15.8%
Total 2 - 5 - 6 13
Total % 8.0% - 16.1% - 18.8% 14.8%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 3 - 4 - 4 11
Tournaments 3 - 2 - 3 8

Competition history

11 competitions, 88 bouts

Division 1 & Para Championships / April NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 April 25, 2026

Place 7 of 28 Seed 17 Rank 30 Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 DIAZ Julio P. 9 9 A22 18 Invictus Fencing 2443 2200 17.2 35%
Pool
V 5:1 SVIHL Dale 24 41 E25 16 West Michigan Fencing Academy 1571 2183 8.7 83%
Pool
V 5:3 PAVLOVICH Robert 11 21 B22 6 Fencers Club Inc. 2570 2192 35.5 27%
Pool
D 3:4 BALESTRACCI CHRIS 1 1 A25 3 Iconic Fencing Club 2302 2227 20.6 45%
Pool
V 5:1 TOLENTINO SR. Francis 28 - U 26 Richmond Fencing Club 1412 2207 5.3 90%
Pool
D 3:5 DOURAGHY Jamie M. 8 8 A23 9 LA International Fencing 2773 2212 8.8 18%
T32
V 7:6 CHERNOMASHENTSEV Alan 16 28 C25 22 Fioretto Fencing Academy 3091 2497 94.5 18%
T16
V 10:8 POWERS Douglas A. 13 15 C24 11 Salle Auriol Seattle 2377 2591 36.6 63%
T8
D 6:10 DEW Eric 2 1 B26 3 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 3151 2628 20.7 20%

February NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 February 12, 2026

Place 14 of 34 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 ZEISS Gary M. 22 15 E24 21 Elite Fencing Club 1674 2310 53.2 85%
Pool
V 5:2 GIRALDO Elias 32 42 U 34 SoCAL Fencing Center 446 2257 0.3 > 99%
Pool
D 3:5 BALESTRACCI CHRIS 2 1 A25 18 Iconic Fencing Club 2287 2257 25.2 48%
Pool
V 5:1 WEMPLE Charles 29 27 U 29 Bayou City Fencing Academy 786 2232 0.8 99%
Pool
D 4:5 PAVLOVICH Robert 11 32 B22 20 Fencers Club Inc. 2570 2232 15.3 29%
Pool
D 0:5 DIAZ Julio P. 9 11 A22 5 Invictus Fencing 2495 2217 16.7 33%
T32
V 10:4 PAVLOVICH Robert 11 32 B22 20 Fencers Club Inc. 3083 2401 111.6 15%
T16
D 5:10 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 10 - A23 1 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 3243 2513 16.2 13%

2026 TCFC January Challenges

Senior Mixed Foil D1, SNR January 4, 2026

Place 3 of 17 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 LEGGETT Emilia 6 - E25 5 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 YUAN Nathaniel 12 - U 14 South Youth Fencing Alliance (SYFA) 758 2301 1.0 99%
Pool
V 5:4 CLIPPARD Erik J. 7 - E25 7 Center for Blade Arts 1514 2303 6.7 90%
Pool
V 5:2 KOTCH Brodie 16 - U 8 Twin Cities Fencing Club 609 2309 0.3 > 99%
Pool
V 5:0 MOKBEL Yassin 10 - U 17 Twin Cities Fencing Club 335 2310 0.2 > 99%
T16
V 15:3 SUNDSBAK Evan 14 - U 15 South Youth Fencing Alliance (SYFA) 690 2581 0.8 > 99%
T8
V 15:13 CLIPPARD Erik J. 7 - E25 7 Center for Blade Arts 1594 2582 11.4 94%
T4
D 10:15 IBARRA Alejandro 8 - E24 2 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 1339 2593 192.0 97%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET January 8, 2024

Place 18 of 56 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 MINOTT Nicolas D. 44 - E20 36 Valkyrie Fencing Club 1042 2324 3.2 96%
Pool
D 3:5 CHAO Pierre 53 - U 47 1197 2327 89.6 97%
Pool
D 2:5 BENNETT Philippe 5 - A21 6 Fencers Club Inc. 2828 2237 11.7 17%
Pool
V 5:1 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 12 - B23 24 Denver Fencing Center 2348 2226 34.9 42%
Pool
V 5:0 YOO Terry S. 38 - E23 50 Down East School of Fencing 1451 2261 6.8 90%
Pool
V 2:1 PATTERSON Jan (Janmon) M. 30 - D23 23 Salle Auriol Seattle 2410 2268 34.0 41%
T64
V 10:6 RESS Michael A. 17 - C23 48 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2408 2552 61.1 58%
T32
D 3:5 LAWRENCE John W. 4 - A22 14 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 3148 2613 32.2 20%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil A2, V60 January 7, 2024

Place 11 of 35 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HAYENGA Gary M. 6 7 B22 7 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2435 2300 34.9 41%
Pool
V 3:2 DARRICAU Henri J. 5 5 B23 6 Denver Fencing Center 2664 2265 62.2 26%
Pool
V 5:3 CRACRAFT William J. 15 41 C22 23 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2116 2327 28.1 63%
Pool
V 5:0 BRUCE II Ommer E. 27 - E21 34 1830 2355 15.8 80%
Pool
V 5:1 LIM Richard M. 26 29 E21 30 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2029 2371 21.3 71%
Pool
D 1:5 TREANOR Donald K. 35 - U 21 Fencing Center Of Chicago / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1693 2392 68.4 87%
T32
V 7:6 RYAN Sean 34 - U 22 AZ United Fencing Club 2500 2553 51.9 52%
T16
D 5:10 DEW Eric 12 10 C23 2 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2938 2605 52.3 31%

Battle in Space City ROC/RJCC

Veteran Men's Foil E1, VET December 9, 2023

Place 2 of 13 Seed 1 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 LOTURCO Greg 9 - U 12 Houston Sword Sports 789 2206 2.5 98%
Pool
V 5:3 COLE Morgan 8 - U 11 Space City Fencing Academy / Space City Fencing Academy (pearland) 2608 2208 40.4 34%
Pool
V 5:3 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 4 - E23 3 San Diego Fencing Center 1379 2249 9.6 92%
Pool
V 5:2 LESNIAK Chuck 11 - U 10 1824 2258 23.3 75%
Pool
V 5:1 ANDERSON Donald 13 - U 13 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1092 2282 4.0 97%
Pool
V 5:0 SKOPIK Jr August 5 - E23 5 1614 2286 14.1 86%
T8
V 8:7 HERNANDEZ Marc A. 2 - D23 6 Austin Fencers Club 2179 2607 60.1 73%
T4
V 10:2 RODRIGUEZ VINCENT 4 - E23 3 San Diego Fencing Center 1591 2667 14.8 94%
T2
D 6:10 KASKAN Peter E. 3 - E23 1 Round Rock Fencing Club, LLC 2333 2682 129.4 69%

Battle in Space City ROC/RJCC

Div I-A Men's Foil A2, D1A December 9, 2023

Place 21 of 29 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating C22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 MARÍN MANRÍQUEZ Ángel Fernando 23 - E23 11 2785 2196 22.9 21%
Pool
D 0:5 REYES Omar 9 - B22 6 Space City Fencing Academy 2674 2173 25.9 21%
Pool
V 5:2 FINLEY Dylan 13 - C23 23 Space City Fencing Academy 2421 2148 73.0 33%
Pool
V 5:1 CHAN Kyle Si Tin 28 - U 28 Fencing Institute Of Texas 854 2221 3.2 98%
Pool
D 0:5 RUFFNER Blake W. 3 - A23 3 Austin Fencers Club / University of Incarnate Word Fencing NCAA 2846 2224 17.9 16%
T32
D 10:15 JOHNSON Chance 20 - D23 13 Salle De Long Fencers 2124 2865 258.2 86%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Foil A2, V50 July 3, 2019

Place 16 of 40 Seed 11 Rank 9 Rating B18 Birmingham Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 OLIVARES Frets G. 2 2 A19 2 2734 2355 43.3 31%
Pool
D 3:5 DENMAN Matthew L. 23 24 D17 18 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton / Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1984 2312 99.7 68%
Pool
D 3:5 GRISWOLD Doug 26 23 E18 25 Apex Fencing Academy 2359 2212 56.1 41%
Pool
V 5:0 NEWELL Tim 38 - U 33 Bayou City Fencing Academy 2141 2156 54.6 51%
Pool
V 5:0 GOODRICH Gary 35 45 U 38 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 1025 2210 6.7 96%
Pool
D 3:5 WILLEY David S. 14 34 B17 9 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 2884 2217 20.8 19%
T32
V 10:6 ESTELL Oscar M. 19 22 C19 17 The Fencing Center 2569 2889 111.6 66%
T16
D 1:10 FOELLMER Oliver K. 4 4 B18 3 LA International Fencing 3005 3001 135.2 50%

April Championship and NAC

Vet-50 Men's Foil A1, V50 April 12, 2019

Place 16 of 19 Seed 9 Rank 16 Rating B18 Birmingham Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:3 GRISWOLD Doug 18 20 E18 14 Apex Fencing Academy 2453 2674 142.6 62%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Stephen K. 10 23 B17 11 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 3303 2532 31.4 15%
Pool
D 2:5 FOELLMER Oliver K. 3 4 B18 5 LA International Fencing 2789 2500 63.7 34%
Pool
D 0:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 4 8 B19 6 Fencers Club Inc. 3081 2437 33.5 18%
Pool
D 2:5 FADL Omar 16 28 C19 13 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 2789 2403 48.2 29%
T32
V 10:2 POWERS Douglas A. 12 14 C18 17 Salle Auriol Seattle 1611 3038 22.7 95%
T16
D 2:10 DAVIS Don 1 1 A18 2 Rockville Fencing Academy 2976 3060 171.4 54%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET December 16, 2018

Place 26 of 47 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating C18 Birmingham Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 BLAIR III Ray H. 36 - E18 32 Naples Fencing Academy 1962 3062 43.1 92%
Pool
D 2:3 LAWRENCE John W. 7 - A17 21 Durkan Fencing Academy 2993 3105 216.9 56%
Pool
D 2:5 POWERS Douglas A. 21 - C18 33 Salle Auriol Seattle 2475 2888 221.7 70%
Pool
V 5:1 GRISWOLD Doug 35 - E18 31 Apex Fencing Academy 2194 2667 72.5 74%
Pool
D 0:5 WYSZYNSKI Marek B. 8 - A16 9 Fencers Club Inc. 3211 2739 64.6 27%
T64
V 10:4 SUSSMAN Steven W. 47 - U 40 Rochester Fencing Club / Mid-South Fencers' Club 1832 3249 39.5 92%
T32
D 5:10 TYSHCHENKO Andrey 3 - A18 12 2977 3289 251.3 63%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Foil A2, V50 December 15, 2018

Place 3 of 34 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating C18 Birmingham Fencing Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:3 DAVIS Don 1 1 A18 5 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:3 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 10 10 B16 20 Fencers Club Inc. 2500 2079 424.5 37%
Pool
V 5:4 AMRINE JR Terry L. 20 - C18 25 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 1488 2504 112.4 84%
Pool
V 5:3 CROSTHWAITE John T. 31 49 U 31 San Diego Fencing Center 1470 2616 74.8 90%
Pool
V 5:4 PREUD'HOMME Xavier A. 30 33 U 29 Mid-South Fencers' Club 1909 2691 112.6 79%
Pool
V 5:4 BALESTRACCI Chris 11 11 B15 12 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2976 2804 258.2 43%
T32
V 8:5 SCHWARTZMAN Benjamin 29 21 U 26 Boise Fencing Club 2060 2500 329.6 64%
T16
V 10:4 BALESTRACCI Chris 11 11 B15 12 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2771 2830 337.3 52%
T8
V 9:2 LEE Stephen K. 13 38 B17 6 Halberstadt Fencers' Club 3243 3167 315.8 47%
T4
D 4:5 SZEGO Levente (Levi) 12 24 B18 2 3567 3483 233.3 47%